Bowl of Cherries." In his 60s, Bushkin's semi-retirement was ended by an offer from Bing Crosby for them to tour together in 1976 and 1977; Bushkin also appeared on Crosby's 1975 Christmas TV special with Fred Astaire. He also performed in a concert series at New York's St. Regis hotel in 1984 that celebrated his 50 years in show business. Bushkin died of pneumonia in Santa Barbara, California, in 2004. Discography 1950 I Love a Piano (Atlantic) 1950 Piano Moods - Joe Bushkin (Columbia) 1951 After Hours with Joe Bushkin (Columbia) 1954 Piano and Rhythm (Royal) 1955 The Jazz Keyboards, compilation with Lennie Tristano, Marian McPartland, Bobby Scott (Savoy) 1956 A Fellow Needs a Girl (Capitol) 1956 Midnight Rhapsody (Capitol) 1956 At Twilight with Eddie Heywood (Epic) 1957 Skylight Rhapsody (Capitol) 1957 Bushkin Spotlights Berlin (Capitol) 1958 Blue Angels (Capitol) 1958 Nightsounds (Capitol) 1958 I Get a Kick Out of Porter (Capitol) 1958 Piano After Midnight with Buck Clayton (Fontana) 1959 Listen to the Quiet (Capitol) 1964 In Concert, Town Hall (Reprise) 1966 Night Sounds San Francisco with Marty Paich (Decca) 1977 Play It Again Joe (United Artists) 1979 The World Is Waiting with Mel Powell (Commodore) With Ruth Brown Ruth Brown (Atlantic, 1957) References External links Joe Bushkin Interview NAMM Oral History Library (1999) 1916 births 2004 deaths American jazz pianists American male pianists 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II