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Rick Britto

Rick Britto is a well known jazz musician from the New England area.

Britto's latest recording projects include: "For Your Love, "Conversations with Erik & I", Trine: " +1" and "In The Sky" all released on the new TrineArc Music label in the last two years from 2009-2011.

Previous releases on other labels include: The Lord's Orphans: "Holy City", Trine: "Politics", Andy McWain Ensemble: "Resemblance" ," One O'clock Jump Live"

As a musician, Rick Britto has performed with many artists and groups both nationally and locally including Karl Berger, Santi Debriano, Harold Jones, Freddie Redd, Kate McGarry, One O'clock Jump, Royal Hartigan, Wes Brown, Armsted Christian, Jim Robitaille, Semenya McCord, Marcelle Gauvin, John Harrison, Chris Poudrier, Bruce Gertz, Dave Zinno, Herb King, Kenny Wensel, Lou Columbo, Frank Wilkins, Alon Yavnai and numerous other musicians.

He has been double billed with such jazz notables as Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Rosemary Clooney, Dick Johnson, Dave McKenna, The Artie Shaw Band, The Buddy Rich Band, and Count Basie's Orchestra.

In the world of popular music, Rick Britto has performed with many R&B recording acts from The Drifters and The Tuneweavers to Tavares and even Queen Latifa to name a few.

Rick Britto is also a well known jazz educator from the New England area. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, he is a faculty member at both the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Wheaton College instructing private lessons for saxophone and jazz piano, directing music ensembles and teaching Jazz Theory and African-American Music History.

He has taught younger students locally by assisting band directors for both New Bedford and Old Rochester Regional High School Bands for years and currently teaches a few gifted younger students privately in his home. Brittto has also adjudicated many concerts, clinics and competitions in school districts in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Rick Britto also owns a recording studio, Saurus Studio, where he has produced numerous projects for radio & television and engineered, recorded or mastered recordings for many artists locally.

Latest projects include CD mastering for "Union", Cheryl Conte: "Fortress", "O Caboverdiano" and “Boa Vista” by Cape Verdean guitarist and cavaquinho player, Tazinho, Andy McWain Ensemble: "Resemblance", Trine: "Politics", Trine: " +1", Rick Britto - Matt Richard: "In The Sky" and his latest project Conversations with Erik & I" and "For Your Love" released in 2011.

In the publishing world, Rick Britto digitally restored and mastered old recordings for "The Music of South India" published by Prof. Matthew Allen of Wheaton College for Oxford University Press and scored music for "Jazz Consciousness Music, Race, and Humanity" by Prof. Paul Asterlitz for Wesleyan University Press.

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Rick Britto Releases a Contemporary Jazz CD "For Your Love"

Rick Britto Releases a Contemporary Jazz CD "For Your Love"

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For Your Love featuring jazz saxophonist, Rick Britto is a Contemporary Jazz recording of all fresh and exciting originals songs for lovers to enjoy! The album covers many styles of Contemporary Jazz music crossing from R&B and Soul to Funk and Hip Hop even Reggae and Latin grooves which all make up the foundation of the recording. The recording features some of Britto's dear friends from near and a far as guest artist throughout the album. Composer and producer, Nesta ...

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Dueling saxophones help make Rick Britto's new album among year's most unique releases

Dueling saxophones help make Rick Britto's new album among year's most unique releases

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It is, without a doubt, one of the most original jazz releases of the year. Conversations with Erik & I is a unique experiment, two saxophonists engrossed in discussion, one that is told through the sounds of the instruments. The gentlemen in question are Rick Britto on tenor sax with Erik Van Dam on tenor/alto sax. Together they argue through the outré sonic landscapes created by their playing or sometimes even chill with a laid-back groove. The results are provocative ...

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Dueling saxophones help make Rick Britto's new album among year's most unique releases

Dueling saxophones help make Rick Britto's new album among year's most unique releases

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It is, without a doubt, one of the most original jazz releases of the year. Conversations with Erik & I is a unique experiment, two saxophonists engrossed in discussion, one that is told through the sounds of the instruments. The gentlemen in question are Rick Britto on tenor sax with Erik Van Dam on tenor/alto sax. Together they argue through the outré sonic landscapes created by their playing or sometimes even chill with a laid-back groove. The results are provocative ...

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New CD "Conversations with Erik & I" on the TrineArc Music label to be released in June 2011

New CD "Conversations with Erik & I" on the TrineArc Music label to be released in June 2011

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Avant-garde jazz saxophone duo Rick Britto (tenor) and Erik Van Dam (alto/tenor) release Conversations with Erik & I (TrineArc Music). Liner Notes by Rick Britto When Erik and I decided to do this recording we were searching to communicate musically in a whole new way. We wanted our performance to be just like a conversation between two old friends! I sat down and thought of all the ways people converse with each other so we could incorporate all the ...

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"In The Sky" by Rick Britto & Matt Richard released on TrineArc Music label

"In The Sky" by Rick Britto & Matt Richard released on TrineArc Music label

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New CD on the TrineArc Music label released in September 2010! “In The Sky" by Rick Britto and Matt Richard. Featuring Rick Britto on tenor sax and Matt Richard on piano Recording at Wheaton College on August 16, 2010 NOTES FROM RICK BRITTO: Recorded in only a three hour session, this recent collaboration with Matt has been a labor of love. Matt and I have played in numerous ensembles for years from big band ...

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New CD release in September 2010: Trine "+1"on the TrineArc Music label

New CD release in September 2010: Trine "+1"on the TrineArc Music label

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TRINE: “+1" (TrineArc Music) “+1," Trine's second recording, continues further with the trios collective improvisational explorations with the addition of bassist Chris Lopes to the core trio, Jim Robitaille; guitar, Rick Britto; sax, Chris Poudrier; drums. The musical selections on the CD have the group evolving with a multi- directional compositional palette. One third of the CD allows the quartet to develop many musical devices and textures such as with the pedal point/ drone of: “Passage" and the time sketches ...

New England saxophonist Rick Britto releases smart, refreshingly original album

July 8, 2011 (Boston, MA) Written by Robert Sutton. Their words are conveyed through the language of their saxophones. Although open to interpretation, there's no denying the intellectual depth of their discussion; that can easily be sensed from the variety of tones that they express. Together they produce an electric charge in the air that hints at argumentation, mutual joy, or respectful disagreement.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Trine "Politics"

TrineArc Music
2008

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For Your Love

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In The Sky

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Trine

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Into Your Love

From: For Your Love
By Rick Britto

Conversations with Erik & I

From: Conversations with Erik & I
By Rick Britto

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