Joe Bushkin
Joe Bushkin ( Joseph Bushkin ; born November 7, 1916 in New York City , † November 3, 2004 in Santa Barbara , California ) was an American jazz pianist and band leader.
Live and act
The son of Russian immigrants learned to play the piano and later the trumpet as a child and began his professional career in 1932 under Frank LaMarr in New York's Roseland Ballroom . At the age of nineteen he became a member of the Bunny Berigan Boys , which also included Eddie Condon and George Zack . In 1936 he played on Billie Holidays' first album of his own, and he also worked with Eddie Condon from 1936 to 1938.
After accompanying Muggsy Spanier on his classic Relaxing at the Touro , he joined Tommy Dorsey's band, with which he made over a hundred recordings, including some with Frank Sinatra and Buddy Rich . For Sinatra he also composed the first big hit, Oh, Look at Me Now . From 1942 to 1946 Bushkin was a trumpeter in the US Army; In 1944 he was musical director and arranger of a Commodore session with Lester Young and the Kansas City Six .
In 1946 he succeeded Mel Powell in Benny Goodman's band, and the following year he toured Brazil with Bud Freeman . He subsequently performed at The Embers jazz club with Milt Hinton , Buck Clayton and Jo Jones ; In 1950 his first solo album I Love a Piano was released . The following year he directed Sinatra's band while performing at New York's Paramount Theater . After a trip to England in 1953, he became a member of Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars .
After Bushkin appeared with his bands in Manhattan nightclubs in the 1950s and 1960s, he moved with his family to England in 1969 and settled in Santa Barbara in 1971. 1976-77 he accompanied Bing Crosby on his last tour. In 1984 he performed for the last time in a concert to mark his 50th anniversary on the stage at the Regis Hotel in New York .
Discography
- I Love a Piano , solo album, 1950
- Piano Moods , solo album, 1950
- After Hours , solo album, 1951
- Midnight Rhapsody , 1955
- A Fellow Needs a Girl , solo album, 1956
- Bushkin Spotlights Berlin , solo album, 1956
- Skylight Rhapsody , solo album, 1956
- Joe Bushkin with Morey Field , Sid Weiss , 1957
- Joe Bushkin at Concert Town Hall with Ed Shaughnessy , Chuck Wayne , Milt Hinton , 1963 (2002)
- Night Sounds of San Francisco , solo album, 1965
- The Road to Oslo & Play It Again Joe with Bing Crosby , Howard Alden , Dan Barrett , Phil Bodner , Al Gray , Jake Hanna , Warren Vaché , Major Holley , Johnny Smith , Milt Hinton , Butch Miles , Glenn Osser , 1977
- Piano Moods / After Hours with Buck Clayton , Sid Weiss , Jo Jones , Eddie Safranski , 2002
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bushkin, Joe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bushkin, Joseph (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 2004 |
| Place of death | Santa Barbara , California |