Esoteric Records have issued Jack's 1980 album, I've Always Wanted to Do This, , for the first time on CD in the UK. The album saw a unique collaboration between Jack and musicians Billy Cobham, Clem Clempson and David Sancious.
A digitally-remastered edition of Jack's 1983 album Automatic is available on CD for the first time. Never released outside of Europe, the album saw Jack explore the world of Electronic keyboards alongside his more traditional approach to music making. A solo album in the true sense of the word, Automatic was recorded at Pink Floyd's Britannia Row studios with Jack overdubbing most of the instrumentation himself.
Jack's tour with Robin Trower and Gary Husband continues to go well. Please note that the performances on 26 July (Padova) and 8 August (Shrewsbury, UK) have been cancelled. Keep an eye on our website for further announcements about the tour.
Jack will receive an honorary doctorate from Glasgow Caledonian University. University principal and vice- chancellor professor Pamela Gillies cited "a remarkable record of achievement" that "embodies the qualities that every Glasgow Caledonian University student and graduate should aspire to." Congratulations, Jack!
See below for a video recording of Jack Bruce, Robin Trower and Gary Husband performing The Last Door live in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Jack is back! See our TOUR SCHEDULE for upcoming concerts in July and August with Robin Trower and Gary Husband in Italy, Norway and the UK.
14 May 2009: Happy 66th Birthday, Jack!
Unfortunately Jack has had to cancel his US trip, as he has fallen sick. Happily, after resting at home he is now on his way to a recovery.
Jack's Christmas Day interview on BBC Scotland's Stark Talk with Edie Stark is scheduled to rebroadcast on 13 April 2009 at 16:15. Tune in to Radio Scotland, or listen to the live web broadcast here.
See our Galleries for photos of Jack, Robin Trower and Gary Husband at their recent concert in Nijmegen, Netherlands (courtesy of Marco Van Rooijen and Bluesmagazine.nl).
Jack, Robin Trower and Gary Husband have added an additional concert to their European tour. On 1 March they will perform at the Music Hall Worpswede in Worpswede, Germany, near Bremen. See our Tour Schedule for further information.
Tune into BBC Radio 2 at 10:00 p.m. (GMT) on Monday, 26 January for a broadcast of Jack's recent performance with the BBC Big Band.
Tune into BBC Radio Scotland this Christmas Day, 25 December at 12.05 p.m. (GMT) for a one-hour interview with Jack Bruce on a Special Edition of Stark Talk with radio journalist Edie Stark.
See the Sunday Times for a fascinating interview with Jack about his upcoming tour plans and the process of his recovery from a post-surgical coma in 2003. Says Jack: "I was in a coma for quite a long time, experiencing this other world that was very creative and I wrote music for it. Typical bloody musician — writing the music and words for these songs and doing arrangements in my head."
Correction: Part 1 of the BBC 2 broadcast of Jack's performance with the BBC Big Band aired on 24 November. Part 2 airs on 1 December at 10:00 p.m. UK time. Listen to Part 1 again over the next several days by clicking here.
Tune into BBC 2 on 1 December at 10:00 p.m. UK time to hear Jack's recent performance with the BBC Big Band at Birmingham Town Hall. Featuring big band arrangements of classics such as Smiles & Grins, The Consul at Sunset, Spoonful, Deserted Cities of the Heart, Sunshine of Your Love, and more . . . including a bass/euphonium duet!
A recent interview with Jack Bruce and Robin Trower about their new album, Seven Moons, has been published on Music Web Express 3000.
See below for another gem from YouTube: a rare audio recording of Jack with the Tony Williams Lifetime playing an amalgam of the Mahavishnu Orchestra's Dance of Maya and a proto-version of Jack's Smiles & Grins.
Jack will be honored with the Premio Ciampi Award in Livorno, Italy on 29 November. The Ciampi Award is among the most prestigious musical awards in Italy, dedicated to the memory of Italian singer-songwriter Piero Ciampi. Visit Premio Ciampi online at http://www.premiociampi.it/cms/
Jack will make several performances at the Blue
Note-Tokyo and Yokohama on 14-19 December with "A Tribute to Tony
Williams" - featuring Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid, John
Medeski and Cindy Blackman. Visit our
Tour
Schedule for more information.
Jack will perform with guitar god Robin Trower and drumming legend Gary Husband at the Concertgebouw De Vereeniging in Nijmegen, Netherlands on 28 February. For tickets and information visit ticketmaster.nl.
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Jack
recently completed his tour with
Hippiefest, also featuring Eric Burdon
& The Animals, The Turtles featuring Flo &
Eddie, Melanie, Badfinger featuring Joey
Molland, and Jonathan Edwards.
Check out the online footage of Jack performing
As You Said and
White Room (with Godfrey Townsend). |
Be sure to check out the story in the Life and Style section of today's Times on "Relative Values: Jack Bruce and his daughter Natascha." The article features extensive interviews with both Jack and Natascha on family, music, and growing up Bruce.
