Aside from being featured as one of the “Top Jazz Vocalists of All Time” in Scott Yanow's New Book – Jazz Singers, and being the founder of Jazz for Peace - whose list of unprecedented achievements include his now famous concert at the United Nations and his Concert Series that has helped over 600 organizations, Rick DellaRatta is also one of the finest pianists and composers of our time, having performed with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Paquito D’Rivera and had his composition "Permutata" performed and recorded by The London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London.