Ruby Braff has been so good for so long that it’s easy to take him for granted. He suffers from what a friend of mine calls the "Zoot Sims Syndrome" a situation in which another great release is not ...
This review also serves as a tribute and an obituary for a marvelous jazz cornetist. Ruby Braff died on February 9, 2003 in North Chatham, Mass., at age 75. The cause of death was given as ...
Ruby Braff, 75, the jazz cornetist whose elegance on the horn was offset by an abrasive personality that left him many fans but few friends, died Feb. 9 at a nursing home in North Chatham, Mass. He ...