Jack is scheduled to perform with drumming legend and Cream sidekick Ginger Baker at Zildjian's Drummers Achievements Awards at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London on 7 December 2008. Joining them onstage will be African drumming legend Tony Allen. Cymbal manufacturer Zildjian will mark its 385th anniversary at the event, which will include an honour to Baker and performances by some of the world's greatest drummers, including Simon Phillips, Steve White and Keith Carlock. For ticket information visit www.shepherds-bush-empire.co.uk or to book tickets online visit www.ticketweb.co.uk. The box office can be contacted on 0844 477 2000.
Natascha Eleonoré, aka Aruba Red, held a launch party at London's Royal Festival Hall for her new album, Aruba Red. The album is now available for purchase through iTunes (under "Aruba Red") and through Aruba Red's website.
Rolling Stone magazine have published a review of the box set, Can You Follow. Says David Fricke: "Can You Follow? is the best kind of rock memoir, a rich account in sound of Bruce’s pursuit of the bold and new — often, after Cream, at the expense of success. 'I never wanted to be a star,' he claims in the liner notes. 'I just wanted to make good music.' In that sense, everything here is cream."
The East Anglian Daily Times has run a story about Natascha Eleonoré, the bright and promising singer, performer, and daughter of Jack Bruce.
The recently-discovered YouTube clip below features a 1983 jam session with Jack (on keyboards), Fela Kuti and Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson. (Kuti, an Afrobeat pioneer who helped revolutionise world music, is the subject of a new off-Broadway show in Manhattan.) Visit YouTube for additional footage of Jack, including a rare Israeli television broadcast of Smiles & Grins.
Jack will perform with the BBC Big Band at Birmingham Town Hall on 14 November. The concert will feature music from Jack's solo career, along with Cream classics including Smiles & Grins, The Consul at Sunset, Spoonful, Deserted Cities of the Heart, and Sunshine of Your Love. The date is sure to be special for Jack, revisiting the Town Hall where he gave one of his first post-Cream concerts in November 1970. Tickets are available through the box office on 0121 780 3333 or via www.thsh.co.uk.
Jack has agreed to perform the final set of the two-day Benefit for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina on 19-20 September. Jack will perform with members of the former John Entwistle Band in tribute to his friend and fellow bass guitar legend, the late John Entwistle. Visit rockhallbenefit.com or see Rock Hall's press release for more information.
A new interview and profile of Jack is now available on azcentral.com.
Jack appears on the cover story of the June 2008 edition of 20th Century Guitar magazine. Watch our newsfeed for future posting of the article on the magazine's website.
The East Anglian Daily Times has run a feature story on Jack. The interview includes mention of several of Jack's upcoming projects.
03.06.08
A new six-CD retrospective of Jack's diverse career, spanning 1962 - 2003, will be available on 23 June (import only in the US). The set includes a 68-page book with Jack's recollections and many photos. Click here for more information. You may now pre-order online for delivery after 23 June.
03.06.08
This past weekend's Sunday Times featured an excellent interview with Jack about the influence of his bass playing and his musical legacy.
03.06.08
An interview with Jack at the 2007 Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas is now available as a podcast. Click here to download.
07.05.08
14 May 2008: Happy 65th Birthday, Jack!
26.04.08
Jack will appear in an all-star tribute to Jeff Healey. Jeff Healey: A Celebration will take place on Saturday, 3 May at the Sound Academy in Toronto. Funds raised will be donated to the Daisy's Eye Cancer Fund and to the Healey Family Trust. Click here to purchase tickets.
23.04.08
Jack will tour this summer with Hippiefest - A Concert for Peace & Love, also featuring Eric Burdon and the Animals, the Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Badfinger, and Jonathan Edwards. See our Tour Schedule and the show's official web site for details.
08.04.08
Germany's MPS label plan to reissue Charles Mariano's jazz classic, Helen 12 Trees, featuring Jack on bass, drummer John Marshall, Polish violinist Zbigniew Seifert and ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboardist Jan Hammer.
Visit our recently-updated Kane & Girard Galleries.
Jack will perform with the BBC Big Band at Birmingham Town Hall on 14 November. The concert will feature music from Jack's solo career, along with Cream classics including Smiles & Grins, The Consul at Sunset, Spoonful, Deserted Cities of the Heart, and Sunshine of Your Love. The date is sure to be special for Jack, revisiting the Town Hall where he gave one of his first post-Cream concerts in November 1970. Tickets are available through the box office on 0121 780 3333 or via www.thsh.co.uk.
Jack has agreed to perform the final set of the two-day Benefit for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina on 19-20 September. Jack will perform with members of the former John Entwistle Band in tribute to his friend and fellow bass guitar legend, the late John Entwistle. Visit rockhallbenefit.com or see Rock Hall's press release for more information.
