 " ' Round Springfield " is the 22nd episode of the sixth season of The Simpsons . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 30 , 1995 . In the episode , Bart is rushed to the hospital after eating a jagged metal Krusty @-@ O and decides to sue Krusty the Clown . Whilst visiting Bart , Lisa meets her old mentor , jazz musician Bleeding Gums Murphy ( last seen in Moaning Lisa ) . She is saddened when she later learns that Murphy has died , and resolves to honor his memory . Steve Allen ( as himself ) and Ron Taylor ( as Bleeding Gums Murphy ) guest star , each in their second appearance on the show . Dan Higgins also returns as the writer and performer of all of Lisa and Bleeding Gums ' saxophone solos . 
