Jack Bruce RIP

[bigburner]

My favourite bass player Jack Bruce died yesterday aged 71. A very sad day. Jack was best known for his work with Cream in the 1960s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bruce

Last night I watched his 1998 DVD 'The Cream of Cream' as a tribute. It's half documentary, half live (performing in the studio with Gary Moore and Gary Husband). If you want to be a bass player in a rock, blues or jazz band, or if you just want to learn a little about Jack Bruce and his approach to music then this DVD is well worth watching.

Nigel.

[wkhanna]

What an amazing career.

After some digging around here are some of the highlights of his life that stand out to me:

Just a few of the people he played with:

John McLaughlin
John Mayall
Billy Cobham
Gary Moore
Joe Bonamassa
David Sancious

He was trained as a classical cellist, and considered himself a jazz musician.

At the 2011 North American Music Merchants Show, Bruce became only the third recipient of the International Bassist Award, a lifetime achievement award for bassists, after Jaco Pastorius and Nathan Watts.

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd recently described Bruce as “probably the most musically gifted bass player who’s ever been.”


Fair thee well, Mr. Bruce.

[Alaric]

Oh , hell. The losses keep piling up with the birthdays. Who'd have thought Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton would have outlived Mr. Bruce ?

[wkhanna]

Oh , hell. The losses keep piling up with the birthdays. Who'd have thought Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton would have outlived Mr. Bruce ?

Or that Keith Richards would outlive Anybody!

[Lex]

man, that's sad. 3rd player to receive that lifetime achievement award, that is significant. Cream of course, goes without saying was special. playing with Joe Bonamassa, that's pretty big too as well as the other names. I have heard Joe B stuff recently, not as familiar with some of the other musicians.

RIP.

[Alaric]

Or that Keith Richards would outlive Anybody!

Amen to that. KR looks like people jerky , but he looks like happy people jerky , and that's what counts.