DiRubbo is based in New York City where he has made a career for himself in the field of jazz, establishing himself as a player firmly rooted in the Post-bop idiom.

[1] He has released 10 albums as a leader and has performed and recorded as a sideman with Steve Davis, Mario Pavone, Al Foster, Jim Rotondi, Joe Farnsworth, Jimmy Cobb, George Coleman, Larry Willis and Harold Mabern.

In 1988 he received both academic and performance scholarships to attend college at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz, Hartt School, University of Hartford.

"[11] From the mid to late 1990's, DiRubbo found his community in New York City, working with drummer Joe Farnsworth and other likeminded musicians.

[17] In the mid-2000's DiRubbo employed drummer Tony Reedus, pianist Harold Mabern and bassist Dwayne Burno as his primary working quartet.

In a 2019 Downbeat Magazine feature, Ken Micallef wrote, "The quartet acquits itself well on DiRubbo’s material, but it’s the leader’s penetrating tone and intense delivery that draws you in".