Cléber Alves
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Cléber Alves is a Brazilian saxophonist, composer, and arranger whose career is marked by a combination of technique, musical sensitivity, and original compositions. He began his training with renowned teachers such as Nivaldo Ornelas and Paulo Moura, which gave him a solid foundation.
In 1989, Cléber moved to Germany, where he spent a decade developing his skills and specializing in jazz and popular music at the University of Music in Stuttgart. During this time, he released two albums and performed at renowned jazz festivals alongside greats like Bobby McFerrin, Lionel Hampton, and Chucho Valdés, which solidified his presence in the European music scene.
Back in Brazil, Cléber Alves integrated into the Brazilian music scene, collaborating with prominent artists from the instrumental scene in Minas Gerais and across the country, such as Toninho Horta, Wagner Tiso, Nivaldo Ornelas, Juarez Moreira, Chico Amaral, Flávio Henrique, as well as Ed Motta, Flávio Venturini, and others. His career includes winning the BDMG Instrumental Award (2003) and recognition for his album Revinda, which earned him the Marco Antônio Araújo Award for Best Instrumental Album (2006) in Minas Gerais.
In addition to his artistic productions, Cléber is also active in academia. Since 2010, he has been a professor, and since 2019, he has held a doctorate in popular music at the School of Music at UFMG. Between 2013 and 2019, he led the Geraes Big Band and has been a key figure in music education, inspiring and shaping new generations of musicians in Minas Gerais.
He has released four CDs: Temperado (1997), Revinda (2005), Ventos do Brasil (2011), and Cléber Alves ao vivo no Bird's Eye (2017).
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A Bossa Nova Instrumental:
O Samba Jazz pelo Olhar de Paulo Moura
This book explores the artist Paulo Moura in his historical, social, and artistic context, covering his artistic activities up until the production of the albums Paulo Moura Hepteto (1968) and Paulo Moura and Quarteto (1969). This period, though little known, is significant not only for the distinct sound he and his collaborators created, but also as it encapsulates all the learning and knowledge the musician had acquired up to that point. The albums analyzed here close a cycle both in artistic production and lifestyle in the long career of the artist, who is recognized as one of the most important names in Brazilian music of the 20th century.
