Jack Bruce nie żyje

Jak ogłosiła na oficjalnej stronie muzyka jego rodzina, John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce, basista, wiolonczelista, pianista, gitarzysta i wokalista znany z supergrupy Cream, zespołu BBM oraz z długiej kariery solowej, zmarł dziś przed południem. Przyczyn śmierci muzyka nie podano do wiadomości.

 

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Dziś posłucham Wheels of Fire.

 

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Jeszcze wczoraj słuchałem jego ostatniej płyty Silver Rails.

Kolejny z wielkich.

 

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Coz,na Legendach Rocka wygladal na schorzalego.Rest in peace Jack!

 

Pewnie Clapton nagra jakis tribute?

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Ginger ze swoim stylem życia zapowiadał się na pierwszego z półki Cream... R.I.P. Jack.

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R.I.P.

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Wielka szkoda :(

 

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Dziś wieczorem w Cork gra Ginger Baker Jazz Confusion, może zadedykują koncert Jackowi...

RIP

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Przykro gdy idole z mlodosci odchodza!!!!

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Smutne... R.I.P.

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kawał historii...

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.....i tak bardzo długo leciał ......szkoda

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Tak jak podejrzewałem Baker, zadedykował cały niedzielny koncert JB; powiedzial coś w stylu: "Some of you might be aware that Jack Bruce passed yesterday; I remember meeting him for the first time in 1962, when he was just a 19 year old kid; some great memories... This whole set is dedicated to Jack."

Miło z jego strony, szczegolnie biorąc pod uwagę fakt, że swego czasu chciał go zastrzelić ;)

 

Baker ledwie chodzi, ledwie mówi ale za bębnami nie stracił rytmu nawet na moment- koncert super.

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Będzie żyć, póki my żyjemy i póki brzmi muzyka!

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Shadows in the air-wspaniała płyta Wielkiego Artysty. Szkoda...

trochę historii piórem nowojoczyka

 

The Passing of a Giant - JACK BRUCE - "I Feel Free" he sang in 1966!

 

His spirit is now set free. In June of 1967, around the time of my

Bar Mitzvah, I bought my first LP'a (long playing) record albums.

After a few years of buying just singles (45 rpm 7" records with one

song per side) on a weekly basis, I started collecting albums. 1 or 2

per week throughout the Summer of 1967 (a/k/a the Summer of Love).

After first buying a bunch of Greatest Hits records (Rolling Stones,

The Animals, Four Tops, Beach Boys...), I had become a man and

started to listen to music seriously. That summer I bought Love's

first album, the Byrd's 'Fifth Dimension', Jefferson Airplane's

'Surrealistic Pillow', the Kinks' 'Face to Face', the Mothers of

Invention 'Freak-Out!' and 'Fresh Cream'. Cream were touted as the

first "supergroup" with Eric Clapton on guitar, Jack Bruce on bass &

lead vocals and Ginger Baker on drums. I bought 'Fresh Cream' in mono

and played it over & over & over. It still sounds fresh today nearly

a half century later. "Driving in my car, smoking my cigar, the only

time I'm happy is when I play me guitar! Aaaah ahhhh ah". I can still

remember and sing all of the words. Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker had

played together in the Graham Bond Organization, an early,

influential, (but mostly unknown to American fans) British

jazz/blues/rock band. Cream combined the same elements of

rock/blues/r&b/jazz-like jamming and were trailblazers, playing long

concerts before it became the norm. They were around (1966-1968) for

less than three years, toured and played lengthy sets with long solos

(when Dead-like jamming was still in its early stages) and recorded

just four fabulous records, all great, all timeless. 'Disraeli Gears'

from 1967 was one of the greatest psychedelic/blues albums of all

time and featured their worldwide hit single, "Sunshine of Your

Love". Although Eric Clapton was called 'God' due to his astonishing

guitar solos, Jack Bruce was the center of the band, great electric

bassist, great & distinctive singer and great songwriter. Bruce was

classically trained, played cello and started on acoustic bass.

Listen to his solo cut called "As You Said" from 'Wheels of Fire' (by

Cream) and you will hear his singular magic/style on display.

When Cream broke due to personnel problems, egos, drugs, etc.,

Clapton & Baker went on to form Blind Faith who lasted just a year or

so. Jack Bruce soon joined the Tony Williams Lifetime, perhaps the

first fusion band of its time, a few years before a number of fusion

bands erupted (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forvever, 11th House)

and changed the sound of music forever. Word is that the night that

Blind Faith played at Madison Square Garden (I was there!) in 1970,

Tony Williams Lifetime were playing in a small club in the Village

called the Bitter End!?!

