Bruce Hornsby supports two albums
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Bruce Hornsby 's tour schedule is filling up well into 2008 as the veteran singer/songwriter/pianist supports two album releases this year.
In March, Hornsby and bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs released an eponymous 11-song set that features Skaggs' band, Kentucky Thunder. It includes Hornsby originals--such as a new version of "Mandolin Rain"--as well as traditional arrangements, plus a tongue-in-cheek, hillbilly spin on Rick James' "Super Freak."
Hornsby also has his first full-length instrumental jazz album due in August, according to Billboard. Bassist Christian McBride and drummer Jack DeJohnette join the pianist on "Camp Meeting," which mixes original compositions with covers of songs by John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Keith Jarrett and Bud Powell. The set will also feature a previously unrecorded work by Ornette Coleman, the magazine reported
This month, Hornsby is doing a few solo dates and several more with his band, The Noisemakers. He'll promote his instrumental album in August, playing a few shows with McBride and DeJohnette, including the Aug. 11 JVC Jazz Festival in Newport, RI. October will find Hornsby playing a coast-to-coast run with Scaggs, and then continuing that trek in January, March, April and May. Details are listed below.
Hornsby, a three-time Grammy winner, has sold more than 10 million records since his multi-platinum, 1986 debut, "The Way It Is," according to his bio. Last year, he released a four-CD, one-DVD box set, "Intersections 1985-2005," which comprises 53 audio tracks, 26 of which were previously unreleased, and more than 20 video clips that were previously unreleased.
July 2007
10 - Apple Valley, MN - Minnesota Zoo/Music in the Zoo
11 - Milwaukee, WI - Northern Lights Theatre
14 - St. Louis, MO - Fair Saint Louis
15 - Lansing, MI - Common Ground Music Festival
21 - Boone, NC - ASU Farthing Auditorium
22 - Greensboro, NC - Guilford College/Eastern Music Festival
August 2007
10 - Northampton, MA - Calvin Theater
11 - Newport, RI - JVC Jazz Festival
18 - Fort Collins, CO - Old Town Fort Collins/NewWestFest
19 - Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden
22 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
23 - San Francisco, CA - Palace of Fine Arts
30 - Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for Performing Arts
October 2007
6 - San Francisco, CA - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
7 - Arcata, CA - Van Duzer Theatre
12 - Mesa, AZ - Ikeda Theater/Mesa Arts Center
13 - Cerritos, CA - Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
19 - Newport News, VA - Ferguson Center for the Arts
20 - Salem, VA - Salem Civic Center
25 - New London, CT - Garde Arts Center
26 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre
27 - Shippensburg, PA - Luhrs Performing Arts Center
January 2008
11 - Lafayette, LA - Heymann Performing Arts Center
12 - Mobile, AL - Saenger Theatre
March 2008
26 - Raleigh, NC - Meymandi Concert Hall
28 - Savannah, GA - Savannah Music Festival
29 - Atlanta, GA - Ferst Center for the Arts
April 2008
4 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
5 - Greenville, SC - Peace Center for Performing Arts
10 - Waterbury, CT - Palace Theatre
11 - Baltimore, MD - Lyric Opera House
12 - Morristown, NJ - Community Theatre at Mayo Center
18 - York, PA - Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center
19 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
May 2008
1-2 - Rama, Ontario - Casino Rama
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