Ronnie Cuber: Biography

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• Pepper Adams
• Nick Brignola
• Harry Carney

• Cecil Payne
• John Coltrane
• Harold Land
• Hank Mobley

• Bobby Broom

• Mingus Big Band
• The Players Association
• The George Benson Quartet

• Richard Tee
• Steve Gadd
• Alan Rubin
• Jon Faddis
• Will Lee
• Hugh McCracken
• Michael Brecker

Born:

Dec 25, 1941 in New York, NY

Genre:

Bop Jazz Music

Decades Active:

1950's|1960's|1970's|1980's|1990's

Artistic Quality

Medium

Cultural Impact

Medium

Popularity

Medium

Ratings Guide

A powerful baritonist in the tradition of Pepper Adams, Ronnie Cuber has been making excellent records for over 20 years. He was in Marshall Brown's Newport Youth Band at the ~1959 Newport Jazz Festival and was featured with the groups of Slide Hampton (1962), Maynard Ferguson (1963-1965), and George Benson (1966-1967). After stints with Lionel Hampton (1968), Woody Herman's Orchestra (1969), and as a freelancer, he recorded a series of fine albums (both as a leader and as a sideman) for Xanadu and performed with Lee Konitz's nonet (1977-1979). In the mid-'80s, Cuber recorded for Projazz (in both straight-ahead and RB-ish settings), in the early '90s he headed dates for Fresh Sound and SteepleChase and Cuber performed regularly with the Mingus Big Band.

- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide