Sal DiFusco
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Sal DiFusco has extensive experience in writing, recording, producing, and performing with many world-class artists. He has toured the world performing original music with favorable reviews by top national entertainment magazines. He has recorded three solo records—Nevertheless, Great Exploits, and Vanishing Mist—and has performed his original music in several countries, including Russia, France, Hungary, Italy, and Taiwan, among others. He has toured extensively in the U.S in cities that include Boston, New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles.
DiFusco makes his home in Boston and has taught at Berklee College of Music since 1998. He is known by his students as an inspirational teacher with great technique and a command of a diverse list of styles, including rock, jazz, blues, funk, and Latin. He describes his sound as jazz and rock fusion.
Throughout his musical career, DiFusco has shared the stage with some of the best musicians out there. He currently manages the in-demand R&B group Radiance that performs throughout the New England area. In addition, he maintains an active performance schedule with his own group, the Sal DiFusco Project.
He has developed himself through rigorous studies with masters of music education, including Jon Damian, Jerry Bergonzi, the late Charlie Banacos, and most recently, the New York jazz guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg. He also obtained a four-year professional diploma in jazz composition from Berklee College of Music.
- Leader of the Sal DiFusco Project
- Band Manager and Guitarist for the band Radiance
- Solo recordings Nevertheless, Great Exploits and Vanishing Mist
- Recordings include Chase the Fire by Heart and Fire, and the Radicals' City of Hope
- Performances and recordings with various rock and jazz groups and artists, including Speech from Grammy-winning group Arrested Development, Layla Hathaway, Susan Tedeschi, Peter Erskine, and Gary Burton, among many others
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School NameBerklee College of MusicState or ProvinceMassachusettsDegreeProfessional DiplomaField of StudyJazz CompositionDate Degree Received