Biography

Possessed of a breezy, nonchalant style that belies his technical gifts, pianist Bruce Hornsby writes powerful songs from the heart that touch on several distinctly American traditions: pop, jazz, bluegrass, and '60s soul. He worked for a while as a studio player and songwriter, and had his first hit in 1986 with the stirring and philosophical "The Way It Is." Since then he has continued to release albums that honor his own muse rather than the marketplace, and has put together various backing bands to suit the mood and style of whatever genre he's working in. Hornsby also has a close musical relationship with the remaining members of the Grateful Dead, having toured as a temporary member in the early '90s and collaborated on off-shoot recordings and live shows.

Top Tracks

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• A Night On The Town

• Big Swing Face

• Circus On The Moon

• Country Doctor

• Cyclone

• Fields Of Gray

• Fortunate Son/comfortably Numb

• Gonna Be Some Changes Made

• Halcyon Days

• Harbor Lights

• Here We Are Again

• Hot House Ball

• Jacob's Ladder/blackberry Blossom

• King Of The Hill

• Line In The Dust

• Long Tall Cool One

• Lost In The Snow

• Mandolin Rain

• Mandolin Rain/black Muddy River

• Passing Through

• Resting Place

• So Out

• Space Is The Place

• Spider Fingers

• Sticks And Stones

• Sunflower Cat/it Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

• Swan Song

• Talk Of The Town/charlie, Woody, N' You

• Tango King

• The Longest Night

• The Road Not Taken

• The Valley Road

• The Way It Is

• This Too Shall Pass

• Walk In The Sun

Discography

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• Bride of the Noisemakers

  429 Records

  2011

• Levitate

  Verve / Verve Forecast

  2009

• Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Bruce Hornsby

  Jazz Alliance

  2005

• Halcyon Days

  Columbia / Sony Music Distribution

  2004

• Big Swing Face

  RCA

  2002

• Here Come the Noise Makers

  RCA

  2000

• Spirit Trail

  RCA

  1998

• Hot House

  RCA

  1995

• Harbor Lights

  RCA

  1993

• A Night on the Town

  RCA

  1990