Nationally he has been double billed with
such notables as Buddy Rich, Ray Brown, Rosemary Clooney,
The Artie Shaw Band and Count Basie's Orchestra.
As an educator at both the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and Wheaton College , Rick teaches saxophone, jazz piano, jazz ensemble and African-American Music History. He also coaches the jazz bands for New Bedford High and Old Rochester Regional High Schools and teaches private lessons for piano and music theory at The Symphony Music Shop in North Dartmouth, MA.
Rick owns a recording studio, " Saurus Studio ", in New Bedford, MA where he has produced numerous commercials for radio & TV and recordings for many local artists. He composed and produced the musical soundtrack of "Profiles Of Living History" a video documentary on Black History for the Black Heritage Foundation of New Bedford funded by The Polaroid Corporation.His most recent studio projects include digitally mastering a CD for Tazinho a well known Cape Verdean musician from the New Bedford area. CD mastering for a new book, Music of South India published by Professor Matthew Allen of Wheaton College released by Oxford University Press. Scoring for a new book by Prof. Paul Asterlitz , " Jazz Consciousness Music, Race, and Humanity " by Wesleyan University Press distributed by University Press of New England .
His jazz composition, “Hot Summer’s Night†is on Dan Moretti' s CD "Saxual†on which Rick also plays keys plus two of Rick’s jazz compositions “Nova Samba and “Xumusca†are on the “ Whaling City Sound Superband Live †CD.
Performance on new CD release, "Holy City" with The Lord's Orphans , best described as a modern day American version of Pink Floyd with a mix of other influences that include Peter Gabriel, late Beatles, The Doors, Alan Parsons Project and Led Zeppelin.
Rick's avante garde jazz trio "TRINE" featuring fellow musicians Jim Robitaille on guitar and Chris Poudrier on drums just released a new CD on the Fuller Street Music label called "POLITICS" .
He is also on a new CD release by Andy McWain. "The Andy McWain Ensemble: RESEMBLANCE" released this Spring 08. It features eight musicians (including Sofia Koutsovitis, Assif Tsahar, Rick Britto, Chris Poudrier, Jeremy Udden, David Landoni, and Albey Balgochian) in various combinations from solo piano, duos, and trios to sextet.black and blue MySpace Layouts Gallery!
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