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DamienDelRusso
Composer//Musician//Piano Tuner
DAMIEN DELRUSSO
Serving Morris, Essex, and Warren Counties in New Jersey and Northeastern Pennsylvania
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Call or Text 973-692-0019 to schedule a Piano Tuning or 973-865-2988 to inquire about DelRusso & Company
Email: DamienDelRusso@gmail.com
Email: NancyDelRusso@gmail.com
About Damien DelRusso
I was born with a condition known as RP (retinitis pigmentosa). RP is a progressive eye disease which gradually takes your sight. Now I am almost totally blind. I come from a large family (8 children) and six of us were born with RP. In spite of this, I have been fortunate enough to earn a living as a piano player and piano tuner for over 50 years. My love of music has surely helped me get through some difficult times.
My band, known as The Limited Edition was the house band for The Friar Tuck from 1980 to 1985. The Friar Tuck was a popular restaurant and catering hall in Cedar Grove, NJ. When that came to an end, I went out on my own playing at restaurants and at upscale catering reception halls throughout Essex and Morris counties in NJ.
Besides being a piano tuner and a musician, I'm also a composer. As a songwriter and member of ASCAP, I have written well over 300 songs in all genres. Not too long ago I released a CD of smooth jazz called "Looking Through Rain." I am very proud of this collection and I hope that you will take the time to listen to some of the tracks.
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Thank you for visiting my website...and please give me a call. I'd love to tune your piano.
About DelRusso & Company
For nearly 40 years, Damien and Nancy DelRusso have been a creative team. Their partnership has always been built on a simple foundation: Damien creates
the music, and Nancy writes the lyrics. Damien spent his career as a professional piano player, performing in bands and as a solo artist. After they met, Nancy joined him as his vocalist, and together they performed at many house parties and venues. In 2010, Damien released his album, Looking Through Rain. While he does not perform on the tracks, he composed every piece of music on the CD, including two songs featuring Nancy’s lyrics. Now in their 70s, they have rebranded as DelRusso & Company. They are proving that great music has no expiration date, using AI assist to finish and release previously unheard songs from their archives. In an exciting shift from their long-standing process, they are also creating brand-new tracks where Nancy’s poetry comes first, with music now being composed to fit her words.They are thrilled to share this evolution of their partnership. Whether revisiting older compositions or debuting brand-new work, DelRusso & Company shows that creative passion only grows stronger with time, and the music is just as good as it’s ever been.
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"Hi Damien, we received your BRILLIANT, STELLAR and MASTERPIECE CD "Looking Through Rain" today WOOOOOW Amazing! We are now broadcasting the full album to the world for you."
- Jeff Moses WJMX-DB Smooth Jazz Boston Global Radio
My Music
A REVIEW OF LOOKING THROUGH RAIN
Here's a noble effort from composer/pianist/piano tuner Damien DelRusso who, after three decades in the music business, presents his first contemporary jazz product here with Looking Through Rain, a reference to how he describes seeing life through his eyes since developing retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a disease that robs one of vision over time. The nobility about which I speak is demonstrated in his decision to donate $1.00 from the sale of this fine jazz debut to the Foundation Fighting Blindness.
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​While DelRusso chose not to play on the album, he composed all of the music and recruited such talent as David Mann (sax), Rob Reich (guitar), and Matt King (keys), among others, to express his magic.
​While the majority of tunes can be considered contemporary, there's a good helping of straight-ahead influence in such pleasantries as "Each Time I Look at You" featuring sultry vocals by Veronica Martell and some good ol' blues in "Ain't Doin' It With You," which features some snappy, dead-on vocals by Josh Dion. Getting back to smooth jazz, however, cool guitar action can be found on "Always Listen to Your Heart," as Rob Reich gives us a dose of why he's here.
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​DelRusso dedicates the finale, "Song for Steve" to his late brother whose love of the piano inspired DelRusso. Matt King does the tribute proud with his fine handling of the ivories here.
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​All and all, this is a fine effort by one who's enveloped himself in music for so long that it has truly become a part of who he is and what he breathes. It is obviously also what he feels and, despite what might ostensibly be a limitation, what he sees as well. Looking Through Rain is well-done and, if this is what DelRusso sees through his eyes, then he must also see the beautiful rainbow of sound that his effort has produced.
- Ronald Jackson
The Smooth Jazz Ride
