The group, One O'Clock Jump, based out Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was a jazz/swing vocal group that performed together throughout much of the 1980's.

All five members were natives of Boston, New Bedford and Cape Cod.

The group performed original vocal arrangements of big band orchestrations and other vocal group charts by well noted jazz and swing groups from the 1930's through the 50's, including Lambert Hendricks and Ross, The Modernaires, The Andrew Sisters, The Mill Brothers and many more.

Using harmony, vocalese and scat soloing as featured highlights in many of the group's songs, One O'Clock Jump had a unique sound enjoyed by jazz and swing audiences on both East and West Coasts.

One O'clock Jump performed together for almost 9 years before disbanding, playing concerts, festivals and club dates with a number of renown big bands including The Count Basie Orchestra, The Buddy Rich Orchestra, The Artie Shaw Band and more......

Boston Herald says: "It's a contemporary musical flashback to the 1930's and 40's. A carbon microphone with a 20-20,000HZ. The sound would make Glenn Miller smile. The arrangements would please Billy Strayhorn. They're old, they're new, borrowed, blue......Latin swing and jazz vocals, casually elegant and elegantly casual. They will entertain you. They'll make you smile. You'll love them."

The Monterey Herald: "One O'Clock Jump's arrangements are fresh and contemporary interpretations of the classics."

I hope you enjoy listening to One O'Clock Jump Live again!

These recordings are remastered from an audio tape series of live performances dating back to the 1980s by One O'Clock Jump in both concerts and jazz clubs from East to West Coast.

thanks,

Rick Britto, pianist/arranger

Blue Skies

Drawin' A Tip

Do What EP

Move On Girl (In The Swing Remix)

05 - Indigo Swing - My Baby Just Cares For Me

Truckin'

"Wade in the water" from our 5 track  EP. Singing from the beautiful voice of Niamh Farrell. Recorded by Sean Og Graham at Big Banana Studios

Wade In The Water

Up above my head

Shake hands and tell me goodbye

Acoustic EP - piano, voice, string quartet. Six songs, five of which are inspired by classical pieces by Chopin, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

Lullaby for E, in particular, is based on Beethoven's Fur Elise.

Lullaby for E

Slumming on Park Avenue

Goody, Goody (Frankie Lymon cover)

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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, 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 also 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 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", Conversations with Erik & I" and his latest recoding project, a Smooth Jazz CD entitled, "For Your Love".

In the publishing world, 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 Austerlitz for Wesleyan University Press.

Rick Britto is also a professional web designer and web master for several artists and musician's websites including musical artists: Harold Jones, Semenya McCord, Marcelle Gauvin, Jack Gomes, The Dancing Dogs and Cobach Musik plus, psychic medium, Gail Hicks, Cape Verdean artist/photographer, Ron Barboza and political candidate for Ward 1 in New Bedford, Randy Santos.

His newest venture is into the world of visual art! He 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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