Chico Alvarez (artist)

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Ernesto "Chico" Alvarez Peraza is a Latin American music artist who is known throughout the New York City and tri-state area simply as Chico Alvarez. He currently performs with the Afro-Cuban band Mafimba and has been a performer (mostly as the lead singer) for the last four decades. He is the host of a Latin jazz radio show on Sunday afternoons at WBAI radio (99.5 FM) called the New World Gallery. Alvarez is also a graphic artist and has designed various album covers for Latin music records over the years. He was born in New York but grew up in Cuba and currently lives in the state of New Jersey.