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Buck Meets Ruby

Buck Meets Ruby is an album by trumpeters Buck Clayton and Ruby Braff which was recorded in 1954 and released on the Vanguard label originally as a four track 10-inch LP.

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Buck Meets Ruby
Studio album by
Buck Clayton and Ruby Braff
Released1954
RecordedJuly 1, 1954
StudioBrooklyn Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, NY
GenreJazz
LabelVanguard
VRS 8008
ProducerJohn Hammond
Buck Clayton chronology
How Hi the Fi
(1954) 		Buck Meets Ruby
(1954) 		Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman
(1954)
Ruby Braff chronology
Buck Meets Ruby
(1954) 		Ball at Bethlehem with Braff
(1962)

Buck Meets Ruby is an album by trumpeters Buck Clayton and Ruby Braff which was recorded in 1954 and released on the Vanguard label originally as a four track 10-inch LP.123

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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "A pair of spry, individualistic trumpet masters meet to a good end".4

Track listing

  1. "Just a Groove" (Buck Clayton, Ruby Braff) – 7:44
  2. "Kandee" (Clayton) – 7:53
  3. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 11:00
  4. "Love Is Just Around the Corner" (Lewis Gensler, Leo Robin) – 3:54

Personnel

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References

  1. Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Watts, R. and Eyries, P. Discography of the Vanguard Label. Retrieved June 28, 2017
  2. Vanguard Records Listing (Jazz & Blues releases). Retrieved June 28, 2017
  3. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017
  4. Yanow, Scott. Buck Meets Ruby – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2017.