Jazz pianistMusical artist

Helio Alves (born 1966) is a jazz pianist and son of pianists.

He moved to Boston, M*achusetts at 18 to study at the Berklee College of Music. He remained in Boston until age 24, then moved to New York City on advice from a friend. He has collaborated for many years with Claudio Roditi, including on the Grammy nominated Brazilliance X4 (2007). He was the featured soloist on Then Again as a member of the Paul Peress Trio. He was a member of the band Circlechant led by Santi Debriano and has worked with Rosa P*os, Joyce, Duduka da Fonseca, Airto Moreira, and Maucha Adnet. In 2003 he was pianist on the Grammy-winning album of Obrigado Brasil by Yo Yo Ma, Big Band by Joe Henderson, and Brazilian Dreams by Paquito D'Rivera.

Contents

• 1 Discography
  • 1.1 As leader
  • 1.2 As sideman
• 2 References

Discography

As leader

• Trios (Reservoir, 1998)
• Yatrata (Clavebop, 2003)
• Portrait in Black and White (Reservoir, 2003)
• Songs from the Last Century (Blue Toucan Music, 2005)
• It's Clear (Reservoir, 2009)
• Musica (Jazz Legacy, 2010)
• Milagre with Maucha Adnet (Zoho, 2013)

As sideman

With Santi Debriano

• 1999 Circle Chant
• Artistic License (Savant, 2001)

With Duduka da Fonseca

• 2002 Samba Jazz Fantasia
• 2006 Samba Jazz in Black & White
• 2012 Samba Jazz - Jazz Samba

With Carol Fredett

• 2009 Everything in Time
• 2014 No Sad Songs for Me

With Joe Henderson

• 1996 Big Band
• 2004 The Other Side of Joe Henderson

With Joyce

• 2007 Samba Jazz & Outras Bossas
• 2010 Slow Music
• 2015 Raiz

With Nilson Matta

• 2000 Encontros
• 2006 Walking with My B*

With John Pizzarelli

• 2015 Midnight McCartney
• 2017 Sinatra & Jobim at 50

With Claudio Roditi

• 1995 Samba Manhattan Style
• 1997 Double Standards
• 2009 Brazilliance X4
• 2010 Simpatico

With others

• 2002 Brazilian Dreams, Paquito D'Rivera
• 2003 O Violeiro Mais Sertanejo Do Brasil Vol. 3, Paulinho da Viola
• 2003 Obrigado Brazil, Yo-Yo Ma
• 2004 Amorosa, Rosa P*os
• 2004 Embrace, Dave Pietro
• 2006 The Jobim Songbook, Maúcha Adnet
• 2007 Vision of Love, Christine Capdeville
• 2008 Forests, Brazilian Trio
• 2009 Bossa Beleza, Gabriela Anders
• 2009 The Time Keeper, Louis Hayes
• 2012 Constelação, Brazilian Trio
• 2012 Live in Berkeley, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim
• 2017 Portraits of Joni, Jessica Molaskey

References