Jack Bruce
Background information
Birth name	John Symon Asher Bruce
Born	May 14, 1943 (1943-05-14) (age 64) East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Genre(s)	Blues-Rock Psychedelic Rock Jazz Fusion
Years active	1962 – present
Label(s)	EMI
Associated acts	Cream John Mayall's Bluesbreakers The Graham Bond Organisation Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated Manfred Mann

John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a Scottish-born musician, composer and singer. He is best-known as an electric bassist, harmonicist and pianist, and was most famous as the vocalist and bassist for the 1960s rock band, Cream. He lives in Suffolk, England.^[1] May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... East Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority areas in Scotland. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Blues Rock or Blues-rock is a fusion genre of music which combines elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ... Cream were a 1960s British rock band, which consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. ... John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton album cover John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers was a pioneering British blues band that included such luminaries as: Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (both later in Cream), Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (later all in Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (later in... The Graham Bond Organisation was a blues-rock quartet led by organist/singer Graham Bond during the mid-1960s British Invasion. ... Cock-A-Hoop Manfred Mann was a British R&B and pop band of the 1960s, named after its keyboard player, who later led the successful 1970s follow-on group Manfred Manns Earth Band. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... Cream were a 1960s British rock band, which consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area...

Biography

Jack Bruce was born in May 1943 in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland^[2] to musical parents who moved around a lot, resulting in the young Bruce attending 14 different schools, ending up at Bellahouston Academy. He won a scholarship studying cello and composition at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama; however, he left at the age of 17 claiming he knew more than the teachers.^[3] East Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority areas in Scotland. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime... The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), founded in 1845 as the Scottish National Academy of Music, is a university of music and drama in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

Early career

While still at college Jack Bruce played with orchestras in Glasgow music halls.^[4] After leaving college he toured Italy playing double bass with the Murray Campbell Big Band.^[5] In 1962, Jack Bruce became a member of the London-based band Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated,^[6] in which he played the double bass. The band also included organist Graham Bond, saxophonist Dick Heckstall Smith and drummer Ginger Baker. In 1963, the group broke up and these musicians, including Bruce, went on to form the Graham Bond Organisation, which played a wide range of music genres, including, bebop, blues and rhythm and blues. At this time, Bruce switched from double bass to electric bass. The group released two studio albums and several singles, but were not commercially successful. They did, however, influence a number of other musicians, such as Keith Emerson, Jon Lord, Bill Bruford and John Bonham. Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, April 19, 1928 in Paris - died January 1, 1984 in Westminster, South London), was an English blues musician, born to an Austrian father and Greek mother. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... The electric organ is a myogenic organ common to all electric fish used for the purposes of creating an electric field, a behavior used for navigation as well as communication in natural environments. ... A founding father of British R&B boom in the 60s, Bonds story is one of the greatest tragedies of british rock. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is mostly a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... Peter Edward Ginger Baker (born August 19, 1939, Lewisham, South London) is an English drummer and singer who gained fame as a member of the Graham Bond Organisation (GBO) and Cream from 1966 until 1968. ... Bebop is a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos and improvisation based on harmonic structure rather than melody. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. ... Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences — first performed by African American artists. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... Fender Precision Bass Bass Guitar is a commonly spoken phrase used to refer to the electric bass and horizontal acoustic basses, a stringed instrument similar in design to the electric guitar, but larger in size, commonly fretted and sometimes fretless and with a lower range. ... Keith Noel Emerson (born 2 November 1944) is a British keyboard player and composer. ... Jon Douglas Lord (born Leicester 9 June 1941) is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player. ... Bill Bruford on the cover of his album, Feels Good to Me William Scott Bruford (born May 17, 1949 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England), better known as Bill Bruford, is an influential British drummer known for his forceful, highly precise, polyrhythmic style. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

During the time Bruce and Baker played with the Graham Bond Organisation, they were known for their hostility towards each other. There were numerous stories of the two sabotaging each other's equipment and fighting on stage. Eventually Baker fired Bruce from the group in 1965.

