USA Hello Alves Quartet Appearing @ Cornelia Street Cafe Sunday, February 28th 8 & 9:30pm

Helio Alves Quartet   Helio Alves: Piano Vic Juris: Guitar Edward Perez: Bass Alex Kautz: Drums.   At: Cornelia Street Cafe Sunday, February 28th 8pm, 9:30pm sets Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia St New York, NY 10014 (212) 989-9319 $10 cover plus $10 minimum www.corneliastreetcafe.com

A native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, pianist Helio Alves combines the rhythmic complexity of modern brazilian music with the edgy energy of contemporary jazz. A resident of NYC since the early '90s, Alves has received high praise as an in-demand sideman with the likes of Joe Henderson, Yo-Yo Ma, Paquito D'Rivera, Airto Moreira, Claudio Roditi, Rosa Passos and Sadao Watanabe, to name but a few. Helio has also released four albums under his own name: "Trios" (1998), "Portrait in Black & White" (2004), "It's Clear" (2009) and most recently, "Musica" featuring Antonio Sanchez, Reuben Rogers, Claudio Roditi and Romero Lubambo.