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An accomplished trumpeter and cornetist, it was Ruby Braff’s 1953 recordings with Vic Dickenson that drew the appreciation of jazz fans. His lyrical and expressive style, shot through with bursts of white-hot excitement, lent itself especially well to ballads. During the rest of the '50s, he made several excellent records in the company of ...
7 de abr. de 2008 · Ruby Braff. Ruby Braff began his jazz career as an out-of-time traditionalist playing with veteran jazzmen of an earlier age, and rose to establish his own standing as one of the handful of leading artists playing in traditional and mainstream idioms. He did so on the back of one of the most beautiful instrumental sounds in jazz, a prodigious ...
12 de feb. de 2003 · Ruby Braff, a trumpeter and cornetist who was considered one of the most melodic improvisers in jazz, has died. He was 75. A resident of Harwich, Mass., on Cape Cod, Braff died Sunday at a nursing ...
2 de dic. de 2021 · Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupThere's A Small Hotel · The Ruby Braff & George Barnes QuartetSalutes Rodgers And Hart℗ 1975 Concord JazzReleased...
1 de sept. de 2001 · Ruby Braff is a self-taught cornetist who grew up in Boston. Braff has had a long productive career that has included performing or recording with Benny Goodman, Buck Clayton, Scott Hamilton, Roger Kellaway, Mel Powell, Ellis Larkins, Dick Hyman, Gene DiNovi, Tony Bennett, and George Barnes.
Ruby Braff (1927–2003) Cornetist Ruby (Reuben) Braff was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Self-taught, he played locally during the 1940s, recorded with Edmond Hall’s band in 1949 and worked with Pee Wee Russell in the early 1950s. He moved to New York in 1953 and made outstanding recordings that year with trombonist Vic Dickenson’s septet.
11 de mar. de 2022 · Reuben "Ruby" Braff (March 16, 1927 – February 9, 2003) was an American jazz cornetist and trumpeter. Braff was a wonderfully characterful and melodic player with an immediately identifiable sound and unique tone on the cornet, an uncommon instrument in post-war jazz.
