MEU RIO: Mafalda Minnozzi & Paul Ricci

Name: MEU RIO: Mafalda Minnozzi & Paul Ricci
Start: 2025-09-25T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-25T20:00:00-07:00
Location: 311 E Congress St, Tucson, AZ 85701-1811, United States

Schedule

Thu Sep 25 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

311 E Congress St, Tucson, AZ 85701-1811, United States | Tucson, AZ

($20-$30 Tickets + DICE fees | 6:30pm) On the heels of her JazzWeek radio chart topping album RIOFONIC, vocalist Mafalda Minnozzi makes her first westward tour from her home bases of NY, Brazil and Italy. Italian born and Brazilian baptized via her over 20 albums and touring career in Brazil that includes duets with the legendary Milton Nascimento, Joao Bosco and Leny Andrade, Mafalda will surprise with her blend of the Brazilian, American, French and Italian songbook classics wrapped up in an exciting arranging style with NY guitarist Paul Ricci. Their unique takes and improvisational twists blend the familiar with the unexpected. Mafalda connects in a visceral way that has moved audiences from NY's top jazz clubs to festivals and theaters throughout Europe, S. America and even Bahrain.
"Minnozzi is boundlessly expressive… connecting to each lyric viscerally, regardless of language … where everything including body language and gesture heightens the emotional impact of her delivery. Minnozzi’s approach to a song is one of a kind." David Adler, editor-in-chief JazzTimes magazine
MAFALDA MINNOZZI
Mafalda Minnozzi has arrived in NY on the jazz scene by way of a long journey across three continents. Originating in Italy and evolving in Brazil to the USA with many stops on the way, the musical language that evolved from her journey comes to light on her latest álbum “RIOFONIC”.
After recording over 20 albums in Brazil, Mafalda’s latest release is her fourth in a series for the American jazz market in collaboration with producer, guitarist and arranger Paul Ricci. Her first was the critically acclaimed Brazilian based “SENSORIAL – Portraits in Bossa & Jazz” (2020) featuring Art Hirahara, Rogerio Boccato, Essiet Okon Essiet, Will Calhoun, Victor Jones and Harvie S. It is still in rotation on WBGO radio and has earned her Latin Jazz Artist of the Month on WUCF radio.
PAUL RICCI
An accomplished stylist born out of the NYC jazz scene and nourished by a life of touring through Brazil, Italy and beyond, Ricci has integrated Brazilian, Latin, African and Caribbean musical accents into something unique as a soloist, composer, arranger and especially as accompanist to vocalist Mafalda Minnozzi.
From his time in the jazz clubs with Jaki Byard, Michael Wolff, Dennis Irwin, Sonny Fortune, David Kikoski, Harold Vick, Victor Jones, Santi DeBriano, Mino Cinelu, Dom Um Romao, Hugo Fattoruso, Mike Clark, Larry Willis and so many others to performances with Bobby Sanabria, Bebel Gilberto, the African Blue Note Band and tours with Astrud Gilberto and Harry Belafonte, it can be said that the musical choices he makes come from a life in the music. His album with Anthony Jackson, Steve Jordan, Randy Brecker and others speaks to the reach of his sound.
His collaboration with Minnozzi has produced over 20 albums and countless concerts that have culminated in RIOFONIC, Minnozzi’s latest that placed in the top 10 on the prestigious JazzWeek chart for a 13 week period.