This was quite typical of the jazz-rock fusion years of experimental music that all good musicians were trying and playing. It gave them a chance to open up and improvise, not adhering to strict 4-4 time and song structure that commercial music required...
Jack Bruce was a Prodigy . Classically Trained on Piano. Play Cello Upright Bass. Jazz Musician. Monster Bass player and of course that Bluesy Voice. CREAM is one of my favorites. Jack and Ginger Baker. Those Battles. Jack and Ginger brought the best out of Clapton. But here Jack SHINES. R.I.P. Great One.
This is going to go over so many people’s heads, including mine 😂 it reminds me exactly of when I was little in bed and my Dad jamming with his jazz friends downstairs and it just sounding crazy to me haha but all the really muso people would understand that it was elite!! Miss you Dad ❤❤❤
Looking back at an advanced age at all the guitarists I saw in the London of the 60s/70s the one who stood out was Chris Spedding. I saw him with Mike Westbrook, the Battered Ornaments, Nucleus and Jack Bruce (not to mention a rare gig where Jack Bruce played bass with Nucleus at the Torrington). Totally underrated.
Sweet sounds like soft machine jamming with other friends just rocking out Peace ☮️ I read in the comments some people did not like the recording fading in and out while you're lucky to have any recording from back then that sounds sounds as good with the ancient technology of 1971 especially inside a British TV studio Peace ✌️
Watching this from the perspective of someone just arriving from Mars, one would never equate this Jack Bruce with the Jack Bruce of the band Cream.Music performed outside the box.Marvellous!
@@NigelHyphenJones It was a ground-breaking time in music. Everything was changing and merging. Don’t forget by that time we had heard Hendrix as well as Miles Davis. Nothing was the same after that.
Saw Jack Bruce quite a few times with different groups he was a sensational musician and singer! His incarnation of JB and Friends with Billy Cobham Clem Clemson and David Sancios was one of the greatest supergroups of all time!
Another of Jack's killer bass lines! He also recorded a great version of this song with John Hiseman and John Surman for the BBC "Jazz in Britain" session in 1971.
We were all playing stuff like this around that time, a Band I was in on the north side of Flint Mi, 'Ice Nine' we only knew five outlines of songs other than regular r&b and blues stuff. We could play for hours, after hours blind pigs and stuff where folks were already way out, like the band. Fusion delusion, somebody had to do it. I lived, sure miss my old band mates who didn't. Look at Jack in this vid, he is strung out big time.
Check out London Brew, Nubya Garcia, Elena Pinderhughes, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, The Comet is Coming. I love that jazz like this is beloved by kids today.
@@andreweccles8055 even with Cream, his bass lines had a jazz element…. He was never the standard plodding rock bass player…. his jazz roots always came through
Liked this overall, but thought the guitar was lacking a bit in content and sound (the physical sound of the guitar/amp/effects)…. anyone else sense this?
Watching this mostly because I'm familiar with Bruce with West and Laing's version. This is different, but not a real fan of the loud horns and jazz stuff so much. Thanks for posting.
Loud horns? One very sophisticated saxophone, which to my mind fitted in perfectly. In fact an incredible sound from so few musicians. I was almost as knocked out as when witnessing what Cream could produce live with only three of them! It’s all about rhythm and precise timing, and these lads were exceptional.
This music is undoubtedly more noise than music and yet these musicians show us that violence is no match for love. Love is stronger than the greatest usury and stronger than any violence. because it always holds the world together, even when everything goes south, the love remains what it is, a mystery, a wonder and The God.
You cannot judge about someone else that you don't know, and you don't know me! But I can teach you well, if you like! Do You know what Jazz means? This is a slang word for fucking. Come on let us play it Jazz if you like, I can teach you what it really is, I am a double bass player and play this Jazz since I remember and with the people, who know all about it. You can ask me!!!
Well, to a lady of nearly 70 who appreciates all kinds of music, has been in awe of what Cream did, and has discovered just how brilliant Art Themen is, it was wonderful! I have to question your taste. 🙂
Gibson makes some great 6-string guitars but their bass guitars sound like a big sloppy fart. Never understood why such a talented bass player would have stuck with them.
Depends what you call ‘groovy’ I suppose. It was inventive and exciting, much the same as Cream were, and it managed to blend rock with jazz. I hadn’t heard it until a few days ago, and I was blown away.
Dont get me wrong..i love jack..and his head for whats music..but this sounds like shit to me..hes more then this nonesense!! Must have been the drugs!!!.. because this isnt the same man who played and wrote harmony row!!!
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These guys were way ahead of their time Jack Bruce was a Genius RIP.
Not really….. Miles Davies Bitches Brew was released 1 year before this performance. Also, bands like Focus were already down this road….
This was quite typical of the jazz-rock fusion years of experimental music that all good
musicians were trying and playing. It gave them a chance to open up and improvise, not
adhering to strict 4-4 time and song structure that commercial music required...
