Ray Sasaki (born October 22, 1948) is an American

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er. He was Professor of Trumpet at the

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, until his retirement in 2018, and a member of the St. Louis Brass Quintet. Sasaki is also one of the founding members of the Tone Road Ramblers, a composer/performer collective ensemble started in 1981 in New York City. He was previously on the faculty of the

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