Ronnie Cuber

American musician (1941-2022)

Born: 25 December 1941
Brooklyn
Died: 7 October 2022
Upper West Side
Country: United States
Active: 1959–
Record labels: Milestone
Discography: 18 albums

Biography

Ronnie Cuber was a jazz musician who played saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone and bass saxophone. Ronnie Cuber was born on 25 December 1941 in Brooklyn and died on 7 October 2022 in Upper West Side. The music is usually filed under jazz and rhythm and blues. Record labels: Milestone. The discography here lists 18 albums, from “Cuber Libre” (1976) to “Ronnie Cuber Live at Montmartre” (2020).

Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. He also played in Latin, pop, rock, and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, and flute, the latter on an album by Eddie Palmieri as well as on his own recordings. As a leader, Cuber was known for hard bop and Latin jazz. As a side man, he had played with B. B. King, Paul Simon, and Eric Clapton. Cuber can be heard on Freeze Frame by the J. Geils Band, and one of his most spirited performances is on Dr. Lonnie Smith's 1970 Blue Note album Drives. He was also a member of the Saturday Night Live Band. 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.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Cuber Libre 1976 · Xanadu

The Eleventh Day Of Aquarius 1979

Passion Fruit 1985

Live at the Blue Note 1986 · Live

Two Brothers 1986

Cubism 1992

The Scene Is Clean 1994

N.Y. Cats 1996

Love For Sale 1998

Ronnie 2009

Infra-Rae - Ronnie Cuber Meets The Brothers 2010

Boplicity 2012

Live at JazzFest Berlin 2013 · Live

Ronnie's Trio 2018

Four 2019

Straight Street 2019

Tough Baritones 2019

Ronnie Cuber Live at Montmartre 2020 · Live

Also plays on

Albums where Ronnie Cuber is credited as a sideman

1962	Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton — Slide Hampton	baritone saxophone
1964	Color Him Wild — Maynard Ferguson	baritone saxophone
1966	The George Benson Cookbook — George Benson	guitar, baritone saxophone
1967	Finger-Lickin’ Good — Dr. Lonnie Smith	baritone saxophone
1970	Drives — Dr. Lonnie Smith	baritone saxophone
1970	Move Your Hand — Lonnie Smith	baritone saxophone
1971	Vamonos pa'l monte — Eddie Palmieri	baritone saxophone
1972	Dues — Maynard Ferguson	baritone saxophone
1972	Everybody’s Talkin’ — King Curtis	horn
1975	Unfinished Masterpiece — Eddie Palmieri	baritone saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone
1975	House of the Rising Sun — Idris Muhammad	baritone saxophone
1976	Good King Bad — George Benson	baritone saxophone
1976	End of a Rainbow — Patti Austin	baritone saxophone
1978	Boogie to the Top — Idris Muhammad	baritone saxophone
1978	Cajun Sunrise — Hank Crawford	baritone saxophone
1979	Me, Myself an Eye — Charles Mingus	baritone saxophone
1979	The Joy of Flying — Tony Williams	baritone saxophone
1979	Foxhuntin' — Idris Muhammad	baritone saxophone
1979	Part of You — Eric Gale	baritone saxophone
1980	Naughty — Chaka Khan	brass
1980	Something Like a Bird — Charles Mingus	baritone saxophone
1980	Gaucho — Steely Dan	baritone saxophone
1980	Satisfaction Guaranteed — Mark Murphy	baritone saxophone
1981	Orange Express — 渡辺貞夫	baritone saxophone
1982	The Nightfly — Donald Fagen	baritone saxophone
1982	Gershwin Carmichael Cats — “Sir” Roland Hanna	soprano saxophone
1982	Pyramid — 日野皓正	baritone saxophone
1983	New York Times — 日野皓正	baritone saxophone
1984	12 — Bob James	horn
1984	Gadd About — Steve Gadd	baritone saxophone