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John Symon Asher “Jack” Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a Scottish musician; a multi-instumentalist, composer, singer. He is most well known as a very influential electric bassist, especially when he was a member of seminal rock band Cream.

In the early 60s, Bruce played double bass with Graham Bond in the Graham Bond Organisation, which played a mixture of jazz, blues, and R&B. It was at this time that he met drummer Ginger Baker. After stints with John Mayall and Manfred Mann, he formed Cream with Baker and guitarist Eric Clapton. Cream had numerous hits during its existence, most of them written by Bruce with lyricist Pete Brown.

In the years since Cream’s breakup in 1968, Bruce has released a number of solo albums, mostly in a more experimental vein, and worked with a wide variety of musicians in many genres. The list includes Robin Trower, Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, Carla Bley, Allan Holdsworth, Ringo Starr and Frank Zappa. He was also a member of the band West, Bruce And Laing.

More recently he had an album under the band name BBM (Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Gary Moore) called Around the Next Dream

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1	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune	31
2	Theme For An Imaginary Western	30
3	Rope Ladder To The Moon	27
4	He The Richmond	17
4	Weird Of Hermiston	17
6	The Ministry Of Bag	15
7	Can You Follow?	13
8	Born To Be Blue	12
8	The Clearout	12
8	Morning Story	12
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12	White Room	11
13	Boston Ball Game 1967	8
13	Theme From An Imaginary Western	8
13	To Isengard	8

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furay wrote:
September 2011

How's Tricks is fantastic!

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emergingsynergy wrote:
June 2011

Vol. 2 of the Cream album "Wheels of Fire" is a great way to hear the best baseline and drumming in all rock or jazz history.

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gravemike wrote:
June 2011

He is a badass lkie Roger Waters :D

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mirrorball95 wrote:
June 2011

Love Jack's music. Seen him live in Glasgow in March and hope to make the Edinburgh show next month! Great songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and all round musician. Also his voice is a gift from the heavens especially on albums such as 'Harmony Row'. It's shocking the recognition he does not receive!

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LimbGambith wrote:
May 2011

oh yeah

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Pdna2 wrote:
March 2011

Great songwriter, great singer, and his versatility (a virtue) may have worked against him commercially. One minute he could play jazz and fusion with the likes of Carla Bley and Tony Williams, the next he was rocking out with Leslie West to say nothing of the songs he wrote and sang with Cream. What remains constant is the high quality of his work in any "genre."

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mzingg3 wrote:
February 2011

the ultimate thumper

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mirrorball95 wrote:
December 2010

Unsung hero indeed! 'Bird Alone' should be up there IMO. 'Make Love, Pt.2' is another good one from his 80s album 'Automatic'.

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MrBuddyDoot wrote:
October 2010

Agreed legendary unsung hero of Cream and jazz fusion

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chefsam57 wrote:
September 2010

unsung hero of cream

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FebruaryBlues wrote:
June 2010

Here, shameless pluging: http://www.lastfm.com.br/group/Jack+Bruce

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myk_ wrote:
June 2010

I love his voice!

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OtavioCintra wrote:
June 2010

My Hero. I found out about Cream about a year ago, and been in love ever since. I listen to their whole discography almost daily... then, I discovered Jack. As a bass player, I always admired him... as a singer, I've always admired him. But when I first heard Songs for a Tailor, especially Theme From an Imaginary Western, I knew he had a special place in my heart. I love this man.

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noideaasusualxD wrote:
June 2010

On of the most amazing musicians ever, I mean his voice, his songwriting, his BASS PLAYING, a perfect musician...

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magefo wrote:
January 2010

underrated solo stuff

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mirrorball95 wrote:
December 2009

I cant decide which is better his bass playing or his singing!

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blisak wrote:
December 2009

Jack with CREAM had the 1st Platinum record in the WORLD.

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rottmadgers wrote:
August 2009

"Harmony Row" ftw.

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EarOpen wrote:
June 2009

His vocals on Carla Bley's Escalator Over The Hill and on Kip Hanrahan's albums are much less well known and perhaps his best work.

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Funkyshoe wrote:
May 2009

Today is his birthday, so happy birthday!

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