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Ruby Braff
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<h2 id="discography">Discography</h2> <h3>As leader/co-leader</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Buck_Meets_Ruby/XWPJk40X">Buck Meets Ruby</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Vanguard_Records/fT8Cs0n3">Vanguard</a>, 1954) with <a href="/facts/Buck_Clayton/IbNqJXK9">Buck Clayton</a></li> <li><i>Jazz at Storyville, Vol. 1 and 2</i> (<a href="/facts/Savoy_Records/WyhtkrYw">Savoy</a>, 1955) with <a href="/facts/Pee_Wee_Russell/2RXBXoeP">Pee Wee Russell</a></li> <li><i>Ruby Braff Swings</i> (Bethlehem, 1955)</li> <li><i>Holiday in Braff</i> (Bethlehem, 1955)</li> <li><i>Ball at Bethlehem with Braff</i> (<a href="/facts/Bethlehem_Records/bEDhpKw8">Bethlehem</a>, 1955)</li> <li><i>Braff!!</i> (<a href="/facts/Epic_Records/FYuvCn2y">Epic</a>, 1956)</li> <li><i>Ruby Braff featuring Dave McKenna</i> (<a href="/facts/ABC-Paramount/3JkfxUlU">ABC-Paramount</a>, 1956)</li> <li><i>Hi-Fi Salute to Bunny</i> (<a href="/facts/RCA_Victor/bp1jLxvU">RCA Victor</a>, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Ruby_Braff_Octet_with_Pee_Wee_Russell_%2526_Bobby_Henderson_at_Newport/hbGfrK4U">The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell & Bobby Henderson at Newport</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Verve_Records/m5M2mWMq">Verve</a>, 1957)</li> <li><i>Ruby Braff Goes 'Girl Crazy'</i> (<a href="/facts/Warner_Bros._Records/w5sRGtNj">Warner Bros. Records</a>, 1958)</li> <li><i>Easy Now</i> (RCA, 1959)</li> <li><i>You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me</i> (Stere-O-Craft, 1959)</li> <li><i>Blowing Around The World</i> (<a href="/facts/United_Artists_Records/M5CQWH81">United Artists</a>, 1959)</li> <li><i>The Ruby Braff Marshall Brown Sextet</i> (<a href="/facts/United_Artists_Records/M5CQWH81">United Artists</a>, 1961)</li> <li><i>Very Sinatra</i> (Finesse, 1982)</li> <li><i>Live at the Regattabar</i> (<a href="/facts/Arbors_Records/UayPcYFn">Arbors</a>, 1993)</li> <li><i>Ruby Braff Remembers <a href="/facts/Louis_Armstrong/EcRpJ0gw">Louis Armstrong</a>: Being with You</i> (Arbors, 1997)</li> <li><i>You Can Depend on Me</i> (Arbors, 1998)</li> <li><i>Born to Play</i> (Arbors, 1999)</li> <li><i>Ruby Braff and Strings: In the Wee, Small Hours in London and New York</i> (Arbors, 2000)</li> <li><i>The Cape Godfather</i> (Arbors, 2000)</li> <li><i>Music for the Still of the Night</i> (Arbors, 2001)</li> <li><i>I Hear Music</i> (Arbors, 2002)</li> <li><i>Relaxing at the Penthouse with the <a href="/facts/John_Pizzarelli/ckRqXFjQ">John Pizzarelli</a> Trio</i> (Victoria, 2002)</li> <li><i>Variety Is the Spice of Braff</i> (Arbors, 2002)</li> <li><i>Watch What Happens</i> (Arbors, 2003)</li> <li><i>You Brought a New Kind of Love</i> (Arbors, 2005)</li> <li><i>Controlled Nonchalance' at the Regattabar, Vol. 2</i> (Arbors, 2006)</li> <li>Ruby Braff And The Flying Pizzarellis: <i>C'est Magnifique!</i> (Arbors, 2007)</li> <li><i>Little Things - Live In Dublin 1976</i> (<a href="/facts/Nagel-Heyer_Records/MgBGemme">Nagel-Heyer Records</a>, 2007)</li> <li><i>For the Last Time - Ruby Braff's Historic Final Performance With Scott Hamilton</i> (Arbors, 2008)</li> <li><i>Our Love is Here to Stay</i> (Arbors, 2010)</li></ul> <h3>With <a href="/facts/George_Barnes_(musician)/SfKMavmc">George Barnes</a></h3> <ul><li><i>The Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet</i> (<a href="/facts/Chiaroscuro_Records/p7FTSKml">Chiaroscuro</a>, 1974)</li> <li><i>The Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet Salutes Rodgers and Hart</i> (<a href="/facts/Concord_Jazz/9YltAIeR">Concord Jazz</a>, 1974)</li> <li><i>The Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet – Live at the New School</i> (Chiaroscuro, 1974)</li> <li><i>The Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet Plays Gershwin</i> (Concord Jazz, 1974)</li> <li><i>The Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet – To Fred Astaire with Love</i> (RCA, 1975)</li></ul> <h3>With <a href="/facts/Ellis_Larkins/hgASqpn0">Ellis Larkins</a></h3> <ul><li><i>2 Part Inventions in Jazz, Vol. 2</i>, (Vanguard, 1955)</li> <li><i>The Grand Reunion</i> (Chiaroscuro, 1972)</li> <li><i>Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins: The Complete Duets</i> (Definitive Classics, 2006)</li> <li><i>Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins: Calling Berlin, Vols. 1 & 2</i> (Arbors)</li></ul> <h3>As sideman</h3> <p>With <a href="/facts/Larry_Adler/CS4pg8hm">Larry Adler</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Larry Adler Again!