With Cream

After he left the Graham Bond Organisation, Bruce then joined the John Mayall Bluesbreakers group, which featured Eric Clapton, but later had his first commercial success with Manfred Mann in 1966. In July 1966 he moved on to his most famous role as bass player, main songwriter and lead vocalist with Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton in the power trio Cream, considered the first supergroup. While with Cream, Bruce changed his electric bass for a Gibson EB-3.^[7] He wrote most of Cream's original material, with lyricist Pete Brown, including, Sunshine of Your Love, which they co-wrote with Clapton, White Room, Politician, and I Feel Free. Bruce also wrote a number of compositions by himself, including N.S.U. and We're Going Wrong. For the photographer, see John Jabez Edwin Mayall. ... Eric Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th century,[1] garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... Cock-A-Hoop Manfred Mann was a British R&B and pop band of the 1960s, named after its keyboard player, who later led the successful 1970s follow-on group Manfred Manns Earth Band. ... The power trio is a rock and roll band format popularized in the 1960s (see 1960s in music). ... Cream were a 1960s British rock band, which consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. ... SuperGroup is a reality show on the channel VH1. ... Gibson EB-3 The Gibson EB-3 is an electric bass guitar model, produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. ... Pete Brown is a British performance poet and lyricist, best known for his collaborations with Jack Bruce. ... Sunshine of Your Love is a song by the British supergroup Cream, released on the Disraeli Gears album. ... White Room, written by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown, is a single by Cream from their 1968 album Wheels of Fire. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... I Feel Free is a song by British blues rock band, Cream. ... Were Going Wrong is a song written by Jack Bruce. ...

By 1968, Cream were successful; they grossed more than the next top six live acts of the day added together (including Jimi Hendrix and The Doors). They topped album charts all over the world, and received the first platinum discs for record sales, but the old enmity of Bruce and Baker resurfaced in 1968, and after a final tour, Cream broke up. This article contains a trivia section. ... The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 (see 1965 in music) in Los Angeles by keyboardist Ray Manzarek, vocalist Jim Morrison, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger. ...

Post-Cream

Before Cream split, Bruce recorded an acoustic free jazz album with Dick Heckstall Smith and Jon Hiseman, and released it in 1971 as Things We Like. This album was a precursor to the jazz fusion boom in the early 1970s, and more recently, it has been sampled by many hip hop artists. Acoustic music can refer to music that solely or primarily uses acoustic instruments, such as the acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, piano, cello, and voice. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Phillip John Jon Hiseman (born June 21, 1944 in Blackheath, London) is an English drummer who played with Graham Bond and also was in the seminal UK unit Colosseum. ... Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ...

Bruce continued to work on many other collaborations with other musicians. The first of these, Songs for a Tailor, was released in 1969, featuring both Heckstall Smith and Hiseman. It was a worldwide hit, but, after a brief supporting tour with Larry Coryell and Mitch Mitchell in his band, he left to join the jazz fusion band Lifetime. With drummer Tony Williams, guitarist John McLaughlin and organist Larry Young, the group recorded two albums. However, they did not get much critical and commercial acclaim, and Lifetime broke up in 1970. Bruce then recorded another solo album Harmony Row, but this was not commercially successful. Larry Coryell Larry Coryell (April 2, 1943-) is an American jazz guitarist. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Lifetime can refer to: Life expectancy, the length of time a person is alive One of the American media ventures owned by Lifetime Entertainment Services Lifetime (TV network), a cable television network Lifetime Movie Network, a cable movie network Lifetime (band), an American melodic hardcore punk band from New Jersey... Tony Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an African American jazz drummer. ... Several people are named John McLaughlin: John McLaughlin (musician), an English jazz fusion guitar player. ... There are different people named Larry Young: Larry Young, a jazz organist. ...

In 1972, Bruce formed a blues rock power trio, West, Bruce and Laing. Besides Bruce, the group consisted of Leslie West and Corky Laing, formerly of the hard rock band Mountain. They produced two studio albums, Why Don't'cha and Whatever Turns You On, and one live album, Live 'N' Kickin. The band soon broke up, and, not long after, Bruce released another solo album, Out Of The Storm. A tour was lined up with former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor and jazz keyboard player Carla Bley, with whom he had collaborated with in 1971 on Escalator Over the Hill. The tour, documented on Live at the Manchester Free Trade Hall, ended with Taylor leaving, and no studio recordings were made. Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining elements of the blues with rock and roll, with an emphasis on the electric guitar. ... West, Bruce and Laing were a 1970s power trio consisting of Leslie West (guitar and vocals), Corky Laing (drums) and Jack Bruce (bass and vocals). ... Leslie West (born October 22, 1945) is an American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. ... Corky Laing (born Laurence Gordon Laing January 28th, 1948, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was the drummer for Mountain and West, Bruce and Laing. ... Mountain is an American rock band, popular in the early 1970s. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Michael Mick Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is an English musician best known as the former lead and rhythm guitarist for The Rolling Stones. ... Carla Bley, née Borg, (born May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and band leader. ...

