Ron Rubin

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Ron Rubin (born July 8, 1933 in Liverpool , † April 14, 2020 in Hampstead (London) ) was a British jazz musician ( piano , double bass ).

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Rubin attended Liverpool College and continued his education at the Law School; however, his main interests were jazz music. Eventually he dropped out of college and became a soldier in the army. In 1959 he met his future wife Marie at the Jacaranda Club; In 1961 the couple moved to London and settled in Hampstead.

In 1957 he made his first appearance with skiffle bands at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, but in London he was at the center of the British jazz world and played with a variety of bands on both piano and double bass. These included the bands of Dick Williams, Brian Leake, the Digby Fairweather - Sandy Brown Band, Mike Taylor, the Group Sounds Five and Bruce Turner's , with whom he also accompanied guest American musicians.

Rubin's first recordings were made in 1961 with the Glyn Morgan Band. In 1968 he and Marie even moved to Mallorca with their four children and stayed for three years. Rubin performed there at the Indigo Jazz Club in Palma de Mallorca, which Ronnie Scott and Robert Graves had previously opened. He toured with musicians such as Lennie Best , John Picard , Sandy Brown, Colin Purbrook , Alex Welsh and Wild Bill Davison ; he also accompanied singers and performers such as Billy Eckstine and Donald Swann . He made regular recordings with Humphrey Lyttelton and spent four years with George Melly and John Chilton's Feetwarmers, first on bass, then on piano. He also worked as a humorous haiku and limerick writer. In the field of jazz he was involved in 25 recording sessions between 1961 and 1992, according to Tom Lord . a. also with Susannah McCorkle ( The Quality of Mercer ), Earl Warren / Dicky Wells , Tony Coe ( Coe-Existence ) and Snub Mosley ( Live at Pizza Express , 1978).

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  1. ↑ a b c Deborah Alla: Ron Rubin obituary: 'Impeccable' Hampstead jazz musician who played with George Melly and at the Cavern Club's opening night. HamstedHigh, April 27, 2020, accessed April 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 28, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Ruby, Ron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz musician (piano, double bass)
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2020
Place of death Hampstead (London)