First Listen: Bruce Hornsby, 'Absolute Zero'
Hornsby's new album is as melodic as his past oeuvre, but it's also an absorbing peek into the veteran musician's love of avant-garde classical, jazz and progressive rock.
by Jason Heller
Apr 08, 2019
2 minutes
Ever since hit the public consciousness with his 1986 hit single "The Way It Is," he's made plenty of music that's just as organic and warm as that song, up to and including his body of work with . But the keyboardist also has a more technical and conceptual side — and that's evident. Hornsby's new album is as melodic as his past oeuvre, most of which is from more traditional, singer-songwriter cloth, but it's also a fascinating and absorbing peek into the veteran musician's love of avant-garde classical, jazz and progressive rock.
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