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He had a deep commitment to education and was a founding instructor at the ambitious but short-lived Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto, along with pianist Oscar Peterson and bassist Ray Brown
“A CONJOINING OF ANCIENT SONG”, a film, produced by Willie Ruff and Yale University, will be screened at Belle Mont Mansion on Saturday, February 17, at 2pm. The documentary tells
Morning Blend host Dorrie Nutt spoke with musician Willie Ruff in an hour long interview back in 2019—we're airing this in his memory. He passed away on Dec 24 2023 at the age of 92.
A master of the French horn, a rarity in jazz, he toured the world with the pianist Dwike Mitchell and taught music at Yale.
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