Braff was a wonderfully characterful and melodic player with an immediately identifiable sound and unique tone on the cornet, an uncommon instrument in post-war jazz. He style was fundamentally based on that of earlier players including Louis Armstrong, Bobby Hackett and Bunny Berigan but he transcended these influences to always sounds fresh, sparky and somehow modern.
He was born in Boston and began playing in local clubs in the 1940s. In 1949, he was hired to play with the Edmond Hall Orchestra. He relocated to New York in 1953 where he was much in demand for band dates and recordings.
He died February 10, 2003, in Chatham, Massachusetts.
"Sure, they’ve made statements about my supposedly combining a modern approach with a feeling for traditional forms. Well, people say all sorts of things, because they want to categorise and label. I’ve only ever had two labels. Either it’s good or it stinks." - Ruby Braff speaking in 1968
Love Is Just Around the Corner
Ruby Braff Lyrics
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But can't you see, you've captured me.
Being so glamorous, can't you be amorous just with me?
Make it soon, take a look at the moon.
Love is just around the corner, any cozy little corner.
Love is just around the corner when I'm around you.
I'm a sentimental mourner, and I couldn't be forlorner,
Venus de Milo was noted for her charms,
But strictly between us, you're cuter than Venus,
And what's more you got arms.
So cuddle in a corner, any cozy corner,
Love is just around the corner and I'm around you.
The lyrics to Ruby Braff's Love Is Just Around the Corner speak to the intense emotions that can be brought about by love at first sight. The singer is immediately taken with the subject of the song, using a "lyrical rhapsody" to describe how she has "captured" him with her beauty and charm. He longs for a romantic connection with her and urges her to be "amorous just with" him, mentioning the moon as a symbol of the passionate connection he hopes to share with her. The singer is clearly infatuated with the subject, noting that he is a "sentimental mourner" who could not be more downtrodden when the subject puts him "in a corner just waiting."
Line by Line Meaning
Beautiful miracle, pardon my lyrical rhapsody,
Forgive my enthusiastic ode, you are a beautiful and miraculous being.
But can't you see, you've captured me.
You have captured my heart and I am enamored by you.
Being so glamorous, can't you be amorous just with me?
With such beauty and charm, can't you reciprocate my love?
Make it soon, take a look at the moon.
Please act on your feelings soon, the moon is a reminder of our fleeting time.
Love is just around the corner, any cozy little corner.
Love can be found in unexpected and intimate places.
Love is just around the corner when I'm around you.
When I am with you, love is always a possibility.
I'm a sentimental mourner, and I couldn't be forlorner,
I am a hopeless romantic and painfully sad when away from you.
When you keep me in a corner just waiting for you.
When you ignore my love and leave me waiting in solitude.
Venus de Milo was noted for her charms,
Venus De Milo was famous for her beauty.
But strictly between us, you're cuter than Venus,
If we keep it between us, you are even more attractive than Venus.
And what's more you got arms.
You have more going for you than just looks.
So cuddle in a corner, any cozy corner,
Let's embrace in a comfortable nook.
Love is just around the corner and I'm around you.
When I'm with you, love is always nearby.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: IRWIN LEVINE, SANDY LINZER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Trombonology Erstwhile
One of my favorite records -- great interplay between Buck and Ruby; in his autobiography, Buck described Ruby as one of his "trumpet brothers." Glad, too, to find your special mention of Steve Jordan's stellar rhythm playing here; he was indeed a gifted student of the great Allan Reuss, my favorite.
MARKMANIATT
Some very beautiful playing here but the glue that ties it all together is the wonderful rhythm guitar playing of the great Mr Steve Jordan.
Edgar Cardona
miles Davis hated this record
Jochen Simon
nachts brell