Jazz trumpeter/vocalist Bob Merrill presents an album of original songs by Joe Bushkin, curated from the personal archives of the great pianist and composer on the occasion of his centennial birthday celebration. His classic standard "Oh! Look at Me Now" - Sinatra's very first hit - is featured with Bushkin himself at the piano on his last recording, as well as other songs both familiar and newly discovered. With an all-star cast including Kathryn Crosby, Bucky Pizzarelli, Wycliffe Gordon, Nicki Parrott, Laurence Hobgood, Howard Alden, and Eric Comstock, "Tell Me Your Troubles: Songs by Joe Bushkin, Vol. 1" is the first installment of a journey through the decades, exposing new listeners to classic tunes by this revered Jazz legend.
Jazz trumpeter/vocalist Bob Merrill presents an album of original songs by Joe Bushkin, curated from the personal archives of the great pianist and composer on the occasion of his centennial birthday celebration. His classic standard "Oh! Look at Me Now" - Sinatra's very first hit - is featured with Bushkin himself at the piano on his last recording, as well as other songs both familiar and newly discovered. With an all-star cast including Kathryn Crosby, Bucky Pizzarelli, Wycliffe Gordon, Nicki Parrott, Laurence Hobgood, Howard Alden, and Eric Comstock, "Tell Me Your Troubles: Songs by Joe Bushkin, Vol. 1" is the first installment of a journey through the decades, exposing new listeners to classic tunes by this revered Jazz legend.
