Bushkin Spotlights Berlin is a Capitol (mono) album from the late 1950s featuring the talented Joe Bushkin at the piano with a full studio orchestra playing 50 Irving Berlin standards.
They are mp3 files but sound quality is very good.
I'm not listing song titles because they're all so familiar to fans of the Great American Songbook.
For those unfamiliar with Joe, here's a bio from Wikipedia:
Joe Bushkin (November 7, 1916 - November 3, 2004) was a jazz pianist who began by playing trumpet and piano with New York City dance bands. He joined Bunny Berigan's band in 1935, then left to join Muggsy Spanier's Ragtime Band in 1939. From the late 1930s through to the late 1940s he also worked with Eddie Condon on records, radio and TV. After service in WWII he worked with Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman.
He might be best known for co-writing Oh! Look at Me Now, with John DeVries, when he worked in Tommy Dorsey's band. That song would become one of Frank Sinatra's first hits.
In his 60s Bing Crosby ended Bushkin's semi-retirement with an offer for them to tour together.
He died in 2004.
Enjoy!
thanks very much. i love Bushkin and never saw this recording anywhere.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great album. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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