Ruben McFall


Reuben McFall '' is an American trumpeter and jazz arranger who performed as a sideman with Freddie Slack, Vido Musso, Floyd Ray, Roy Porter, Glen Henry, Lalo Guerrero, Stan Kenton, Gerry Mulligan, Woody Herman, Teddi King, and Gerald Wilson.

Career

; As sideman, performed with
  1. Chicago
  2. Los Angeles
  3. New York
  4. Paris
  5. San Diego
  6. Stockton
; Jazz discography, sessions, transcribed broadcasts, recorded concerts
; As sideman
With Stan Kenton
McFall grew up in the Belvedere neighborhood of East Los Angeles, California, long established as a Mexican-American enclave. In the 1940 and 1942 Los Angeles Voter Registration directory, Ruben's father, Ernest VanSant McFall, was listed a musician.
McFall attended Westlake College of Music in Hollywood, California, one of the first institutions in the county to offer a diploma in jazz. The school was founded in 1945 and ran until 1961. In Los Angeles, during the early 1950s, his friends included trumpeter Donald Roy Fromknecht, Jr..