Automobile enthusiasts look out: Jack Bruce's Bristol 412 S2 is for sale, and comes with a set of autographed CDs. Click here for sales information. Also read Andrew Blow's news feature on the car. [UPDATE: Jack's car has been sold. Please do not contact the sales representative.]
A new interview and profile of Jack is now available on azcentral.com.
Jack appears on the cover story of the June 2008 edition of 20th Century Guitar magazine. Watch our newsfeed for future posting of the article on the magazine's website.
The East Anglian Daily Times has run a feature story on Jack. The interview includes mention of several of Jack's upcoming projects.
03.06.08
A new six-CD retrospective of Jack's diverse career, spanning 1962 - 2003, will be available on 23 June (import only in the US). The set includes a 68-page book with Jack's recollections and many photos. Click here for more information. You may now pre-order online for delivery after 23 June.
03.06.08
This past weekend's Sunday Times featured an excellent interview with Jack about the influence of his bass playing and his musical legacy.
03.06.08
An interview with Jack at the 2007 Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas is now available as a podcast. Click here to download.
07.05.08
14 May 2008: Happy 65th Birthday, Jack!
26.04.08
Jack will appear in an all-star tribute to Jeff Healey. Jeff Healey: A Celebration will take place on Saturday, 3 May at the Sound Academy in Toronto. Funds raised will be donated to the Daisy's Eye Cancer Fund and to the Healey Family Trust. Click here to purchase tickets.
23.04.08
Jack will tour this summer with Hippiefest - A Concert for Peace & Love, also featuring Eric Burdon and the Animals, the Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Badfinger, and Jonathan Edwards. See our Tour Schedule and the show's official web site for details.
08.04.08
Germany's MPS label plan to reissue Charles Mariano's jazz classic, Helen 12 Trees, featuring Jack on bass, drummer John Marshall, Polish violinist Zbigniew Seifert and ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboardist Jan Hammer.
05.04.08
Visit our recently-updated Kane & Girard Galleries.
14.03.08
Jack and Robin Trower's new release Seven Moons can now be purchased in shops in the UK and Europe under the Evangeline Records label.
11.02.08
A new triple-CD set, Spirit, will be available in stores on 31 March. Featuring recordings of live performances on BBC radio and television from 1971-1978.
- 14.01.08: Jack's new album with Robin Trower,
Seven Moons,
is now available for sale online. Featuring Gary Husband on drums.
Order your copy now!
- 20.11.07: Jack's
new live album with the HR Big Band (at the 37th Deutschesland
Jazzfestival in Frankfurt, Germany) is now available for purchase.
Visit
JPC to order a copy online.
- 18.10.07: Two new albums are due
for imminent release. The first is
Jack Bruce with the HR Big Band, featuring versions of Jack
performing songs old and new arranged for the wonderful German
orchestra of Hessische Rundfunk. Excitingly awaited is
Seven Moons, an album of new material, with master
guitarist, Robin Trower and drummer, Gary Husband. Stay tuned to
JackBruce.com for more information.
- 27.05.07: Photos of Jack's performance at the Royal
Scottish Academy's "Jack Bruce Zone", with Natascha Eleonoré, are
available below.
Jack at RSAMD Jack & Natascha Natascha Eleonoré - 26.05.07: Jack's college, the Royal Scottish Academy of
Music and Drama, will issue Jack an honorary doctorate on 3 July.
The Academy has opened "The Jack Bruce Zone," a performance space
for students, in his honor.
- 12.04.07: Jack's college, the Royal
Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, will open The Jack Bruce Zone
on 19 April. The Zone will be a space which will be available
for live performance by students for students. A "dummy run"
will take place at the opening on 19 April. Jack will
visit and play a short set on 17 May with Clem Clemson, Gary Husband
and Natascha Eleonoré. The Royal Scottish Academy is located
at 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3DB, Tel: (0)141 270 8277.
Visit the Academy online at
http://www.rsamd.ac.uk/. See
http://www.rsamd.ac.uk/news/press_JackBruce.htm for more event
details.
- 11.22.06: Photos of Jack's performance at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival are available at the following LINK.
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10.10.06: The Frankfurt Jazz Festival's official web site is accessible HERE.
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10.10.06: Jack's DIARY has been updated with a new entry regarding Bruce Gary.
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31.08.06: Jack has posted a message in his online DIARY regarding the tragic death of Bruce Gary.
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23.08.06: Drummer Bruce Gary, best known for his work with The Knack ("My Sharona"), has lost his battle with lymphoma. Over the years Bruce and Jack collaborated on several projects. He can be heard on a number of Jack's recordings, including Automatic, Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test, Live '75. He also appears on the DVD Jack Bruce at Rockpalast. Bruce was 54 years old.
