Results for "Paul Ricci"

Paul Ricci

Born: March 11, 1958

Born and raised in New York and a graduate of New England Conservatory, Ricci has studied and performed and various styles of global music that he integrates with his jazz foundation leading to a brilliant career as a guitarist, arranger and producer in the USA and Brasil.

From the 1980’s on, he has performed at some of the most prestigious jazz clubs in NYC sharing the stage or studio with many great names on the scene such as Michael Wolff,  Dennis Irwin, Sonny Fortune, David Kikoski, Harold Vick, Victor Jones, Santi DeBriano, Mino Cinelu, Mike Clark, Bakithi Kumalo, Larry Willis and so many others in clubs such as Mezzrow’s, Fat Tuesday’s, Visiones, Birdland, Zinc Bar, Zanzibar, NuBlu, the Iridium and the Blue Note.

The Path

By Paul Ricci

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Major Look; Whenever; Lobo; Sleeping Beauty; Around the Block; September Glide; Down on 6th St.

All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: February 2026

March 1, 2026

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in February, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Songs Bossa Breeze Alex ...

Dave Stryker, Michael Dease, Mattias Svensson, Roderick Harper and more

by Benjamin Boddie
January 22, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Dave Stryker, Michael Dease, Mattias Svensson, Roderick Harper, Eddie Allen & Push, Paul Ricci, Kate Olson, Steve Berndt, Vance Thompson, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Peter Furlan, Gil Livni, Lisa Hilton, Brandon Sanders, Charlie Porter, Enoch Smith Jr., Leslie Odom, Jr., Maja Jaku, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Affinity Trio, Gregory Groover Jr., Johnathan ...

Michael Dease, Betty Bryant, Miles Donahue & Chuck Redd

by Joe Dimino
January 18, 2026

We begin the first episode of 2026 with a salute to percussionist & vibraphonist Chuck Redd for standing up to political corruption. He kicks off the 941st Episode of Neon Jazz with music off his 2024 collaboration with Nate Najar off the album Meet The Graingers. From there, we step into the Kansas City-born legendary figure ...

Riofonic

By Mafalda Minnozzi

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Corcovado; Só Danço Samba; Corcovado; Café South American Style; Eu e a Brisa; O Barquinho; Telefone; Tu Si 'Na Cosa Grande; Você (You); Postcard from Rio; The Gentle Rain; Garota de Ipanema; Se é Tarde Me Perdoa; Água de Beber.

Mafalda Minnozzi: Riofonic

by Katchie Cartwright
April 17, 2025

Singer Mafalda Minnozzi, who already had a solid recording career in Italy, went to Rio for a date in the late 1990s, stayed for a year, then decided to make it her home. Like many musical immigrants to that great city, she went to feel the salt air, to drink in the natural beauty and learn ...

Whenever

February 10, 2026

Album: The Path
By Paul Ricci
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 05:56

Elvin Jones & Anthony Wonsey

by Joe Dimino
January 16, 2022

We begin the first episode of 2022 with Anthony Wonsey celebrating the idea of an entire village raising a musician. The year of 2021 will continue to be a focus on this first episode as we profile the likes of Mafalda Minnozzi, Yoron Israel, Oli Astral and Benjamin Schnake. In between, we hear from legends like ...