Ruby Braff. Practicing on his trumpet in his home, New York, 1969

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Ruby Braff practicing on his trumpet at his home, New York, 1969.

Ruby Braff (by name Reuben “Ruby“Braff) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist. Jack Teagarden was once asked about him on the Garry Moore television show and described Ruby as “The Ivy League Louis Armstrong.” He began playing in local clubs in the 1940s. In 1949, he was hired to play with the Edmond Hall Orchestra at the Savoy Cafe of Boston. He relocated to New York in 1953 where he was much in demand for band dates and recordings.

b. March 16, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts.
d. February 9, 2003 in Chatham, Massachusetts.

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