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19.08.06: Jack is to perform with the Hessischer Rundfunk Big Band at the "German Jazz Festival Frankfurt", the oldest currently running jazz festival in the world, on 26 October, under the title "More Jack Than Blues". More details are forthcoming.
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02-04-06: Eagle Rock Entertainment have released a new DVD edition of Disraeli Gears, including live footage, interviews and solo performances - including a solo piano performance of We're Going Wrong by Jack. Order your copy at www.eaglerockent.com/eaglerockUSA/. Learn more by clicking on the image below.
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19.01.06: Cream is to receive a special Grammy Award in Los Angeles on 7 February. Other recipients will include David Bowie and blues legend Robert Johnson. See the Reuters.com announcement for more.
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10.12.05: Jack and Pete Brown were honoured by BMI Records on 29 November at the Dorchester Hotel for two million radio plays of their 1968 hit White Room. See http://bmi.com/news/200511/20051129a.asp for more.
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05.12.05: The following photos of Jack, Gary Husband and Gary Moore at the May 2005 Dick Heckstall-Smith memorial concerts have been added to our Gallery.
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30.11.05: Jack was interviewed by Bass Player magazine's Chris Jisi regarding Cream's reunion concerts, and is featured on the cover of December's issue. The article and interview are accessible online at http://www.bassplayer.com/story.asp?storycode=11837. The paper edition also features transcriptions of some of Jack's playing.
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27.11.05: A new double-DVD of three Jack Bruce concerts at Germany's Rockpalast is now available for order at http://www.wienerworld.com/wworld.php. Click HERE for a list of tracks.
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19.10.05: Jim Clash of Forbes Magazine recently interviewed JackBruce.com's Derek Araujo on video about Cream's reunion tour. Visit the Lifestyle section of Forbes Online (www.forbes.com/video) by clicking HERE.
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17.10.05: Jack Bruce will be presented with the “Bass Player Lifetime Achievement Award” along with Ron Carter on Saturday night Oct. 22 during the Les Paul Tribute concert at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. See www.BassPlayer.com for details.
Jack receives 2005 Bass
Player
Lifetime Achievement Award
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06.09.05: After much anticipation, Cream are coming to New York in October! The trio will play three nights only at Madison Square Garden. Tickets will go on-sale first to American Express cardmembers through a special pre-sale, beginning Monday, September 12th at 9am. Tickets can be purchased via ticketmaster.com and there will be a 4 ticket per person limit. If tickets remain, they will then go on-sale to the general public on Monday, September 19, 2005. See our TOUR SCHEDULE for details. DVD and CD recordings of the band's Royal Albert Hall reunion in May are also forthcoming this fall.
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18.07.05: Forbes Online has released several photos of Cream's 2005 reunion concerts by Michael Oakes: http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/05/05/cz_jc_creamslide.html
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02.06.05: CORRECTION: Rope Ladder to the Moon, Tony Palmer's 1969 documentary on Jack, is NOT available for general sale. Please do not e-mail Mr. Palmer with purchase requests. Visit http://www.tonypalmer.org for more information about Mr. Palmer's films.
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24.05.05: Les Dudek's album Ghost Town Parade, featuring Jack, has been reissued on CD by Wounded Bird Records; keep an eye on www.Cream2005.com for news regarding the upcoming release in October of DVD video of Cream's reunion concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.
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15.05.05: Several photos of Cream's Albert Hall reunion concerts may be found at http://www.handmadewebsites.com/cream/
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03.05.05: JACK BRUCE, GARY MOORE, GARY HUSBAND & MICK TAYLOR will perform at a forthcoming tribute concert to the late Dick Heckstall-Smith, titled 'A Story Ended'. This celebration of British jazz, blues and rock will take place on Monday 6th June at The Astoria, Charing X Road, London. Doors 6pm-
tickets are £15 adv.
The all star event will be a suitable commemoration celebrating Dick's life, work and prolific talent. Musicians confirmed to date include Jack Bruce, Gary Moore, Gary Husband, Colosseum, Mick Taylor, Pete Brown, John O'Leary, John Etheridge, John Marshall + SURPRISE GUESTS!
Please go to WWW.MEANFIDDLER.COM for booking details.
For further info on this event which will feature Jack Bruce, visit the new official Dick Heckstall-Smith website: http://www.heckstall-smith.com/content/tributelondon.htm
All proceed will go to Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.
News Item Compiled by: - Stephanie Thorburn.
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03.05.05: Cream have released two new compilation sets comprising their 1960s live, studio, and BBC recordings: Gold and I Feel Free - Ultimate Cream. See our DISCOGRAPHY pages for more information.
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18.04.05: Sign up on Cream's official 2005 reunion web site: www.cream2005.com.
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12.02.05: Management have released an important NOTICE regarding the improper sale of Cream tickets.
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03.02.05: Tickets to the Cream Reunion Concerts are now SOLD OUT.
