Alan Rubin

Alan Rubin (February 11, 1943 – June 8, 2011), also known as Mr. Fabulous, was an American musician. He played trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet.

Rubin was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music. He was a member of the Saturday Night Live Band, with whom he played at the Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games. As a member of The Blues Brothers, he portrayed Mr. Fabulous in the 1980 film, the 1998 sequel and was a member of the touring band.

Rubin played with an array of artists, such as Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Duke Ellington, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Eumir Deodato, Sting, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Frankie Valli, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Miles Davis, Yoko Ono, Peggy Lee, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ray Charles and Dr. John.

Rubin died of lung cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City

Discography

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With Patti Austin

• Havana Candy (CTI, 1977)

With Gato Barbieri

• Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse!, 1974)

With Ron Carter

• Anything Goes (Kudu, 1975)

With Jackie and Roy

• Time & Love (CTI, 1972)

With Hubert Laws

• Morning Star (CTI, 1972)

With Don Sebesky

• Giant Box (CTI, 1973)

With Randy Weston

• Blue Moses (CTI, 1972)

References

External links

• Alan Rubin at Find a Grave
• Alan Rubin at the Internet Movie Database