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Human Spirit
By Mike DiRubbo
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2003
Track listing: Transfer; Moon River; Human Spirit; Minor March; North Shore Reflections; Bossa For
Baby; Throwback; Down.
Mike DiRubbo: Human Spirit
by David A. Orthmann
On his second Criss Cross release, alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo thrives on the challenges posed by a great rhythm section. Pianist David Hazeltine, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Joe Farnsworth, most notably of the cooperative sextet One For All, have lit a fire under dozens of significant jazz recordings over the past decade. Full of inspired ...
Systems Blue
By Steve Davis
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2002
Track listing: Surrey With The Fringe On Top; Spirit Waltz; Systems Blue; A Nightingale Sang In Berleley Square; If I Love Again; Who Can I Turn To; Speak Low; 8. Namely You; Three and One; My Old Flame.
Keep Steppin'
By Mike DiRubbo
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2001
Track listing: Encounter; Introspection; Keep Steppin'; The End Of A Love Affair; Sunset; Around The Way; Mike's Move; Solar; Bittersuite.
Mike DiRubbo Quintet: Keep Steppin'
by David A. Orthmann
One of the great pleasures of being a jazz fan is bearing witness as a young musician makes the leap from someone to watch to a powerful, not-to-be-missed performer. Therefore it is deeply satisfying to hear Mike DiRubbo, only two years after his promising debut on Sharp Nine, emerge withKeep Steppin’, a brilliantly realized recording for ...
Mike DiRubbo: From the Inside Out
by Joel Roberts
As the title of his debut album on the Sharp Nine label suggests, alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo's musical imagination resides in that space between the mainstream and the avant-garde. It's no surprise, then, to learn that he's a former student of the great Jackie McLean, who, perhaps more than anyone, brought a tough, bebop and blues-based ...
Mike DiRubbo Quintet: From the Inside Out
by Jack Bowers
The proliferation of accomplished young saxophonists continues with New Haven native Mike DiRubbo's debut on Sharp Nine, which continues its admirable policy of promoting undiscovered but no less deserving talent. DiRubbo, now 28 years old, was only 23 when From the Inside Out was recorded in 1994. He'd already graduated from the Hartt School of Music, ...
