Ralph Rubino was a professional

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player born in West Haven, Connecticut and graduate of the

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cou ...

. Ralph had worked with The Glenn Miller Band, The Tommy Dorsey Band, Buddy Morrow Band and the Buddy Rich Band (10 nites). He travelled with

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, Otis Redding,

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, Joe Tex, Sam & Dave, Bobby Rydell, Mitch Ryder, Wayne Cochran, Frankie Avalon, Chubby Checker, The Righteous Brothers, Frankie Valli, Bobby Vinton and recorded with

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. Ralph was a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He was also a retired member of music unions 234/486 New Haven, Connecticut and 149 Toronto, Canada. As a member of

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in Canada, "Alliance of Canadian, Television, Recording Artists" Ralph has worked in film with such distinguished actors as Marlon Brando, Al Pacino. Nicolas Cage, Charles Bronson, Loni Anderson, Debra Winger, Margot Kidder, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, Brian Browne, Wilford Brimley, Robert Urich, Ellen Barkin, Gianni Russo, Bert Parks, Suzanne Somers, McKenzie Brothers, Dan Aykroyd, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, John Candy, Chris Farley, Robert Hayes, John Marley and Kathleen Turner, among many others. He was also a member of

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. Ralph died in 2016.

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubino, Ralph American jazz saxophonists American male saxophonists Living people 21st-century American saxophonists 21st-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Year of birth missing (living people)