Career
He has also played in Latin, popular, rock and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he has also played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet and flute, the latter on an album by Eddie Palmieri as well as his own recordings. As a leader, Cuber is known for hard bop and Latin jazz.
As a side man, he has played with numerous musicians, such as B. B. King, Paul Simon, and Eric Clapton.
Furthermore, Cuber can be heard on Freeze Frame by the J. Geils Band, and one of his most spirited performances is on Doctor Lonnie Smith"s 1970 Blue Note album Drives. He was also a member in Saturday Night Live Band.
Cuber was in Marshall Brown"s Newport Youth Band in 1959, where he switched from tenor to baritone sax. His first notable work was with Slide Hampton (1962) and Maynard Ferguson (1963–1965).
Then from 1966 to 1967, Cuber worked with George Benson.
He can be heard playing in Frank Zappa"s group in the mid-1970s, including the album Zappa in New New York He was an off-screen musician for the movie Across the Universe.