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29.01.05: The Forbes.com website features a video clip concerning Cream's reunion concerts in May. The clip's narrator, Jim Clash, recently published a book, To the Limits, featuring his 1997 article about the supergroup. Click HERE to watch the video clip and HERE to access Clash's article.
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27.01.05: We've Been Waiting So Long . . . and it is finally happening. CREAM WILL REUNITE at London's Royal Albert Hall for four nights only on 2, 3, 5 and 6 May 2005. That's right: Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton are a trio again. Our apologies to the many loyal readers who endured months of speculation and internet rumours, and whose questions were left unanswered; word had to wait for the official announcement today.
Tickets go on sale Monday 31 January at 9AM London time and are priced at £50, £75, and £125. Book tickets by phone 24 hours at 0870 143 2208 (hospitality packages at 020 8682 1616), or online at www.bookingsdirect.com. No personal callers - telephone and internet booking only. Traintime's Almost Here. [Tickets are now SOLD OUT. See management notice regarding improper ticket sales.]
See the TOURS page for the Official Press Release.
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27.01.05: Stephanie Thorburn's obituary article for Dick Heckstall-Smith, linked at the news entry immediately below, will form the basis of an eight-page illustrated tribute to the late master of the blues saxophone and longtime friend and collaborator of Jack Bruce. The article will appear in Issue 24 of Blues Matters.
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18.01.05: Stephanie Thorburn has written some articles and tributes to the late, great Dick Heckstall-Smith for GrahamBond.net. The first article is an obituary examining Dick's roots, lifeforce and many musical endeavours. Her second piece is an extract from some manuscripts she has been writing from new Heckstall-Smith interview and research material. Thorburn had the benefit of access to some of Dick's personal collection and the assistance of his colleagues, so that she might explore further a number of highly fruitful, yet less well documented areas in Dick's career. The below tribute article looks at Dick's achievements and his years with Mainsqueeze. In conclusion she has brought the reader up to date with the last significant DH-S album success on 'Blues and Beyond', featuring his friends including Jack Bruce, John Mayall, Mick Taylor. Readers may access the articles at the following links:
http://www.grahambond.net/soulsurvivor.html
http://www.grahambond.net/seventyyears.html
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18.12.04: Dick Heckstall-Smith, the "King" of British blues saxophone and long-time friend and mentor of Jack Bruce, passed away last night in a London hospital. See Jack's Diary for a personal message and eulogy from Jack. Dick appeared on numerous recordings with Jack, including the Graham Bond Organisation albums and Jack's solo records, Things We Like and Cities of the Heart. Just months ago Dick published an autobiography and musical history (see entry below on 26.09.04). He will be sorely missed.
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10.11.04: West, Bruce and Laing's live album, Live N Kickin, has been reissued on CD.
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26.10.04: A new Mountain / West Bruce & Laing tour archive is available at http://hometown.aol.com/gv0000/Mountain_Tour_Archive.html.
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26.09.04: Dick Heckstall-Smith, the "King" of British Blues saxophone and a frequent band-member with Jack, has written a new book, Blowing the Blues, which includes a CD of ten rare and unreleased tracks. Visit the Clear View Press web site for more info.
- 24.07.04: Several of Jack's early recordings have been released on CD, though only in Europe. These include Mike Taylor's Trio, Neil Ardley's Greek Variations, and several Graham Bond recordings, including Solid Bond. Interested purchasers in the U.S. can order these albums from Dusty Groove America in Chicago: www.dustygroove.com. European purchasers may order from a variety of sources, including www.play.com.
- 20.07.04: Thank you to all of the Friends and Fans who contributed to the Get Well Guestbook after Jack's successful liver transplant surgery last September. Because Jack is in good health and in good spirits, we have decided to close the Get Well Guestbook. Those who would like to view past entries to the Guestbook may do so by clicking HERE.
- 28.06.04: Blues Matters! magazine has release the second part of their interview with Jack Bruce. See www.bluesmatters.com forthe full story.
- 05.03.04: Blues Matters! magazine (www.bluesmatters.com) issue 18 features a fine review of More Jack Than God. Assistant Manager Darren Howells has graciously given his permission to re-print the review here:
"More Jack Than God" is a thought provoking title is it not? Jack Bruce is back with another studio effort and it is his finest work in a very long time. Actually, I think the title is easy enough to understand, he is saying that this album is all Jack and he is doing an ego check, he is not a God. The fact that he has Vernon Reid (Living Colour) playing lead guitar and Bernie Worrell on the Hammond is definite plus for Bruce. The man always surrounds himself with the very best. When one of your first gigs was playing with Eric Clapton, where do you go from there? I think he has chosen his band mates very well over the years. This album is an utter work of genius combining rock, blues, jazz and world influences for a tastefully well-done smorgasbord of music. Even the rehashed "I Feel Free" and "Politician" sound sparkly new and refreshing. The best track is the curtain closer "Lost in the City (Jam Mix)," it is a flat out rockin' progressive-blues-rock workout. Surely, its one of the best tracks I have ever heard from Bruce. His voice sounds great, and although it has mellowed with age, he is a master at enunciating and putting proper emphasis on key words in a song. Jack Bruce has proven once again (as if he had to) that he is unequivocally one of the best bass players on earth, easily in the top five of active recording artists in the world today...
© Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck
- 23.12.03: Jack and his family wish all their friends and supporters warmest seasons greetings and a happy new year 2004. To receive so many kind wishes has helped Jack greatly with his recovery. Jack is at home and he will be cooking Christmas dinner as always for his family!
- 01.12.03: The most recent issue of Rolling Stone Magazine has listed the Cream albums Fresh Cream and Disraeli Gears among the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", at numbers 101 and 112 respectively.
- 20.11.03: Jack's recordings with Kip Hanrahan are now available for order online. Titles include Desire Develops an Edge, Exotica, and All Roads Are Made of Flesh. See http://www.musicformovement.com.
- 14.11.03: Jack is said to appear in a TV Rock & Roll documentary, Temples of Rock, that will air on the Travel Channel on Sunday, 30 November from 9:00 to 11:00 PM EST. See http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/templesofrock.html for details.
- 16.10.03: After being diagnosed with liver cancer in summer 2003, Jack Bruce has undergone a successful liver transplant. Please send Jack your get-well wishes in JackBruce.com's Get-Well Guestbook, set up separately from our usual guestbook specifically for that purpose. For more information, see our Press Releases regarding the transplant.
- 01.09.03: Jack's second record on the Sanctuary Records label is to be released on 15 September (23 September in the US). Click HERE for more information regarding More Jack Than God.
- 01.09.03: Polydor will release Rope Ladder to the Moon - an Introduction to Jack Bruce on 3 November.
- 09.07.03: Jack is to make an appearance at the Scribbler's Picnic in Sterling, Scotland. Jack is a patron of the musical/family fun day charity event, that raises funds for the fight against cancer. This year it takes place on Sunday 20th July at the Stirling Rugby Club. It features around thirty local bands on mainstage plus eleven hours of music on the acoustic stage. Jack has volunteered to make a personal appearance on the day and will be joined by his son Malcolm to do a few songs.
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- 09.07.03: Classic Rock Productions have just released a DVD of Jack and the Cuicoland Express performing at 2002's Canterbury Fayre summer music festival. Click here for details.
- 27.06.03: Jack's second album with Sanctuary Records is about to be mastered. Stay tuned for more information.
- 27.06.03: Eagle Vision has released a DVD called Supershow, consisting of 17 songs from a two-day 1969 festival with Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, the MJQ, Colosseum, Stephen Stills, and others. Jack appears on bass and keyboards on 7 of the songs. See the upcoming issue of Record Collector for an interview with Jack about the show.
- 23.06.03: See Jack on the cover of Bass Guitar Magazine: http://www.bassguitarmagazine.com.
- 04.06.03: The new American Clave Records web site, featuring the latest on Kip Hanrahan, Robbie Ameen, El Negro Horacio Hernandez, and many others is now available at http://www.americanclave.com.
- 17.05.03: Beppe Colli has written a Jack Bruce profile for Kata Web Musica, Italy's most prominent web magazine. Italian speakers can view the profile here: http://www.kwmusica.kataweb.it/kwmusica/pp_scheda.jsp?idContent=110197&idCategory=2028.
- 27.03.03: The April edition of the UK's Mojo Magazine has given Five-Star Reviews to the re-issues of Jack's early solo albums, Songs for a Tailor and Harmony Row. See the entry below (22.01.03) for the full schedule of Jack's Universal Records re-releases.
- 27.03.03: Cream's BBC sessions will finally be compiled and released on CD. The disc is currently available in the US, and will be in UK stores by the end of March 2003. It comprises 26 racks, only two of which were previously released - on the 1988 four-disc Eric Clapton box set, Crossroads. Four of the tracks are interview segments.
- 27.03.03: Lord of the Rings fans take heed: The Bruce-Brown song To Isengard, featured on Jack's first solo album Songs for a Tailor, has earned mention on the new Tolkien Music List web site: www.tolkien-music.com.
- 19.03.03: Jack is the featured vocalist on an upcoming releasse of compositions by the late John Cage. Mode Records will issue The Works for Piano 5 in the US/Canada in May 2003. Japanese and European releases will follow shortly. US/Canadian distribution is through Koch International. To order direct from Mode, visit http://www.mode.com. Click here for a .pdf format press release regarding the release.
- 04.02.03: A new JACK BRUCE Live at the Canterbury Fayre DVD will be available from Classic Rock Legends in mid-March of 2003.