</i> (<a href="/facts/Audio_Fidelity_Records/eCEhII7n">Audio Fidelity</a>, 1959)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Louis_Armstrong/EcRpJ0gw">Louis Armstrong</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Louis_Armstrong_and_His_Friends/nV22embr">Louis Armstrong and His Friends</a></i> (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Tony_Bennett/kUK49jIr">Tony Bennett</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs</i> (Improv, 1976)</li> <li><i>Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers & Hart</i> (Improv, 1977)</li> <li><i>Tony Bennett Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook</i> (Concord, 2005; reissue of Improv recordings, plus unreleased takes)</li></ul> With <a href="/facts/Buck_Clayton/IbNqJXK9">Buck Clayton</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Jumpin%2527_at_the_Woodside_(album)/STMSx3Vq">Jumpin' at the Woodside</a></i> (Columbia, 1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/All_the_Cats_Join_In/pJtfxnQC">All the Cats Join In</a></i> (Columbia 1956)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Scott_Hamilton_(musician)/pnYgf0m2">Scott Hamilton</a> and <a href="/facts/Dave_McKenna/uxKgWBcy">Dave McKenna</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Controlled Nonchalance at the Regattabar, Volume 1</i> (Arbors)</li> <li><i>Controlled Nonchalance, Volume 2</i> (Arbors)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Woody_Herman/MFNrkBpk">Woody Herman</a> </p> <ul><li><i>It Had To Be Us</i> (Chiaroscuro 1998)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Milt_Hinton/vV1TMlcD">Milt Hinton</a> </p> <ul><li><i>The Judge at His Best</i> (Chiaroscuro, 2001)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Dick_Hyman/aGw3cw5z">Dick Hyman</a> </p> <ul><li><i>America, The Beautiful</i> (Arbors)</li> <li><i>Ruby Braff and Dick Hyman Play Nice Tunes</i> (Arbors)</li> <li><i>Manhattan Jazz</i> (<a href="/facts/MusicMasters_Records/LMES33qC">MusicMasters</a>)</li> <li><i>Music from My Fair Lady</i> (Concord)</li> <li><i>Music from South Pacific</i> (Concord)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Pee_Wee_Russell/2RXBXoeP">Pee Wee Russell</a> </p> <ul><li><i>The Individualism of Pee Wee Russell</i> (1952)</li> <li><i>A Portrait of Pee Wee</i> (1958)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Ralph_Sutton/8UfWRv0Y">Ralph Sutton</a> </p> <ul><li><i>R & R</i> (Chiaroscuro, 2002)</li> <li><i>Remembered</i> (Arbors DVD)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/George_Wein/Gm9BVa8D">George Wein</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Wein, Women and Song and More, George Wein Plays and Sings</i> (Arbors)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/George_Wein_%2526_the_Newport_All-Stars/RTMTzMEp">George Wein & the Newport All-Stars</a></i> (Impulse!, 1962)</li> <li><i>George Wein's Newport All-Stars</i> (Atlantic, 1969)</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Izzy_Ort%2527s_Bar_%2526_Grille/DGrbQVgb">Izzy Ort's Bar & Grille</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.jazzreview.com/index.php/resources/artist-biographies/item/13690">Jazz Review biography</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ruby-braff-mn0000357057">Ruby Braff</a> at <a href="/facts/AllMusic_(identifier)/Hb8cU8Fb">AllMusic</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/296955-Ruby-Braff">Ruby Braff</a> discography at <a href="/facts/Discogs/wdyMoREv">Discogs</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 57/8. ISBN 0-85112-580-8. <a href="0-85112-580-8" target="_blank">0-85112-580-8</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Obituary: Ruby Braff". The Guardian. 12 February 2003. Retrieved July 25, 2021. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/12/guardianobituaries.jazz" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/12/guardianobituaries.jazz</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 57/8. ISBN 0-85112-580-8. <a href="0-85112-580-8" target="_blank">0-85112-580-8</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 57/8. ISBN 0-85112-580-8. <a href="0-85112-580-8" target="_blank">0-85112-580-8</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Ruby Braff". The Independent. 11 February 2003. Retrieved July 25, 2021. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ruby-braff-36252.html" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ruby-braff-36252.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>