Ralph Rubino
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Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
player born in West Haven, Connecticut and graduate of the Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
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Ralph has worked with The Glenn Miller Band, The Tommy Dorsey Band, Buddy Morrow Band and the Buddy Rich Band (10 nites). He traveled with Little Richard
Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...
, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett was an American R&B/Soul singer and songwriter.A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100...
, Joe Tex, Sam & Dave, Bobby Rydell, Mitch Ryder, Wayne Cochran, Frankie Avalon, Chubby Checker, The Righteous Brothers, Frankie Valli, Bobby Vinton and recorded with The Five Satins
The Five Satins
The Five Satins are an American doo-wop group, best known for their 1956 million-selling song, "In the Still of the Night."-Career:The group, formed in New Haven, Connecticut, consisted of leader Fred Parris, Lou Peebles, Stanley Dortch, Ed Martin and Jim Freeman in 1954. With little success, the...
. Ralph has played in 52 countries around the world, every state in the United States and every province in Canada. And none enjoyed the show. Ralph is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is a retired member of music unions 234/486 New Haven, Connecticut and 149 Toronto, Canada. As a member of ACTRA
ACTRA
The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists is a Canadian labour union representing performers in English-language media. It has 22,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media....
in Canada, "Alliance of Canadian, Television, Recording Artists" Ralph has worked in film with such distinguished actors as Marlon Brando, Al Pacino. Nicolas Cage, Charles Bronson, Loni Anderson, Debra Winger, Margot Kidder, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, Brian Browne, Wilford Brimley, Robert Urich, Ellen Barkin, Gianni Russo, Bert Parks, Suzanne Somers, McKenzie Brothers, Dan Aykroyd, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, John Candy, Chris Farley, Robert Hayes, John Marley and Kathleen Turner, among many others.
He is also a member of Variety, the Children's Charity
Variety, the Children's Charity
Variety, the Children's Charity is an organisation founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 10, 1927, when a group of eleven men involved in show business set up a social club which they named the "Variety Club". On Christmas Eve 1928, a small baby was left on the steps the Sheridan Square...
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Ralph currently resides in Toronto, Canada.