Mafalda came up through Italy’s great classic tradition from Rome’s #1 cabaret “La Cabala” to RAI TV’s #1 show “Uno Mattina.” From 1996, a fateful invitation to Brazil resulted in her ongoing touring and recording career there, finding her onstage in major clubs, festivals, theaters and TV and in performance with Milton Nascimento, Guinga, Leny Andrade, and Roberto Menescal among many others while releasing some 25 albums.

Over the past 8 years, Mafalda has come to NY alongside her guitarist/arranger Paul Ricci to become a standout on Jazz radio and on the NY scene where, among other venues, they’ve played at Birdland, Mezzrow and NYU, and have recorded 4 CDs that feature John Patitucci, Don Byron, Rogerio Boccato, Helio Alves, Art Hirahara, Joe Locke and Michael Wolff and others.

Paul played with many noted jazz players as well as with Astrud and Bebel Gilberto, Harry Belafonte, Bobby Sanabria, Coumba Sidibe and others from the Caribbean, Latin and African melting pot while also living in Brazil for 20+ years. As such, the duo brings an unprecedented command to the amalgam of Bossa with classic world songbooks for a virtuosic and exciting interplay in one global jazz style.

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