Reuben "Ruby" Braff (March 16, 1927[1] – February 9, 2003)[2] was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist.

Jack Teagarden was once asked about him on the Garry Moore television show and described Ruby as "the Ivy League Louis Armstrong".

[1] He was renowned for working in an idiom ultimately derived from the playing of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke.

[3] He had spent a good part of his life living in the Riverdale section of The Bronx, New York City.

[citation needed] With Larry Adler With Louis Armstrong With Tony Bennett With Scott Hamilton and Dave McKenna With Woody Herman With Milt Hinton With Dick Hyman With Pee Wee Russell With Ralph Sutton With George Wein