Ruby Braff

• Very Sinatra [Finesse, 1982] A-

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Consumer Guide Reviews:

Very Sinatra [Finesse, 1982]
At fifty-five, cornetist Braff has eleven years on the object of his veneration, but that's not why he adores melody so much more effectively than Frank these days. It's that in the end he's just as devoted to craft and a lot more modest about it; he has less talent, I suppose, but more taste. And it's taste above all that enables one to make a convincing case for the ersatz elegance of traditional pop. A-