Jack Bruce was a Prodigy .
Classically Trained on Piano.
Play Cello Upright Bass. Jazz Musician. Monster Bass player and of course that Bluesy Voice. CREAM is one of my favorites. Jack and Ginger Baker. Those Battles. Jack and Ginger brought the best out of Clapton. But here Jack SHINES.
R.I.P. Great One.
The best bass player to come out of Scotland and Jimmy Dewar was no slouch either.
This is going to go over so many people’s heads, including mine 😂 it reminds me exactly of when I was little in bed and my Dad jamming with his jazz friends downstairs and it just sounding crazy to me haha but all the really muso people would understand that it was elite!! Miss you Dad ❤❤❤
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That’s great you have those memories and experiences about your Dad.
I bet the music gave you vivid dreams.
Looking back at an advanced age at all the guitarists I saw in the London of the 60s/70s the one who stood out was Chris Spedding. I saw him with Mike Westbrook, the Battered Ornaments, Nucleus and Jack Bruce (not to mention a rare gig where Jack Bruce played bass with Nucleus at the Torrington). Totally underrated.
I was lucky enough to meet John Marshall not long before he died (Soft Machine were rehearsing at a studio I worked at in 2022)
An absolute genius!!!! My hero, Sir Jack Bruce!!
What a marvelous mix of musical styles. Just Jack Bruce soul
Absolutely, fantastic performance music,Master Jack & friends.
Sound of the seventies, free rock, jack Bruce explore
Sweet sounds like soft machine jamming with other friends just rocking out
Peace ☮️
I read in the comments some people did not like the recording fading in and out while you're lucky to have any recording from back then that sounds sounds as good with the ancient technology of 1971 especially inside a British TV studio
Peace ✌️
Jack Bruce was the Pioneer of Progessive Jazz n Rock, Genious RIP.
Rope Ladder to the Moon is his masterpiece in jazz rock
Watching this from the perspective of someone just arriving from Mars, one would never equate this Jack Bruce with the Jack Bruce of the band Cream.Music performed outside the box.Marvellous!
Uh, not really if you listen to live Cream, different but the same master on bass
Bruce, Bond and Marshall - great jazzers!
And Themen - still going at 84!
Jack was the SAS sergeants mess choice for their Christmas/New Year celebration's entertainment for years! Great choice!
A truly great performance ❤
Outstanding
Finom jazz-rock. A Syrius jutott eszembe. Jack fantasztikus muzsikus volt.
Bruce, Spedding, Bond, Marshall. Now that is just bonkers.
This is so amazing. Jack is my all time favourite. 💖🤩💖🤩💖🤩💖🤩💖🤩💖🤩💖🤩💖🤩💖🤩💖
Unbelievable! Way into the future with Jack. What a ride! 1971!
Way in to the future…. 🤔 Very much of its time….. Miles Davies had released Bitches Brew the year before….. similar vibe
@@NigelHyphenJones It was a ground-breaking time in music. Everything was changing and merging. Don’t forget by that time we had heard Hendrix as well as Miles Davis. Nothing was the same after that.
Jamming. Rock's word for Jazz.
Thank you for this. Absolutely amazing. Jack Bruce and company, fantastic!
Fantastic.What a band.Mr Jack Bruce RIP rest well.
Jack Bruce was fucking brilliant!
His best years were not behind him.
Saw Jack Bruce quite a few times with different groups he was a sensational musician and singer! His incarnation of JB and Friends with Billy Cobham Clem Clemson and David Sancios was one of the greatest supergroups of all time!
Jack Bruce The Best Bassman !
Stunning sax solo!
Jack .благодарю канал за видео отличного джазрока.
All great artists in their element!
Graham Bond ❤
Gorgeous !
Another of Jack's killer bass lines! He also recorded a great version of this song with John Hiseman and John Surman for the BBC "Jazz in Britain" session in 1971.
and a rock version of it with West, Bruce & Laing "alive & kicking"
Awesome. 👏👏👏
Wonderful
This was truly groundbreaking stuff. I have only heard the West Bruce and Laing version before
To appreciate harmony and melody an understanding of discord is a great help! ....perfect example here! 🤣😄
We were all playing stuff like this around that time, a Band I was in on the north side of Flint Mi, 'Ice Nine' we only knew five outlines of songs other than regular r&b and blues stuff. We could play for hours, after hours blind pigs and stuff where folks were already way out, like the band. Fusion delusion, somebody had to do it. I lived, sure miss my old band mates who didn't. Look at Jack in this vid, he is strung out big time.
Nice one. Did you find all that stuff at Cliches-R-Us, by any chance?
So hes strung out SO ! THIS IS NOT WHAT ITS ABOUT ITS ABIUT THE MEOW
Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying.
