Jazz Articles about Alex Alves

Alex Alves: Verde

by John Kelman
November 24, 2004

Something of a child prodigy, Brazilian guitarist Alex Alves began studying classical guitar in '75 at the age of six and, by the age of eleven, was performing in concert with the Musica Popular Brasileira Orchestra. During his teenage years he performed with a variety of groups in diverse contexts including Brazilian music, jazz and rock. At the age of twenty, he relocated to Germany, where he has lived ever since and, in the ensuing years, studied classical music composition ...