In 1977, Bruce formed a new band with drummer Simon Phillips and keyboardist Tony Hymas. The group recorded an album, called How's Tricks. A world tour followed, but the album was a commercial failure. The follow-up album Jet Set Jewel was put on hold when as Bruce was dropped by his record label. In 1978, Bruce toured with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, reuniting him with John McLaughlin. Simon Phillips (born February 6, 1957, in London, England) is a profilic English jazz and rock drummer. ... The original lineup in 1972, featuring Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer and Rick Laird. ...

By 1979, Bruce's drug habit had reached such a level that he had lost a lot of his money; in that year he married his second wife, Margrit Seyffer. She organised his career from a business standpoint, and Bruce played a lot of sessions with Cozy Powell, Gary Moore and Jon Anderson to get some money. By 1980 his career was back on track with his new band, consisting of drummer Billy Cobham, guitarist Clem Clemson, and keyboardist David Sancious. They toured widely to support their album, I've Always Wanted to do This, but it was not commercial success and the band split. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For the former TV host, see Garry Moore. ... Jon Anderson (born October 25, 1944) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes. ... Billy Cobham, born May 16, 1944 in Panama, is widely regarded as one of the worlds best and most influential drummers, best known for his jazz fusion in the 1970s, with John McLaughlins Mahavishnu Orchestra, where he pioneered a powerful style of drumming with jazz, rock and funk... David Sancious (born November 30, 1953 in Asbury Park, New Jersey) is an American musician. ...

In 1982, Bruce collaborated with guitarist Robin Trower and released two albums, BLT and Truth, the first of which was a minor hit in the United States. In 1983, Bruce released another solo album, Automatic, which was only released in Germany. In the mid-1980s, Bruce began working with the music producer Kip Hanrahan, and released the albums Desire Develops an Edge, "Vertical's Currency" and Exotica, all of which were critically successful. In 1987, Bruce recorded his solo album Somethin' Els in Germany, but this was delayed until 1992 and received belated widespread critical acclaim. His German TV concerts of his 1980s period have been collected on a two-DVD set, Live at Rock Palast. Robin Leonard Trower (born March 9, 1945 in Catford, London, England) is a preeminent English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the leader of his own Hendrixesque power trio. ... Kip Hanrahan (born January 1, 1937) is an American jazz music impresario, record producer and percussionist. ...

In 1989, Bruce began recording material with Ginger Baker and released another solo album, A Question of Time. Baker and Bruce toured the US at this time. In 1993, Bruce was again reunited with Baker for his 50th birthday concert, along with guitarist Gary Moore. These recordings were released on the live double album Cities of the Heart. In 1994 this lineup became the band BBM, and their subsequent album was a top ten hit in the UK. However, the band broke up shortly afterwards. For the former TV host, see Garry Moore. ... BBM (Bruce-Baker-Moore) is the name of the short-lived power trio formed in 1994, by long established artists Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, and Gary Moore. ...

A low-key solo piano album, Monkjack, followed in 1995, featuring Bruce and organist Bernie Worrel. Bruce then began work producing and arranging the soundtrack to the independently produced Scottish film The Slab Boys with Lulu, Edwyn Collins, Eddie Reader and The Proclaimers. The soundtrack album appeared in 1997. In 2000 he returned to touring as a member of Ringo Starr All Starr Band which also featured Peter Frampton on guitar. At the gig in Denver, Colorado the band was joined on stage by Ginger Baker, and Bruce, Baker and Frampton played a short set of Cream Classics. The Slab Boys is a play by the Scottish artist and playwright John Byrne. ... Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, OBE, (born 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actor, model, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through the 2000s. ... Edwyn Collins (born 1959) is a Scottish musician from Edinburgh. ... The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940 in Liverpool),[1] known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer and actor, best known as the drummer of the Beatles. ... Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is a Grammy winning English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s as an arena rocker. // By the age of ten, Frampton played in a band called the Little Ravens. ...

In 2001 Bruce reappeared with his most successful band of recent times featuring Bernie Worrel, Vernon Reid of Living Colour on guitar and Kip Hanrahan's three-piece Latin rhythm section. Hanrahan also produced the accompanying album Shadows in the Air, which included a reunion with Eric Clapton on a new version of Sunshine of Your Love. The band released another studio album, More Jack than God, in 2003, and a live DVD, Live at Canterbury Fayre. Living Colour is a hard rock group formed in New York city in 1983 by Vernon Reid. ...

