Helio Alves (born 1966) is a

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pianist and son of pianists. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts at 18 to study at the

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. 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 Claudio Roditi (May 28, 1946 – January 17, 2020) was a Brazilian jazz trumpeter. In 1966 Claudio was named a trumpet finalist at the International Jazz Competition in Vienna, Austria. While in Vienna, Roditi met Art Farmer, one of his idols, a ...

, including on the Grammy nominated ''Brazilliance X4'' (2007). He was the featured soloist on ''Then Again'' as a member of the

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Trio. He was a member of the band Circlechant led by

Santi Debriano Santi Wilson Debriano (born 1955 in Panama) is a jazz bassist. Debriano was raised in Brooklyn, having moved there with his family at age four. He studied composition at Union College in New York, then attended the New England Conservatory of Mus ...

and has worked with

Rosa Passos Rosa Passos (; born April 13, 1952) is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. Passos began playing piano at age thirteen, but after listening to Dorival Caymmi and João Gilberto she abandoned the instrument to become a singer. In the late 1960s, she ...

, Joyce, Duduka da Fonseca, Airto Moreira, and Maucha Adnet. In 2003 he was pianist on the Grammy-winning album of ''Obrigado Brasil'' by

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, ''Big Band'' by

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, and ''Brazilian Dreams'' by Paquito D'Rivera.

Discography

As leader

* ''Trios'' (

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, 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

* 1999 ''Circle Chant'' *''

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'' (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

* 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 Nilson Matta is a Brazilian bassist and composer. He has been based in New York City since 1985. He is also known for his work with Trio da Paz, Don Pullen African Brazilian Connection, Joe Henderson, Yo Yo Ma and Nilson Matta's Brazilian Voya ...

* 2000 ''Encontros'' * 2006 ''Walking with My Bass'' With

John Pizzarelli John Paul Pizzarelli Jr. (born April 6, 1960, in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American jazz guitarist and vocalist. He has recorded over twenty solo albums and has appeared on more than forty albums by other recording artists, including Paul McC ...

* 2015 ''Midnight McCartney'' * 2017 ''Sinatra & Jobim at 50'' With

* 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 Paulinho da Viola (born Paulo César Batista de Faria on 12 November 1942) () is a Brazilian '' sambista'', singer-songwriter, guitar, cavaquinho and mandolin player, known for his sophisticated harmonies and soft, gentle singing voice. Biograp ...

* 2003 ''Obrigado Brazil'',

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* 2004 ''Amorosa'',

* 2004 ''Embrace'',

Dave Pietro Dave Pietro (born February 10, 1964) is a saxophonist, woodwind artist, bandleader, sideman, composer and educator. A native of Southboro, Massachusetts, he has been on the New York City music scene since 1987. From 1994–2003 Dave played le ...

* 2006 ''The Jobim Songbook'', Maúcha Adnet * 2007 ''Vision of Love'', Christine Capdeville * 2008 ''Forests'', Brazilian Trio * 2009 ''Bossa Beleza'',

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* 2009 ''The Time Keeper'',

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* 2012 ''Constelação'', Brazilian Trio * 2012 ''Live in Berkeley'', Airto Moreira,

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* 2017 ''Portraits of Joni'',

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References

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