Alan Rubin with the Blues Brothers Band

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This footage of the “Blues Brothers Band” was filmed at Atlantic Records’ 40th anniversary party in 1988. The band’s members at the time were Alan Rubin on trumpet, Lou Marini on sax, Tom Malone on trombone, Steve Cropper on guitar, Tom Scott on sax, Donald Duck Dunn on bass, Paul Shaffer on keyboards, Sid McGuinness on guitar, and Anton Fig on drums.

Alan Rubin (February 11, 1943 – June 8, 2011), also known as Mr. Fabulous, was an American musician who 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 and its 1998 sequel, and he 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.

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