{{short description|American trumpeter (born 1948)}} '''Ray Sasaki''' (born October 22, 1948) is an American trumpeter. He was Professor of Trumpet at the University of Texas at Austin, until his retirement in 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emeritus {{!}} Butler School of Music - The University of Texas at Austin|url=https://music.utexas.edu/about/people/emeritus-directory|access-date=2021-11-08|website=music.utexas.edu|language=en}}</ref> and a member of the St. Louis Brass Quintet.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GuQeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z3wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6748,5676367&dq=ray-sasaki&hl=en|title=Quintet incorporates laughter and love|last=Donson|first=Naomi|date=25 November 1995|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|page=4B|accessdate=26 November 2010}}</ref> Sasaki is also one of the founding members of the Tone Road Ramblers, a composer/performer collective ensemble started in 1981 in New York City. He was previously on the faculty of the University of Illinois.
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