Several prominent jazz musicians from the New Bedford area are in the process of raising funds to record a CD honoring the late local music educator and sax legend Rick Britto.
Britto, who died in August at age 57, was a faculty member at both UMass Dartmouth and Wheaton College, as well as a recording artist and composer who had performed with the likes of Karl Berger, Lou Colombo, Armsted Christian, The Drifters and Tavares.
Spearheaded by pianist Matt Richard and guitarist Jim Robitaille, the fund-raising project is a social-media "crowdsourcing" endeavor in which donations can be made to the cause online via the Web site www.gofundme.com/rickbrittomusic. Once the necessary funds are raised (about $7,180, according to Richard), seven musicians — including Richard, Robitaille, vocalist Marcelle Gauvin, saxophonist Dino Govoni, drummer Chris Poudrier, percussionist Danny Schwartz and bassist Dave Zinno — will choose, practice and eventually record seven to nine of Britto's original compositions at PBS Studios in Westwood. The seven musicians will be paid only for the recording session, one rehearsal and one CD release concert, while all sales-generated profits will go directly to the Frank Monteiro Scholarship Fund. (Frank "Chico" Monteiro was a well-known musician in this area, president of the American Federation of Musicians Local 214 for many years, and a leader in the Cape Verdean community who died in September 2010.)
If the funds are raised successfully, Richard says he hopes recording will start in either March or April and that the CD will ultimately be released before Labor Day.
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