Jack Bruce's first and finest solo album, 'Songs for a Tailor'

was released in 1969 and it remains one of the greatest debut albums

ever. Besides using the cream of British jazz/rock musicians like

Chris Spedding, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Harry Beckett, Art Themen & Jon

Hiseman, the lyrics by longtime (Jack Bruce collaborator) Pete Brown

were/are also consistently poetic and worth exploring. Mr. Bruce's

next release, 'Things We Like' was actually recorded earlier and is

more of an instrumental jazz record with John McLaughlin on guitar

(just about to move to the US & play with Tony Williams & Miles

Davis). Bruce third album, 'Harmony Row' is similar to 'Songs for a

Tailor' and almost as good. From that point onwards, Mr. Bruce's solo

career had its ups and downs. For me, the ups included all of his

work with Michael Mantler (6 albums), Carla Bley ('Escalator Over the

Hill') and Kip Hanrahan (5 albums).

I caught Jack Bruce live on a few occasions and each one was

special. First at the Bottom Line with his own band with Dave

Clempson, David Sancious & BIlly Cobham. A great live rock/jazz

quartet but their studio record not very good. In the early eighties

I caught Mr. Bruce singing lead & playing bass with Kip Hanrahan's

amazing latin/jazz hybrid at the Public Theatre, he & they were

excellent! I recall Mr. Bruce sitting in with the Golden Palominos at

the Ritz a few years later, but don't remember the gig too well.

Since I never saw Cream in their heyday, I thought I should see the

reunion in 2005 at Madison Square Garden. Since I had long given up

on hearing any recordings from Eric Clapton that I liked, I must

admit that Cream were totally amazing! Two hour-long sets with great

solos, great song selection, psychedelic light show and all three

members came to play!!! From my seat half way up all I could see was

a sea of grey hair, myself included. It was the most amount of money

I ever paid for a concert ($175) and I am happy to have had that

experience. For the last couple of years, Bruce was part of another

super-group called Spectrum Road with Vernon Reid on guitar, John

Medeski on organ, Bruce on electric bass & vocals and Cindy Blackman

on drums. This quartet were inspired by the original Tony Williams

Lifetime (covering some of their songs), which Mr. Bruce was a part

of for their second record. They have a studio CD & LP on Palmetto

which is pretty good but live, they were even better. I caught them

at BB King's last year and they knocked me out with all four members

kicking some royal butt! They pulled out "Sunshine of Your Love" for

their last song or encore and smoked righteously. Not too bad for a

song which is more then 45 years old.

All Jack Bruce's recorded out put was inconsistent, I bought

every he released and was rarely let down. Here are a few things that

I've heard over the past few years which were under-recognized when

they came out. I recommend them and none of them are in print so good

luck finding them:

1.JACK BRUCE/BERNIE WORRELL - Monkjack (CMP) mostly a duo with

Funkadelic's Dr. Woo Bernie Worrell. Mr. Bruce plays mostly piano and

his voice is superb!

2.JACK BRUCE With BERNIE WORRELL/VERNON REID - More Jack Than God

(Sanctuary) Produced by Kip Hanrahan and by far the best Jack Bruce

CD in years!

3.BBM [JACK BRUCE/GINGER BAKER/GARY MOORE] - Around the Next Dream

(Virgin) Eric Clapton was originally supposed to be on this session

but... he was replaced by another great guitarist Gary Moore. A

strong power trio in fine form

4. JACK BRUCE With JOHN SURMAN/JON HISEMAN/CHRIS SPEDDING/ART THEMEN

/JOHN MARSHALL/MICK TAYLOR/CARLA BLEY/TONY HYMAS/SIMON PHILLIPS -

Spirit: Live At The BBC 1971-1978 [3 CD set] (Polydor) Pretty

consistently strong live recordings with again the cream of British

jazz/rock/blues greats! Not sure if this is out-of-print or not.

 

Long live Jack Bruce! The singer, the bassist and the songwriter.

He stood next to God and still shined brightly!

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I feel free byl dla mnie opadem szczeny wiekszym niz Taxman z tego samego roku.I nb to byl zaczyn nauki angielskiego:)).

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