Jack sos un grande y adelantado
🔊Exhilarating performance🎸
This jam reminds me of the band Sopwith Camel 🐫 alot. Dig it brothers and sisters ✌️🫶✊🤘☝️👊👏
Que bruxaria !!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏☀️
Espetacular!! Pura Alma!!
That’s some good shit. Really enjoyed this.
Love how John has the percussion set up on his kit.
One of a kind musicians......
Outsanding❤❤❤
Go Jack Go!
"Bit trippy isn't it?" declares humanoid figure gradually evaporating into diamond crossfade.
Yes, - this was a long way from ‘Top of the Pops’, though!
Can't wait
Graham Bond looks like he wouldn't be out of place in Apocalypse Now
Well considering the poor guy threw himself under a train, mentally the would have fitted the part.
Graham motherfkn Bond!!
Graham Bond
Graham looks higher than a girafes ass . 💨💨💨❤
Art Themen on Tenor Sax!
Compare this to the live version with West, Bruce and Lang... ("Live and Kickin")... quite different.
This is great and free. I think Jack must have been inspired by Miles Davis album 'Bitches Brew".
"Free Jazz" was fashionable at the time.
💯…… Miles Davis Bitches Brew was released the year before this performance
Check out London Brew, Nubya Garcia, Elena Pinderhughes, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, The Comet is Coming. I love that jazz like this is beloved by kids today.
@@prestwickpioneer3474 London Brew…. the name is telling…. 🤔
Given how hard Jack's riff is driving it, it's maybe a stretch to call it free jazz.
@@andreweccles8055 even with Cream, his bass lines had a jazz element…. He was never the standard plodding rock bass player…. his jazz roots always came through
It looks like that bass is set on the number 2 rotary knob which is the bridge pick up.
I think Jack's tone came from the bridge pickup most often. That woody bark!
Prefer the version on the album. Would loved to have seen that. Still, its Jack Bloody Bruce. Only the greatest bassist of the lot. ❤❤❤🏴
Mr bond looks spaced out
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Liked this overall, but thought the guitar was lacking a bit in content and sound (the physical sound of the guitar/amp/effects)…. anyone else sense this?
Watching this mostly because I'm familiar with Bruce with West and Laing's version. This is different, but not a real fan of the loud horns and jazz stuff so much. Thanks for posting.
Loud horns? One very sophisticated saxophone, which to my mind fitted in perfectly. In fact an incredible sound from so few musicians. I was almost as knocked out as when witnessing what Cream could produce live with only three of them! It’s all about rhythm and precise timing, and these lads were exceptional.
Demais !❤️🔥
😮👏👍❤️
Brill
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Soft Machine
Great show by brilliant musicians could have done without the off putting special affects
Giant haystack on the keyboard
Wait this music just jumped to 2024 or is it Way Past 2024
Nope.
I like Jack Bruce and saw him live years ago, but no, this does not flost my boat..
I like jazz rock too..
Hate the triangle fades in and out. Too distracting
sounds like a school childrens orchestra.
This music is undoubtedly more noise than music and yet these musicians show us that violence is no match for love. Love is stronger than the greatest usury and stronger than any violence. because it always holds the world together, even when everything goes south, the love remains what it is, a mystery, a wonder and The God.
It seems you haven't listened to much jazz. This is the greatest music.
You cannot judge about someone else that you don't know, and you don't know me! But I can teach you well, if you like!
Do You know what Jazz means?
This is a slang word for fucking. Come on let us play it Jazz if you like, I can teach you what it really is, I am a double bass player and play this Jazz since I remember and with the people, who know all about it. You can ask me!!!
What ?
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Yeah you got it!@@TheMonolake
Graham Bond looks alarmingly bad
His mortal coil did not end well.
Suicide 1974. Severe mental health issues plus addiction issues compounded by lack of commercial success.
The picture of robust good health.
What a racket!🤣
Yeah…. but a creative vibrational racket until modern computer based 4/4, pop/rock/dance music….
Well, to a lady of nearly 70 who appreciates all kinds of music, has been in awe of what Cream did, and has discovered just how brilliant Art Themen is, it was wonderful! I have to question your taste. 🙂
Die ständige Ein- und Ausblendung der Romben nervt erheblich!
Spedding was out of his depth here.
Gibson makes some great 6-string guitars but their bass guitars sound like a big sloppy fart. Never understood why such a talented bass player would have stuck with them.
Intensity but not groovy.
Depends what you call ‘groovy’ I suppose. It was inventive and exciting, much the same as Cream were, and it managed to blend rock with jazz. I hadn’t heard it until a few days ago, and I was blown away.
What a mess. 🙁
What a dead audience!!
I’m sure Roger Waters would have something to say about that!
Dont get me wrong..i love jack..and his head for whats music..but this sounds like shit to me..hes more then this nonesense!! Must have been the drugs!!!.. because this isnt the same man who played and wrote harmony row!!!
He could spell and punctuate properly, though...
Do you ever listen to jazz? This is sublime!
Ignorance
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