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  • Ruby Braff Swings
  • Hustlin' and Bustlin'
  • Two by Two: Ruby and Ellis Play Rodgers and Hart
  • Ball at Bethlehem
  • Braff!
  • Hi Fi Salute to Bunny
  • Ruby Braff Goes Girl Crazy
  • Easy Now
  • You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me
  • Ruby Braff with Buddy Tate & the Newport All Stars
  • Hear Me Talkin'
  • The Grand Reunion
  • Live at the New School
  • Ruby Braff & the George Barnes Quartet Play Gershwin
  • Plays Rodgers & Hart
  • To Fred Astaire with Love
  • R&R
  • Very Sinatra
  • Mr. Braff to You: The Ruby Braff Quintet
  • Fireworks
  • A Sailboat in the Moonlight
  • A First
  • Me, Myself & I
  • Bravura Eloquence
  • Music From My Fair Lady
  • Music from South Pacific
  • Ruby Braff & His New England Songhounds, Vol. 1
  • Ruby Braff & His New England Songhounds, Vol. 2
  • As Time Goes By
  • Live at the Regattabar
  • Play Nice Tunes
  • Cornet Chop Suey
  • Controlled Nonchalance at the Regattabar, Vol. 1
  • Inside & Out
  • Calling Berlin, Vol. 2
  • Braff Plays Wimbledon: The Second Set
  • Braff Plays Wimbledon: The First Set
  • Ruby Braff Remembers Louis Armstrong: Being With You
  • You Can Depend on Me
  • It Had to Be Us
  • Born to Play
  • In the Wee, Small Hours in London and New York
  • Cape Codfather
  • Music for the Still of the Night
  • I'm Shooting High
  • I Hear Music
  • Ad Lib Blues
  • Watch What Happens
  • You Brought a New Kind of Love
  • Controlled Nonchalance at the Regattabar, Vol. 2
  • Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins: The Complete Duets
  • For the Last Time
  • Our Love Is Here to Stay

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Release Date

1955

Duration

37:03

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

March 17, 1955 - March 18, 1955
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Ruby Braff

Adoration of the Melody

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Back in the mid-'50s when Adoration of the Melody was made, Ruby Braff had a unique sound of great distinction and character. It was thick and fat, and Braff could fine tune its vibrato with a master's touch. He could taper his notes, hold them on perfect pitch, then drift into a warm, broad vibrato that swung with as much grace and relaxation as his best phrases. The album's best blends were on "Lucky Guy," "Easy Living," "I'll Be Around," "It's Easy" and above all "When You're Smilin'," which contained an exquisite ensemble orchestration of Lester Young's classic "triplet" solo of 1937.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time
1
Mark Fisher / Joe Goodwin / Larry Shay
Ruby Braff
2:40
2
Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin
Ruby Braff
3:34
3
Jo Trent
Ruby Braff
3:40
4
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin
Ruby Braff
2:50
5
Harold Adamson / Jimmy McHugh
Ruby Braff
2:50
6
Lil Hardin / Don Raye
Ruby Braff
2:38
7
Ruby Braff / Slim Wilbur
Ruby Braff
3:42
8
Jack Lawrence / Peter Tinturin
Ruby Braff
3:45
9
Alec Wilder
Ruby Braff
3:50
10
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin
Ruby Braff
2:19
11
Fred E. Ahlert / Roy Turk
Ruby Braff
2:55
12
Ruby Braff
Ruby Braff
2:20
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