MARCOS RESENDE & INDEX (1976)

TRACKLIST A1. My Heart 5.41 A2. Nina Neném 5.13 A3. Praça Da Alegria 8.20 B1. Nergal 9.17 B2. Martina 10.09 B3. Behind The Moon 4.06 First single (Nergal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVexVPdlAyM Doing the Vels Trio/ Yusef Kamaal thing in 1976... Way ahead. Wow! If I'd had |No said that was something new, I reckon you might have bought it." Gilles Peterson (BBC6/WWFM) INFO Beyond their highly sought after 1978 album Festa Para Um Novo ReiÚ - home to the mystical jazz-funk classic ˜Vidigal™ and released on Philips™ iconic Musica Popular Brasileira Contemporanea series (MPBC) - little is known about Marcos Resende & Index, even to aficionados of obscure Brazilian music. Far Out Recordings is immensely proud to present their previously unreleased self-titled debut album from 1976, contributing a crucial missing work from the glory days of progressive Brazilian instrumental music. Born in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil in 1947, Marcos Resende was a prodigious child who learned to play the accordion at the age of two, and the piano aged six. In spite of his immense musical potential, he travelled to Lisbon in the 60s to study medicine. Yet continuing to explore his musical passion on the side, he formed a trio which went on to open for Dexter Gordon at the Cascais Jazz Festival in 1971. From here he formed the electronic oriented prog-jazz group Status, who opened shows for the likes of Elton John, Phil Woods, Stan Getz, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, but in spite of their relative live success they have no known recordings. Now established as a highly regarded keyboardist, composer, and innovative electronic musician, Resende returned home to Brazil following Portugal™s Revoluç–o dos Cravos in 1974. Inspired by US jazz and British progressive rock he™d experienced while residing in Europe, Resende went all out acquiring a keyboard arsenal to be reckoned with, which included the Prophet 5, Yamaha CP-708 and Mini Moog. Determined to integrate his newfound inspirations with Brazilian rhythms and jazz traditions, he formed a new quartet with Rub–o Sabino (bass), Claudio Caribé (drums) and the late great Oberdan Magalh–es, of Banda Black Rio and Cry Babies fame. Marcos Resende & Index recorded their self-titled debut at Sonoviso Studios with the legendary sound engineer Toninho Barbosa, known as the ˜Brazilian Rudy Van Gelder™ whose impressive resumé includes the era defining classics Light As A Feather by Azymuth, Previs–o Do Tempo by Marcos Valle, and Quem É Quem by Jo–o Donato. Marcos Resende & Index fits perfectly amongst these masterpieces, sharing both the timeless ethereal qualities as well as the progressive and futuristic ideals of Light As A Feather in particular.