Ruby Braff has compiled an album of sheer pleasure in quintet work. His well shaped cornet sound, and the interplay of the instruments through each cut is a shining example of mastery of pacing and a ...

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 ...