RUBY BRAFF MAKING BEAUTIFUL JAZZ MUSIC

NO ONE THESE DAYS WOULD, I THINK, DREAM OF COMPARING RUBY WITH ANYBODY ELSE. HE IS OF THAT HANDFUL OF HORN PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT WHOSE STYLE IS SO PERSONAL, DISTINCTIVE AND INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE, THAT IT CAN ONLY EVOKE RUBY BRAFF HIMSELF. HIS MASTERY OF THE CORNET'S CELLO-LIKE LOW REGISTER, HIS SWIFT AND EFFORTLESS RUNS AND RISING AND FALLING ARPEGGIOS (HIS UNIQUELY THOUGHTFUL VIRTUOSITY), HIS GENTLY STACCATO ACCENTS AND HIS QUIET LYRICISM ALL CONSPIRE TO MAKE BRAFF INIMITABLE...CHARLES CHAMPLIN, editor and jazz writer