Ronnie Cuber

Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American

Cuber was in Marshall Brown's Newport Youth Band in 1959, where he switched from tenor to baritone sax. His first notable work was with Slide Hampton (1962) and Maynard Ferguson (1963–1965). Then from 1966 to 1967, Cuber worked with George Benson. He was also a member of the Lee Konitz nonet from 1977 to 1979.^[2]

Cuber played with

Cuber died on October 7, 2022, at the age of 80.^[3]

Discography

As leader

• 1976: Cuber Libre! (Xanadu)
• 1978: The Eleventh Day of Aquarius (Xanadu)
• 1981: New York Jazz
• 1985: Two Brothers (AMG)
• 1985: Passion Fruit (Electric Bird/PID)
• 1986: Pin Point (Electric Bird/PID)
• 1986: Live at the Blue Note (ProJazz)
• 1992: Cubism (Fresh Sound)
• 1993: The Scene Is Clean (Milestone)
• 1994: Airplay (SteepleChase)
• 1996: In a New York Minute (SteepleChase)
• 1997: N.Y.C.ats (SteepleChase)
• 1998: Love for Sale (with the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra) (
  Koch
  )
• 2009: Ronnie (SteepleChase)
• 2011: Boplicity (SteepleChase)
• 2013: Live at JazzFest Berlin (SteepleChase) recorded 2008
• 2018 Ronnie's Trio (SteepleChase)
• 2019 Four (SteepleChase)

As sideman

With Patti Austin

• End of a Rainbow (CTI, 1976)
• Havana Candy (CTI, 1977)

With George Benson

• It's Uptown (1966)
• The George Benson Cookbook (1966)
• Good King Bad (CTI, 1975)

With Nick Brignola

• Burn Brigade (Bee Hive, 1979)

With Maynard Ferguson

• The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson (Cameo, 1963)
• Come Blow Your Horn (Cameo, 1963)
• Color Him Wild (Mainstream, 1965)

With David Clayton-Thomas

• David Clayton-Thomas (1972)

With The Gadd Gang

• The Gadd Gang (Columbia, 1986)
• Here & Now (Columbia, 1988)
• Live at the Bottom Line (A Touch 1994)

With Grant Green

• The Main Attraction
  (1976)

With Billy Joel

• An Innocent Man (1983)
• The Bridge (1986)

With Sam Jones

• Something New (Interplay, 1979)

With Lee Konitz

• Lee Konitz Nonet (Chiaroscuro, 1977)
• Yes, Yes, Nonet (SteepleChase, 1979)
• Live at Laren (Soul Note, 1979 [1984])

With Jimmy McGriff

• Feelin' It (Milestone, 2001)
• McGriff Avenue (Milestone, 2002)

With Idris Muhammad

• House of the Rising Sun (1976)
• Turn This Mutha Out (1977)

With Mark Murphy

• Satisfaction Guaranteed (Muse, 1980)

With Horace Silver

• The Hardbop Grandpop (1996)

With

• Move Your Hand (Blue Note, 1969)
• Drives
  (Blue Note, 1970)
• Live at Club Mozambique (Blue Note, 1970; released 1995)

With Mickey Tucker

• Sojourn (Xanadu, 1977)

With Gerald Wilson

• Detroit (Mack Avenue, 2009)

With Rare Silk

• New Weave (1986)

With Randy Brecker

• 34th N Lex (2003)

With Dr. John

• Trippin’ Live (1997)^[4]
• Duke Elegant (1999)

With Paul Simon

• Graceland (1986)

With Tom Scott

• Bebop United (2006)

With Eddie Palmieri

• Harlem River Drive (Roulette, 1971)
• Vamonos Pa'l Monte (Tico, 1971)
• Live at Sing Sing Vol. 1 & 2 (Tico, 1972)
• Coco Records
  , 1975)
• Unfinished Masterpiece (Coco Records, 1976)
• Lucumí, Macumba, Voodoo (Epic, 1978)
• Wisdom/Sabiduria (Ropeadope Records, 2017)