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"Funky Mama" featuring saxophonist, Rick Britto

"Funky Mama" "For Your Love" Rick Britto TrineArc Music 2011 For Your Love" featuring jazz saxophonist, Rick Britto is a Contemporary Jazz recording With all fresh and exciting originals songs for lovers to enjoy, crossing from R+B and Soul to Funk…
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Free Mp3 "Download of The Day" on AllAboutJazz.com"Into Your Love"New Contemporary Jazz CD"For Your Love"TrineArc MUsic 2011by saxophonist:Rick Brittofeaturing jazz vocalist:Joani Taylor See More
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Now Available on iTunes! Rick Britto's "For Your Love"

Now Available on iTunes!Rick Britto | For Your Love | CD BabyTrineArc Music Contemporary Jazz CD Release August 2011"For Your Love"by saxophonist Rick Britto     "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…See More
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Contemporary Jazz CD Release "For Your Love" by saxophonist Rick Britto

TrineArc Music Contemporary Jazz CD ReleaseTo be released August 2011"For Your Love"by saxophonist Rick Britto     "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 CD features some of Rick's dear…See More
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New CD Review on AllAboutJazz.com

AllAboutJazz.com review of new CD "Conversations with Erik & I"! Dueling saxophones help make Rick Britto's new album among year's most unique releasesSee More
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Hello Cape Verde 2011- Tribute to Horace Silver

On Saturday, May 28th, 2011; Hello Cape Verde Expo 2011 paid a tribute to the great jazz musician Horace Silver. Rick Britto, Sax; John Harrison, keyboard; J...
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June 13, 2011 at 6pm to June 30, 2011 at 7pm
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Conversations With Erik & I - Video CD Presentation

Video Presentation Demo "Conversations with Erik & I TrineArc Music 2011 featuring: Rick Britto - tenor sax Erik Van Dam - alto/tenor sax
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Rick Britto is a well known jazz educator and musician from the New England area.

Rick's latest recording projects include:"For Your Love", Trine: " +1", "In The Sky" and "Conversations with Erik & I" all released on the new TrineArc Music label!

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 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, D*** Johnson, Dave McKenna, The Artie Shaw Band, The Buddy Rich Band, and Count Basie's Orchestra.

In the world of popular music, Rick 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. Rick has also adjudicated many concerts, clinics and competitions in school districts in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Rick 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", which be released this January 2011.

In the publishing world, Rick 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.

Rick is also a professional web designer and web master for several artists and musician's websites including musical artists: Harold Jones, Semenya McCord, Candida Rose, Lonnie Gasperini, Marcelle Gauvin, The Dancing Dogs and Cobach Musik plus, psychic medium, Gail Hicks and Cape Verdean artist/photographer, Ron Barboza.

His newest venture is into the world of visual art! He just debuted his first piece of digital art work, "Mind, Body & Soul" a digital self-portrait, at Gallery X in downtown New Bedford as part of the Public Hanging Art Exhibit in August of 2010.

For more information on Rick Britto, please visit his personal web site: http://rickbritto.com
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clarinet, keyboards, organ, piano, sax (soprano), sax (tenor), synthesizer
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Jazz, Latin Jazz, Soul Jazz, Funk, R&B / Soul, Electronic
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Now Available on iTunes! Rick Britto's "For Your Love"

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Contemporary Jazz CD Release "For Your Love" by saxophonist Rick Britto

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TrineArc Music Contemporary Jazz CD Release

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"For Your Love"

by saxophonist Rick Britto

     "For Your Love" featuring jazz saxophonist, Rick Britto is a Contemporary Jazz recording of all fresh and exciting originals…

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New CD Review on AllAboutJazz.com

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At 5:34pm on April 24, 2011, Hulon said…
I have have an artist profile page for my career as a jazz saxophone player- check it out and become a fan if you enjoy the music!
http://www.facebook.com/hulonsax
At 1:30pm on January 17, 2011, Jono Frola said…
Sorry I didn't see this earlier. Welcome   Jono
At 5:16pm on January 15, 2011, Curvey Simmons said…
Hi Rick, Great sound! Nice to have you as a friend.
At 8:35am on January 15, 2011, Eugenia said…
Very nice to read your kind words about us! We will wait for your concert in Russia.
At 8:18am on January 15, 2011, Eugenia said…

Greetings from Russia!

Beautiful  sound!  Such is only  in your  land!

 
 
 

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