Amazing Jack Bruce fretless solo

[Sweeps]

near the end of this song. This might be one of the best solos Ive seen. Never seen anyone string bend on a fretless either

 

[bholder]

Jack gettin' all jazzy! Nice, thanks!

 

[josephbass86]

That was cool.

I know Cream is a legendary band that laid the ground work for power trios and blues rock stuff and that’s what a lot of people will remember Jack for.

But I think the best place to hear Jack’s musicianship is the jazz rock stuff he was doing in the 70s with his solo material. Really inspired playing and singing there.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

near the end of this song. This might be one of the best solos Ive seen. Never seen anyone string bend on a fretless either

I enjoyed that very much. Jack Bruce was so talented and he is one of my favorite fretless bassists.

 

[JRA]

This might be one of the best solos Ive seen. Never seen anyone string bend on a fretless either

fun stuff for sure --- but string bending happens wherever there are strings!

jack is cool!

 

[Roblima]

That was cool.

I know Cream is a legendary band that laid the ground work for power trios and blues rock stuff and that’s what a lot of people will remember Jack for.

But I think the best place to hear Jack’s musicianship is the jazz rock stuff he was doing in the 70s with his solo material. Really inspired playing and singing there.

I always thought his best stuff was with WBL.

 

[dougjwray]

Very musical-- no surprise there!
He plays that ascending line on one string, shifting like the cellist/double bassist that he was. Great stuff!

 

[Michedelic]

That was cool.

I know Cream is a legendary band that laid the ground work for power trios and blues rock stuff and that’s what a lot of people will remember Jack for.

But I think the best place to hear Jack’s musicianship is the jazz rock stuff he was doing in the 70s with his solo material. Really inspired playing and singing there.

I agree; while Cream may have been innovative in its moment, established his career, and his fortunes, the band had its limitations. Some time ago, I got out the “Those Were The Days” boxset, but trying to get through the live stuff, it was just boring. Not Jack himself, but the overall thing(and it also reminded me how overrated Clapton is).

His solo stuff and collaborations were far more fascinating and a deeper/wider showcase for his talents. I posted a separate thread for this clip, it just popped up on YT, but in case you didn’t see it…

 

[Johno Dunn]

This thread has given me a whole new appreciation of Mr. Bruce. His fretless work is stellar!