# Jota Alves | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/jota-alves
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/jota-alves/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 01:06 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/jota-alves
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/jota-alves/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/jota-alves/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Jota Alves
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `jota-alves`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 01:06 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-57412d2892cb1bee
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 474
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Saudade
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Jota Alves was born José Tavares de Alves in 1935 in Salvador, Bahia. His father was a musician, and early on he absorbed the sounds of samba masters like João Gilberto and Ary Barroso. He started performing in nightclubs during the 1950s. His 1967 album 'Saudade' gave him wider recognition, with the title track becoming his most remembered song. He kept recording through the decades, putting out albums like 'Samba...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Saudade — https://lyroverse.com/jota-alves/saudade