#1949-2011

Musicologist, musician, composer, writer, PhD in Musicology performer, activist, provocateur, avant - garde pioneer, Barreto promoted advanced music in Portugal since 1967.

At the age of 61, Fernando Jorge da Ponte Lima Barreto, founder of the Anar Band (1972) with Rui Reininho, and the Telectu (1982) with Vitor Rua.

Only with the Telectu, Jorge Lima Barreto and Vitor Rua edited, until 2002, sixteen albums.

Some of them had the participation of renowned musicians like Saheb Sarbib, Chris Cutler, Louis Sclavis, Jacques Berrocal or Daniel Kientz. Barreto also played with Carloz Zingaro, Eddie Prévost, Nuno Rebelo, Evan Parker, Sunny Murray, Paul Rutherford, Barry Altschul, Tom Chant, Sei Miguel, among others.

Jorge Lima Barreto always lived ahead of the times (Portuguese) and Portugal very little considered or deserved it. It remains the work, to re-listen or to discover.

As a musician he founded the Anar Band in 1972, a project shared with Rui Reininho, and from 1982 onwards he developed an unparalleled journey with the Telectu project, alongside Vítor Rua.

Telectu has become the great reference of Portuguese experimental music, while working improvisation and combining principles of jazz, experimentation and electronics.

Barreto also developed solo works and in collaboration with musicians like Saheb Sarbib (Encounters, 1977) and Carlos Zíngaro (Kits of 1992 and Kits 2 of 2008).

Most recent before his death Jorge Lima Barreto was working on the Zul Zelub project, in partnership with Jonas Runa. In parallel with the musical activity, Barreto developed an intense non-performative activity, specifically in the field of musicology.

He founded with Carlos Zíngaro the Association of Conceptual Music (1973) and edited a vast bibliography addressing a wide variety of musical fields: Jazz Revolution (1972), Jazz-Off (1973), Rock Trip (1974), Rock & ), Minimal Repetitive Music (1990), JazzArte (1994), Music and Mass Media (1996), Musa Lusa (1997), b-boy (1998) and Zapp (2000), among others.

Musicólogo, músico, compositor, escritor, doutorado em Musicologia performer, activista, provocador, pioneiro da vanguarda, Barreto promoveu as músicas avançadas em Portugal desde 1967.

Aos 61 anos, faleceu Fernando Jorge da Ponte Lima Barreto fundador dos Anar Band (1972) com Rui Reininho, e dos Telectu (1982) com Vitor Rua .

Apenas com os Telectu, Jorge Lima Barreto e Vitor Rua editaram, até 2002, dezasseis discos.

Alguns deles tiveram a participação de reputados músicos como Saheb Sarbib, Chris Cutler, Louis Sclavis, Jacques Berrocal ou Daniel Kientz. Barreto tocou ainda com Carloz Zingaro, Eddie Prévost, Nuno Rebelo, Evan Parker, Sunny Murray, Paul Rutherford, Barry Altschul, Tom Chant, Sei Miguel, entre outros.

Jorge Lima Barreto viveu sempre à frente dos tempos (portugueses) e Portugal muito pouco o considerou ou o mereceu. Fica a obra, para re-ouvir ou descobrir.

Na qualidade de músico fundou em 1972 a Anar Band, projecto partilhado com Rui Reininho, e a partir de 1982 desenvolveu um percurso ímpar com o projecto Telectu, ao lado de Vítor Rua.

Os Telectu transformaram-se na grande referência da música experimental portuguesa, ao trabalhar a improvisação e ao combinar princípios do jazz, experimentação e electrónica.

This will be the first post I've made on Tumblr where I've included an image with my post, and for very good reason:

Today is a sad day for mankind, for today is the day where an intellectual giant has finally fallen. Christopher Hitchens passed away today due to pneumonia, which came about as a complication of his Cancer.

The intent of this post is to form my own personal memoir of him, so that I can have him enshrined on something that is my own.

I can remember how four to five years ago, I was still agnostic with tendencies towards religious beliefs. I allowed their beliefs to roam unchallenged and I allowed their religious zealousness to spread before me. It was upon my discovery of two figures (both of whom I'm sure will go down in history) that I realized the error of my ways and "repented".

These two figures are Richard Dawkins, and most notably Christopher Hitchens.

Hitchens presented such powerful, earth shaking arguments and criticisms against religion that my belief fizzled and died in an instant. His arguments so precise, so well articulated that he left the evangelical and islamist in the dust quaking in fear that they be "Hitch-slapped" again.

Hitchens showcased his arguments and thought not only with his insanely powerful rhetoric and linguistic abilities. But using the simple things like humor to his advantage. He took some stances no men had ever taken before, and for a time he even pursued the avenue of attempting to have the Pope (the "holy father" on Earth) arrested for aiding and abiding child molesters and pedophiles.

I personally have listened to not only his book "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" (Which is still for sale at fine bookstores everywhere! (If you are a true fan of Hitchens, you'll recognize that quote in a heartbeat)) But I also possess an audio collection of many of his essays and articles.

However we must remember that Hitchens wasn't just a "crusader" against the tyranny of religion. He was a journalist first and fore-most, a political commentator, a husband and a father too.

Now I personally do not drink much, especially spirits straight. However I'm personally planning on buying a bottle of whiskey, and drinking it as a toast to this great hero of a man.