Background

Bob (Dee) Dellureficio has recorded and performed on TV, radio, and on stage with such luminaries as the Belzonics behind Law and Order star and standup comedian Richard Belzer, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Dave Douglas, Charlie Thomas of The Drifters, Gunter Hampel, and with legendary improvisatory group A Thousand Tiny Fingers to name a few. As a composer and guitarist, he has produced and released three critically acclaimed CDs, "Double Talk", "From Head To Soul", and “Help Yourself” and has toured Europe, Asia and the U.S. performing in major festivals such as Moers, Ottawa Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival and in venues including Town Hall in New York City. Bob has also performed on countless radio and television commercials as a session guitarist, and composed for television shows such as Martha Stewart Living. Since 1998, Bob has been a member of the Music Ministry at the Baptist House of Prayer playing gospel music with the Anointed Combined Choir in Harlem, New York and at the Parkchester Baptist Church in the Bronx, New York.  Bob has been a private teacher since 1986, currently is a professor at Sarah Lawrence College and has taught at Harlem School of the Arts, Greenwich House Music School, Abrons Art Center at the Henry Street Settlement, and in-school New York City programs through Arts Connection to name a few. 

Bob completed his music studies at Berklee College of Music in 1983 and studied privately with jazz greats Pat Martino, Mike Stern, and Ralph Bowen.