Ruby Braff, a jazz trumpeter and cornetist who defied the odds by rising to fame in the modern era with a resolutely old-fashioned style, died on Sunday in North Chatham, Mass. He was 75 and lived in ...

Ruby Braff, a jazz trumpeter and cornetist who rose to fame in the modern era despite an old-fashioned style, died on Sunday in Chatham, on Cape Cod. He was 75. A cause of death was not announced but ...

Ruby Braff, a trumpeter and cornetist who was considered one of the most melodic improvisers in jazz, died Feb. 9 at a nursing facility in North Chatham, Mass. He was 75. The cause of death was ...

Ruby Braff began his jazz career as an out-of-time traditionalist playing with veteran jazzmen of an earlier age, and rose to establish his own standing as one of the handful of leading artists ...

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 ...

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 ...