Bruce Hornsby

===Skaggs & Hornsby/The Bruce Hornsby Trio===
In March 2007, Hornsby teamed with bluegrass player [[Ricky Skaggs]] to produce a bluegrass album, ''[[Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby]]'', followed by a tour. In 2000, the pair had collaborated on "Darlin' Cory", a track on the ''Big Mon'' [[Bill Monroe]] [[bluegrass music]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.startribune.com/bruce-hornsby-and-ricky-skaggs-bring-bluesgrass-to-burnsville-nov-2/229395091/ | title=Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs bring bluesgrass to Burnsville Nov. 2 | first=Liz | last=Rolfsmeier | work=[[Star Tribune]] | date=October 26, 2013}}</ref> ''Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby'', featuring the duo backed by Skaggs's band Kentucky Thunder, combined bluegrass, traditional [[country music]], jazzy piano and a splash of humor on a spectrum of songs from the traditional to new compositions such as the opening track, "The Dreaded Spoon", a humorous tale of a youthful ice cream heist. The pair also reinvented Hornsby's hit "Mandolin Rain" as a [[minor key]] acoustic ballad and give his cautionary tale of backwoods violence, "A Night on the Town", a treatment highlighting the "[[Appalachia]]n storytelling tradition that was always at the song's heart".<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/arts/music/26skag.html | title=A Collaboration Recalls an Isolated Rural America | first=Jon | last=Pareles | authorlink=Jon Pareles | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=April 26, 2007 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.popmatters.com/ricky-skaggs-and-bruce-hornsby-ricky-skaggs-and-bruce-hornsby-2496199211.html | title=Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby | work=[[PopMatters]] | date=May 14, 2007}}</ref>

The album ended with a cover of [[Rick James]]'s [[funk]] hit "[[Super Freak]]" in a bluegrass arrangement. The album peaked at number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Bluegrass Albums list; it was on the charts for 52 weeks.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ricky-skaggs/chart-history/bgr/ | title=Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby | publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> With the album, Hornsby disproved the notion that the piano is not compatible with "string-oriented" bluegrass. The duo released the live album ''Cluck Ol' Hen'' in September 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ksut.org/music/2013-09-05/ricky-skaggs-bruce-hornsby-cluck-ol-hen-feature-cd-9-6 | title=Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, Cluck Ol' Hen, feature CD 9/6 | publisher=[[KSUT]] | date=September 5, 2013}}</ref>

Concurrently with the bluegrass project, Hornsby recorded a [[jazz]] album, ''[[Camp Meeting (album)|Camp Meeting]]'' with [[Christian McBride]] ([[Double bass|bass]]) and [[Jack DeJohnette]] ([[drum kit|drums]]).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.offbeat.com/music/bruce-hornsby-christian-mcbride-jack-dejohnette-camp-meeting-sony-legacy/ | title=Bruce Hornsby, Christian McBride, Jack DeJohnette, Camp Meeting (Sony Legacy) | first=MARK | last=LAMAIRE | work=[[OffBeat (music magazine)|OffBeat]] | date=December 1, 2007}}</ref> Alongside original compositions by Hornsby, the trio delivered newly reharmonized versions of tunes by [[John Coltrane]], [[Miles Davis]], [[Thelonious Monk]] and [[Bud Powell]], a previously unrecorded [[Ornette Coleman]] work ("Questions and Answers") and an early [[Keith Jarrett]] composition ("Death and the Flower").<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegram.com/article/20070831/NEWS/708310382 | title=Bruce Hornsby: life after pop stardom | first=Charles J. | last=Gans | work=[[Telegram & Gazette]] | agency=[[Associated Press]] | date=August 31, 2007}}</ref> The trio made a series of appearances in the summer of 2007, including the [[Playboy Jazz Festival]], the [[Newport Jazz Festival]] and at the [[Hollywood Bowl]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegram.com/article/20070805/column14/708050388 | title=I get them with the rhythm | first=Scott | last=McLennan | work=[[Telegram & Gazette]] | date=August 5, 2007 }}</ref>

On January 4, 2007, former Grateful Dead members [[Bob Weir]], [[Bill Kreutzmann]] and [[Mickey Hart]] reunited along with Hornsby, [[Mike Gordon]] (of [[Phish]] and the [[Rhythm Devils]]) and [[Warren Haynes]] to play two sets, including Dead classics, at a post-inauguration fundraising party for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] [[Nancy Pelosi]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2007/01/06/partying-dead-wake-up-the-democrats/98ec267c-78a5-4feb-a3b4-bac2f6c76929/ | title=Partying Dead Wake Up The Democrats | first=J. Freedom | last=du Lac | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=January 6, 2007 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/01/07/speaker-pelosi-hosts-day-of-the-dead-in-d-c/ | title=Speaker Pelosi hosts day of the Dead in D.C. | work=[[The Mercury News]] | date=January 7, 2007}}</ref>

Hornsby wrote songs for ''[[SCKBSTD]]'', a [[Broadway Musical]]; one song from this project, a playful biographical tune about real-estate tycoon [[Donald Trump]] titled "The Don of Dons", was played often at Hornsby's solo piano performances in early 2007. In 2009, he composed the score for [[Spike Lee]]'s [[ESPN]] documentary, ''[[Kobe Doin' Work]]'', about [[NBA]] star [[Kobe Bryant]] and his MVP season.<ref name=Levitation/>

Hornsby invested in Williamsburg area radio station "The Tide" [[WTYD]] 92.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]. He has endowed the Bruce Hornsby Creative American Music Program at the [[Frost School of Music]] of [[University of Miami]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://cam.frost.miami.edu/ | title=CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC | publisher=[[Frost School of Music]]}}</ref> Hornsby played himself in a cameo role in the [[Robin Williams]] movie ''[[World's Greatest Dad]]'', in which Williams' character is a Bruce Hornsby fan.