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

Source: Rick Britto
January 4, 2012

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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Interview

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

Source: Rick Britto
August 30, 2011

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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Recording

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

Source: Rick Britto
June 7, 2011

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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Recording

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

Source: Rick Britto
October 15, 2010

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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Recording

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

Source: Rick Britto
October 12, 2010

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 ...

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