Bruce had suffered a period of declining health, and in the summer of 2003 was diagnosed with liver cancer. In September 2003, he underwent a liver transplant, which was almost fatal, as his body initially rejected the new organ.^[8] He has since recovered, and in May, 2005, he reunited with former Cream bandmates Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker for a series of well-received concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall,^[9] released as the album Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005, and New York's Madison Square Garden. A biography of Bruce, entitled Jack — The Biography of Jack Bruce was written by Steven Myatt and published in 2005. Hepatic tumors are tumors or growths on or in the liver (medical terms pertaining to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word for liver, hepar). ... The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ... Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005 is the live recording of the Cream reunion at the Royal Albert Hall on those respective dates in 2005. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 2006, Bruce returned to the live arena with a concert of Cream and solo classics performed with the German HR Big Band.

Solo discography

• Songs For A Tailor (September 1969)
• Things We Like (Recorded August 1968, released January 1971)
• Harmony Row (September 1971)
• Out of the Storm (November 1974)
• Live at Manchester Free Trade Hall 75 (released 2003)
• How's Tricks (March 1977)
• Jet Set Jewel (recorded 1978, released 2003)
• I've Always Wanted To Do This (December 1980)
• Automatic (January 1983)
• A Question of Time (December 1989)
• Something Els (Recorded 1987 released March 1993)
• Cities Of The Heart (1993)
• Monkjack (September 1995)
• Shadows In The Air (July 2001)
• More Jack Than God (September 2003)

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Trivia

• He and Cream bandmates Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton have all played with each other in different groups. Bruce and Baker played together in the Graham Bond Organisation, BBM and Blues Incorporated, Clapton and Bruce played together near the end of Clapton's tenure with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and Baker and Clapton played together in the short-lived supergroup Blind Faith shortly after Cream's breakup.
• Bruce plays harmonica on the Cream songs "Rollin' & Tumblin'," "Traintime," "Take It Back," "Four Until Late," and the studio version of "Spoonful" and "Sitting on top of the world" of 2005 concert.
• He once owned the island of Sanda in Scotland.^[10]
• When deciding on the set list for the Cream reunion in London, Bruce wanted to include I Feel Free. It was not included, nor was it included at the Madison Square Garden shows.
• His first Cream composition was N.S.U. According to the Clapton biography Crossroads: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton, the initials stand for Non-Specific Urethritis, a sexual dysfunction in men.
• Bruce says in Chris Welch's book, Cream: The Legendary Sixties Supergroup, that he "has no regrets that [he] didn't join Led Zeppelin when they asked [him]". While this may suggest that Bruce was the original choice of Zeppelin founder and guitarist Jimmy Page's for bassist/lead singer, in fact (as mentioned in Stephen Myatt's Book Jack), Page asked him to join as a second bass player, in the mid seventies. (John Paul Jones would eventually join Page's band as bassist and Robert Plant joined as lead vocalist.)
• Bruce wrote the Cream song We're Going Wrong after having a fight with his wife, Janet Godfrey.
• Bruce played bass on the song "Apostrophe" on the 1974 Frank Zappa album of the same name.
• He uses a custom Warwick fretless thumb bass.
• After the death of John Entwistle in the summer of 2002, Bruce replaced Entwistle in the Todd Rundgren-organised all-star band tribute to the Beatles in the A Walk Down Abbey Road tour.

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References and notes

1. ^ Jazz - All About Jazz. Interview with Jack. Retrieved on December 14, 2006.
2. ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/276/000044144/
3. ^ http://www.firstfoot.com/good%20scottish%20pop/jackbruce.htm
4. ^ http://www.cream2005.com/theband_jackbruce.lasso
5. ^ Chris Welch, Cream: The Legendary Sixties Supergroup
6. ^ http://www.firstfoot.com/good%20scottish%20pop/jackbruce.htm
7. ^ http://www.bassplayer.com/story.asp?storycode=11837
8. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jackbruce/articles/story/5936929/jack_bruce_on_the_mend
9. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4506185.stm
10. ^ Sanda Island. Visitor's Guide to Sanda Island. Retrieved on January 26, 2007.

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Literature

• Brigitte Tast, Hans-Jürgen Tast „be bop - Die Wilhelmshöhe rockt. Disco und Konzerte in der Hölle" Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim, ISBN 978-3-8067-8589-0.

External links

• Official website
• Original Smiles & Grins Jack Bruce Club
• Jack Bruce at the Internet Movie Database