Jazz Articles about Hugo Alves

Introducing Hugo Alves

by Mark Corroto
December 17, 2008

What joy to discover a new jazz musician with talent, one “on loan from God," as they say. Hugo Alves, a Portuguese trumpet/flugelhorn player, might have escaped your attention, but be forewarned, he will be a name you hear for many years to come. Like American brass players Ron Miles, Ralph Alessi and Ron Horton, not commonly discussed in the Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Roy Hargrove dialogue, Alves is creating a scene around his horn and playing. And like the ...