Ronnie Cuber

Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist.

[1] Cuber can be heard on Freeze Frame by the J. Geils Band, and one of his most spirited performances is on Dr. Lonnie Smith's 1970 Blue Note album Drives.

Cuber was in Marshall Brown's Newport Youth Band in 1959, where he switched from tenor to baritone sax.

Cuber died at the age of 80 [3] in his studio on New York's Upper West Side, due to complications from a fall.

[4] With Patti Austin With George Benson With Nick Brignola With Maynard Ferguson With David Clayton-Thomas With The Gadd Gang With Grant Green With Billy Joel With Sam Jones With Lee Konitz With Jimmy McGriff With Idris Muhammad With Mark Murphy With Horace Silver With Lonnie Smith With Mickey Tucker With Gerald Wilson With Rare Silk With Randy Brecker With Dr. John With Paul Simon With Tom Scott With Eddie Palmieri

Ronnie Cuber (left) and Chuck Rainey at the Porretta Soul Festival , 2005