In the Dark

Rueben “Ruby” Braff is probably better known as a cornet player than a trumpeter, but whenever he did play the trumpet he showed why Jack Teagarden dubbed him “the Ivy League Louis Armstrong”. Here’s a gorgeous performance by him of the Hoagy Carmichael classic Stardust in which he wears the influence of Louis Armstrong on his sleeve.

P.S. The pianist on this track is a young Dave McKenna.

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