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Mike DiRubbo

Mike DiRubbo is an alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator whose leader catalog develops a hard-bop foundation through varied small groups.

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Career Overview

About Mike DiRubbo

DiRubbo’s official biography traces his study with Jackie McLean at the Hartt School and his move to New York in 1997. It presents alto saxophone, composition, bandleading, and jazz education as continuing parts of a three-decade career.[1]

The artist lists ten leader recordings through Inner Light, moving among quartets, quintets, live club sessions, and a piano duo with Larry Willis. His artist-authorized Bandcamp adds complete streams for Inner Light and the Vancouver session Way Out Northwest.[1][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, alto saxophonist, and composer

Mike DiRubbo leader groups

DiRubbo’s ten-record leader sequence uses changing rhythm sections and ensemble sizes while preserving his original writing.[1]

Co-leader and alto saxophonist with Larry Willis

Four Hands, One Heart

The duo recording places DiRubbo’s alto directly against Willis’s piano without a larger rhythm section.[1]

Teaching artist and clinician

Jazz education

The official biography documents long-term teaching at Litchfield Jazz Camp and later work at Stanford Jazz Workshop.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2002

Human Spirit

Leader, alto saxophonist, and composer

Human Spirit is part of DiRubbo’s early leader sequence following From the Inside Out and Keep Steppin’.[1]

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2011

Chronos

Leader, alto saxophonist, and composer

Chronos documents DiRubbo’s middle-period small-group writing within the ten-record catalog listed by his artist site.[1]

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2023

Inner Light

Leader, alto saxophonist, and composer

The artist-linked Bandcamp edition brings DiRubbo’s recent original music into a complete label-authorized stream.[1][3]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Official music guide

Browse DiRubbo’s artist-curated recordings and links across his leader catalog.

Official Bandcamp catalog

Stream recent DiRubbo leader releases through artist-linked label editions.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Sat, Sep 26, 7:00 PM

MIKE DIRUBBO QUARTET

Scullers Jazz Club · Boston

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Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and ten-record leader history

    Mike DiRubbo

  2. [2] Official recording and listening guide

    Mike DiRubbo

  3. [3] Artist-authorized release catalog

    Mike DiRubbo