Presenting Hugo Alves: jazz trumpet, big band director, composer and educator

Hugo Alves http://www.hugoalves.com, is one of the most prestigious Portuguese Jazz musicians of today, either as a trumpet player, a composer, a Big Band Director or as an Educator. He has an active career in Jazz for close to 20 years, and almost 30 years in Music, since he begun learning his instrument at the age of 7. He has several participation's on CD's as a sideman, and has 4 released albums in his own name: Estranha Natureza (2003), Taksi Trio (2005), Given Soul (2007) and the recent Double Dose (Dec.2010), being all distinguished as “Best Of The Year” by Portuguese Press.

As an Educator, Hugo Alves is today a University teacher on two of the most renowned Official Superior Schools Of Music (in Lisbon and Oporto) where he teaches the disciplines of Jazz Trumpet, Jazz Orchestra and Improvisation for Vocals.

He is also the founder and Artistic, Musical and Pedagogical Director of the Lagos Jazz Orchestra http://www.orquestradejazzdelagos.com , a unique project in Portugal, that confines 3 strategic branches, being the first “Performance” (Big Band, Redux Big Band, Saxophone 4tet, Brass 5tet, Trad Jazz Band, among others); the second branch is the “Educational Service”: a Jazz School AJMMA http://www.ajmma.tkorganized in 3 levels, and an extra Junior Level for children; a “Jazz in The School” Program that takes demonstrations to children students of public schools; a regular monthly advanced “Masterclass” Service which has included renowned world jazz musicians (Peter King, Michael Lauren, to name a few); the third branch is the co-production one, which produces mainly the Lagos Jazz fest http://www.lagosjazz.com which enters this year in it's 10^th edition.

Hugo Alves is also recognized by the Portuguese Government as an “Artist Of Superior Cultural Interest”, since years, supporting and granting most of it's activities and LJO. He has worked will inumerous Jazz Musicians worlwide, and in countries such as Portugal, Spain, France, UK, South Africa, Italy, among others.

Hugo Alves is available for bookings for Concerts or Workshops with his own projects or others, including with local musicians, on an all year round basis. I suggest you pay a visit to his website at http://www.hugoalves.com and know more about Hugo Alves and his contribution to Music, and Jazz in particular. As a gesture, I would like to offer you the last CD of Hugo Alves, in MP3 format for direct download, which you'll find in the bottom of this email.

Please fill free to ask any questions, or how you would like Mr. Hugo Alves to participate in your event.

Kind Regards,

Cristina Almeida 

(office & bookings)

contacts: booking.music@gmail.com ; Tel. +351 913469025; Skype User: cristina.esna