Bruce Hornsby deserves more than an insignificant amount of credit. Over the course of his 36-year career, he’s never stopped evolving and switching genres, even when it means doing an about-face on the success he attained before. He could have easily built on the template established with his hit “The Way It Is” and the homegrown style that immediately followed, but chose instead to shift direction with Here Come the Noisemakers, an album that found him piercing his previous parameters and delving into jazz, jam band, and even some classical conceits. The University of Miami School of Music graduate has incorporated an even broader array of musical avenues ever since, keeping his fans and followers guessing, but still delighted at every turn.