- 22.01.03: The wait for re-releases is Over! Jack's solo records will be re-released this spring Universal Records have planned reissues of the following albums in the UK and in Europe:
7 April 2003:
1. Songs for a Tailor
2. Things We Like
3. Harmony Row
4. Out of the StormMay 2003:
5. How's Tricks?
6. Jet Set Jewel
7. Jack Bruce and Friends Live at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester
(with Mick Taylor, Carla Bley, Ronnie Leahy and Bruce Gary.)
8. Compilation AlbumEach of the CDs, with the exception of the Free Trade Hall concert and the compilation, will contain unreleased tracks or alternate takes as bonus material.
No re-releases have been planned for the U.S. Should any U.S. fans wish to see these CDs sold in the record stores, please contact Bill Levenson at Universal Records, Inc. and let him know your thoughts:
Bill Levenson, Special Projects
Universal Records, Inc.
1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6026Tel: (212) 333-8000
- 16.12.02: RPM Records have released a new Duffy Power compilation, Leapers & Sleepers. The double CD features several tracks of 1960s material recorded with the Graham Bond band: Jack and old friends John McLaughlin (guitar) and Ginger Baker (drums).
- 16.12.02: See http://www.bluestormmusic.com/jlh.html for an article on the recent John Lee Hooker tribute album that Jack and Gary Moore contributed to. Other tracks include performances by Clem Clempson and Dick Heckstall-Smith. The article, written by Stephanie Thorburn, was featured in Voodoo. The feature was a discussion with Producer Pete Brown and musicians such as Dick Heckstall-Smith on John Lee Hooker and their input into the album.
- 14.12.02: Jack is featured on the cover of a recent issue of Discoveries (Issue 175), which includes an interview. Thanks to Carl Biancucci for this information.
- 21.11.02: We are pleased to share with you that one week after release, Leslie Mandoki's new album SOULMATES (featuring performances by Jack) has entered the German charts at position # 40. See http://www.mandoki.net for more information.
- 21.11.02: Michael Schenker will not tour with the LEGENDS OF ROCK. In his place will be Frank Marino.
- IMPORTANT NEWS FOR EVERYONE ATTENDING THE LEGENDS OF ROCK SHOW IN LONDON ON 17TH NOVEMBER: The venue has been changed from The Brixton Academy to SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE, which is at Shepherd's Bush Green, Shepherd's Bush W12 8TT, London. If you have already purchased tickets for Brixton, these will automatically be valid for Shepherd's Bush Empire.
- 11.10.02: INTERVIEW to be BROADCAST VIA INTERNET TODAY, 11:20PM UK Time/6:20 New York Time: As part of the Legends Of Rock UK tour in November (see www.legends-of-rock.com) Wolverhampton's Wulfrun Hall will host the performance on 14th November. Uli Jon Roth is taking part in a radio interview talking about the creation of the 'Legends Of Rock' concept and its development into a full-scale tour featuring Jack Bruce, Michael Schenker and Glenn Hughes, performing classics from Cream, Deep Purple, UFO, MSG and the Scorpions. The interview will be broadcast tonight at around 11.20pm (UK time) on 107FM in the Wolverhampton area, or it can be heard online at www.virginradio107.co.uk.
- 02.09.02: Jack will join Uli Jon Roth, Glenn Hughes and Michael Schenker for the November 2002 Legends of Rock tour. See our TOUR SCHEDULE and the official Legends-Of-Rock web site, www.legends-of-rock.com and http://www.legends-of-rock.com/jackbruce.htm, for more details.
- 16.07.02: A new book about Robin Trower, featuring interviews with Jack, is being published. Jack and Robin released two albums together in the 1980s. See http://members.shaw.ca/stevesplace/folders2.htm; http://www.members.shaw.ca/stevesplace for more information.
- 17.06.02: Jack will soon return to the studio to record his second album on the Sanctuary Records label. The album will be on sale by early spring.
- 14.05.02: Jack Bruce's June engagements with The Cuicoland Express at B.B. King's in NY have been rescheduled for 18 and 19 October 2002. In addtition, Jack will perform solo as part of an ensemble: A Walk Down Abbey Road (a tribute to The Beatles) starting this summer. The tour kicks off in Hawaii on 16 June 2002. Jack Bruce & The Cuicoland Express will play at the Canterbury Festival / UK on 24 August 2002 (online booking at www.canterburyfayre.com), followed by Italy and Germany. See Jack's TOUR SCHEDULE for more details.
- 09.02.02: An interview with Jack was published in the March 2002 issue of VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE, with George Harrison on the cover. In the same issue was a commentary about Jack in a monthly column. VINTAGE GUITAR is the oldest, largest, and most-widely-read of its kind in the world, w/ approx. 85,000 readers in all 50 of the United States + 31 other countries. Check out their web site at www.vguitar.com.
- 07.02.02: Keep your eyes and ears open for internet broadcasts of Jack's latest album on ModernDrummer.com this March: http://www.moderndrummer.com/radio_march02.html.
