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 in New York. 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, Cab Calloway and Dr. John.

Rubin passed away from lung cancer at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He was cremated. Rubin is survived by his wife, Mary and two siblings, Sharyn Soleimani and Marshall Rubin.

Discography
With Randy Weston With Johnny Hammond With Jackie and Roy With Hubert Laws With Don Sebesky With Gato Barbieri With Ron Carter With Patti Austin With The Blues Brothers With The Blues Brothers With The Blues Brothers With Jimmy Buffett With The Blues Brothers With The Blues Brothers
 * Blue Moses (CTI, 1972)
 * Higher Ground (Kudu, 1973)
 * Time & Love (CTI, 1972)
 * Morning Star (CTI, 1972)
 * Giant Box (CTI, 1973)
 * Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse!, 1974)
 * Anything Goes (Kudu, 1975)
 * Havana Candy (CTI, 1977)
 * Briefcase Full of Blues (Atlantic, 1978)
 * The Blues Brothers (film) (Atlantic, 1980)
 * Made in America (Atlantic, 1980)
 * Off to See the Lizard (MCA, 1989)
 * Red, White & Blues (Turnstyle, 1992)
 * Blues Brothers 2000 (Universal, 1998)