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Ruby Braff
Birth name Reuben Braff
Born March 16, 1927(1927-03-16)
Origin Flag of the United States Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died February 9, 2003 (aged 75)
Genre(s) Swing
Dixieland
Mainstream jazz
Instrument(s) Cornet
Trumpet
Label(s) Arbors Records
Associated acts Edmond Hall

Reuben "Ruby" Braff (March 16, 1927 – February 9, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United Dixieland or Dixie is a name for the southeastern portion of the USA; see Southern United States, Dixie. Mainstream jazz is a genre of Jazz music that was first used in reference to the playing styles of musicians like Buck Clayton among others performers who once heralded A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The cornet is a Brass instrument very similar to the Trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape and mellower tone quality In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Arbors Records is an independent American Jazz Record label based in Clearwater Florida. Edmond Hall ( 15 May, 1901 in New Orleans &ndash 11 February, 1967 in Boston) was a United States jazz clarinetist from Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The cornet is a Brass instrument very similar to the Trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape and mellower tone quality

Braff was born in Boston. He was renowned for working in an idiom ultimately derived from the playing of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke. Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter Leon Bix Beiderbecke ( March 10, 1903 &ndash August 6, 1931) was an American Jazz Cornetist and composer as well

He began playing in local clubs in the 1940's. In 1949, he was hired to play with the Edmond Hall Orchestra at the Savoy Cafe of Boston. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edmond Hall ( 15 May, 1901 in New Orleans &ndash 11 February, 1967 in Boston) was a United States jazz clarinetist from He relocated to New York in 1953 where he was much in demand for band dates and recordings.

He died February 10, 2003, in Chatham, Massachusetts. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Chatham is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod.

Select discography

As bandleader

With Scott Hamilton and Dave McKenna

With Ralph Sutton

With Ellis Larkins

With Dick Hyman

With George Wein

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Arbors Records is an independent American Jazz Record label based in Clearwater Florida. Dick Hyman (born March 8, 1927, New York City) is an American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer best known for his versatility with jazz piano styles Arbors Records is an independent American Jazz Record label based in Clearwater Florida. Arbors Records is an independent American Jazz Record label based in Clearwater Florida. George Wein (born October 3, 1925) is an American Jazz promoter and producer who has been called "the most famous jazz impresario" Arbors Records is an independent American Jazz Record label based in Clearwater Florida. Dick Hyman (born March 8, 1927, New York City) is an American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer best known for his versatility with jazz piano styles
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