[Dixielandjazz] FW: Rubby Braff
Stan Brager
sbrager@socal.rr.com" <sbrager@socal.rr.com
Tue, 8 Oct 2002 08:22:47 -0700
>From the Duke Ellington list:
-----Original Message-----
Ruby Braff has been ailing for several weeks. He's in a nursing home in No.
Chatham, MA. If you'd like to send some positive messages of support,
address any cards and letters to:
Ruby Braff
Liberty Commons
390 Orleans Road
North Chatham, MA 02650
Ellington content: The Ruby Braff - George Barnes Quartet recorded a great
version of "It Don't Mean A Thing . . ." It is one of my all time
non-Ellington versions.
And besides, I love Ruby's playing and had the honor of playing with him in
Cleveland in 1967.
LYM,
Andrew Homzy