Complex sentence: Ruby Braff (born March 16,1927) in Boston-died February 9,2003 Chatham, Massachusetts was a United States jazz trumpeter renowned for working in an idiom ultimately derived from the playing of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke.
Split into simpler sentences: Ruby Braff (March 16,1927-February 9,2003) was a United States jazz trumpeter. He was renowned for working in an idiom ultimately derived from the playing of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke.