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Posted by Express Rider on Sat Oct 25 21:24:13 2014, in response to RIP Jack Bruce, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Oct 25 18:45:09 2014. Damn!!!Oh shit!!! Such sad news. We've lost another giant of late 60s music. Just reading this post now, hearing the news for the first time, has blindsided me. I read about his touring with his group, the Big Blues Band, (I've been trying to find out more about getting their album). The article said that he also went to Cuba, and played in London. I bought his last solo album, Silver Rails. It is very good. He was not yet finished creating and playing music. His body just gave out on him. I was a big Cream fan back in the day up through the present. Saw them at the late show, Hunter College Auditorium, 3/29/68. Their playing was on a level with the performances of Crossroads/ Spoonful on Wheels of Fire. And he did a number of other projects during and after Cream. "Things we Like" - a free jazz album featuring John McLaughlin, an unusual "jazz opera" 'Escalator Over The Hill" written by Carla Bley featuring Jack Bruce and all kinds of NY musicians; as well as all his other solo albums. Can also recommend an album that came out within the last few years -a concert of a rock/jazz mixture with a group that included Carla Bley and Mick Taylor (of Mayall and the Stones). Two CD's, music's very engaging - grabs you by the collar and makes you listen (in a good way). It was an early 70s concert that he discovered among his tapes years later. Just an incredible, musician. It is so sad we lost him. Here is a link to an extensive and detailed website all about Cream, and their influences and careers prior to forming the group: http://gpatt.customer.netspace.net.au/cream/ |
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