Alfred "Chico" Alvarez (February 3, 1920 – August 1, 1992) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and other bands.

Upon graduation of high school, he attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music.

He also played with the Red Norvo and Charlie Barnet bands, and worked in Las Vegas hotels in the 1960s and 1970s, accompanying singers like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

Alvarez married Eileen Brennan in Los Angeles on December 31, 1949, and they moved to Las Vegas in 1958.

Alvarez' grandson is the American blues guitarist, Alastair Greene.