Jack Bruce

Artist:   Jack Bruce
Birth Name:  John Symon Asher Bruce
Born:  May 14, 1943.  Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died:  October 25, 2014 (Aged 71).  Suffolk, England
Genre:  Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion, British Blues
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Bass, Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Guitar, Harmonica, Cello, Upright Bass

Jack Bruce was a Scottish Musician and Composer, best known as a member of the British Blues Rock Trio Cream.  In 1962, he joined Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, and Graham Bond before leaving in 1965 to join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, whose guitarist was Eric Clapton, and with Manfred Mann before forming Cream with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker.

Title:  More Jack Than Blues  (CD+DVD)  (2015)
Genre:  Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion, British Blues
Label:  MIG Music
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:  CD  Live At 37th German Jazzfestival Frankfurt 2006

 1.  Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune  (4:12)
 2.  Rope Ladder To The Moon  (3:10)
 3.  Spoonful  (8:50)
 4.  Smiles And grins  (7:14)
 5.  Born Under A Bad Sign  (3:50)
 6.  Theme from An Imaginary /western  (5:26)
 7.  Milonga  (5:46)
 8.  The Consul At Sunset  (4:32)
 9.  We're Going Wrong (6:00)
10. Deserted Cities Of The Heart  (3:36)
11. Sunshine Of Your Love  (7:48)

Disc 2:  DVD

 1.  Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune  (4:12)
 2.  Rope Ladder To The Moon  (3:10)
 3.  Spoonful  (8:50)
 4.  Smiles And grins  (7:14)
 5.  Born Under A Bad Sign  (3:50)
 6.  Theme from An Imaginary /western  (5:26)
 7.  Milonga  (5:46)
 8.  The Consul At Sunset  (4:32)
 9.  We're Going Wrong (6:00)
10. Deserted Cities Of The Heart  (3:36)
11. Sunshine Of Your Love  (7:48)

Additional Tracks on DVD:

12. White Room
13. Waiting For The Call

Personnel:

Jack Bruce:  Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Piano

Andi Maile:  Solo Guitar on Tracks: 1, 10
Martin Scales:  Solo Guitar on Tracks:  2, 6, 9, 11
Christian Jaksjo:  Solo Guitar on Track 7

HR-Bigband:

Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn:  Alto Saxophone, Solo Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Oliver Leicht:  Alto Saxophone, Solo Saxophone, Flute
Steffen Weber:  Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Andi Maile:  Tenor Saxophone, Solo Saxophone
Rainer Heute:  Bass
Tobias Weidinger:  Trumpet
Martin Auer:  Trumpet
Thomas Vogel:  Trumpet
Axel Schlosser:  Trumpet
Gunter Bollmann:  Trombone
Christian Jaksjo:  Trombone
Wolf Schenk:  Trombone
Peter Reiter:  Piano, Organ, Synth
Martin Scales:  Guitar
Tomas Heidepriem:  Bass
Danny Gottlieb:  Drums
Farouk Gomati:  Percussion
Corin Bruce:  Cowbell, Percussion

More Jack Than Blues is the reissue of a highly acclaimed 2006 concert of Jack Bruce join forces with The HR-Bigband to perform at the 37th German Jazz Festival Frankfurt, was released on November 27, 2015 by MIG Music includes CD+DVD with 2 Additional Tracks.