- 30.11.01: Read Jack's Diary for a personal message regarding the death of George Harrison.
- 28.10.01: Burning Airlines records have reissued some JB and Friends material recorded in the early 1980s. The double-CD set, Doing This . . . On Ice!, was released in the UK in September. Willpower, the Polydor JB compilation CD, has been reissued. In addition, www.bluestormmusic.com. are collating a tributute to John Lee Hooker in collaboration with his family. Jack Bruce and Gary Moore will contribute to the CD.
- 28.10.01: Jack has appeared on the latest Gov't Mule CD mentioned below(The Deep End Vol. 1). The official release date was 9 October.
- 21.10.01: Correction: Jack and the Cuicoland Expressare to appear on UK TV BBC2 "Later with Jools Holland" on Friday 26 October and Sunday 28 October.
- 22.09.01: A recent interview with Jack printed entirely in Spanish is now available. Story by Diego Manrique, printed in the leading Spanish newspaper, El Pais. ¡Check it out!
- 12.09.01: Rolling Stone Magazine features a review of Jack's new album, Shadows in the Air. Also see www.metalliville.com and Stephen Humphries' review in the Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0831/p20s2-almp.html.
- 09.08.01: Jack will be the cover artist on September's issue of BASSPLAYER MAGAZINE. See http://www.bassplayer.com/main/comingup.shtml for more.
- 07.08.01: Back issues of the Cuicoland Express Jack Bruce newsletter are now available on the web. Visit www.users.tpg.com.au/jlorro.
- 30.07.01: Jack's new album, Shadows in the Air, has hit #5 on the UK's Jazz & Blues chart. A TOUR SCHEDULE is now available, with photos.
- 29.07.01: The wealth of material recorded for Gov't Mule's new CD, The Deep End, has been spil into two volumes. Jack appears on Vol. 1, to be released this October. Vol. 2 will follow in the spring.
- 10.07.01: Jack Bruce & the Cuicoland Express are appearing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Holland on Saturday, July 14.
- 18.06.01: Jack will appear on the new Gov't Mule CD, The Deep End, to be released in September 2001. He will sing and play bass on the song Fool's Moon. Jack is one of many bass players on the album who fill in for the late Allen Woody.
- 11.06.01: Jack played an acoustic version of He the Richmond for his www.dotmusic.com interview, which is available at http://www.dotmusic.com/interviews/June2001/interviews20470.asp. Jack also did an All About Jazz interview with David R. Adler at http://wwww.allaboutjazz.com/iviews/jbruce.htm. A transcript of Jack's USA Today online interview is available at http://cgi1.usatoday.com/mchat/20010530005/tscript.htm.
- 10.06.01: Www.dotmusic.com (Europe's biggest music site) will be videoing an interview with Jack Bruce in London on 11 June. See http://www.dotmusic.com/news//June2001/news20261.asp for the full story and links.
- 28.05.01: Jack will play two shows in the UK to support the release of his new CD, Shadows in the Air. See TOUR SCHEDULE for details.
- 18.04.01: Work on the new Dick Heckstall-Smith CD, 'Blues & Beyond' has been completed. Jack will be featured on the album, which is due to be released on Blue Storm Music on 19 June. Pete Brown, who produced the Cd, wrote six lyrics, and sang on one track, says "I am really pleased with how it has come out. It is very different. Not a bog standard Brit blues record by any means. It goes far out...!" Check out the web site for Blue Storm Music for more information.
- 11.04.01: Jack's new album, Shadows In the Air, is scheduled for release on 9 July, by Sanctuary Records. See LATEST RELEASE for track and personnel listing.
- 01.03.01: Dick Heckstall Smith's upcoming record, The Godfather of British Blues, will feature Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, John Mayall, Paul Jones, Mick Taylor, Peter Green and Clem Clemson. Pete Brown is producing the record. Check out the web site for Blue Storm Music for more information.
Dick Heckstall Smith and Jack in the studio
- 25.02.01: The group Network recently recorded a new album on Wenlock records (wen 016) entitled Highly Committed Media Players, featuring Larry Coryell on guitar. Jack sang vocals and played bass on one track: a cover of Hendrix's Manic Depression. Wenlock records have recently issued the track as a single. It also appears on the vinyl remix of Highly Committed Media Players (wen 018) and the compilation album Network in the Box (wen 022). Highly Committed Media Players will be issued in the US this spring through DNA. For more info visit www.networkjazzrock.com.
- 08.02.01: Jack and Larry Corryel have issued a new CD single in the UK featuring a classic song: Manic Depression.
- 08.02.01: Jack was recently in Manhattan sequencing his new album, All Quiet in Cuicoland (working title), which will be released before the end of the year (probably within a few months). Meanwhile, Jack, Andy Summers and Dennis Chambers are on for a tour of their new band, HotFlash. Details forthcoming.
- 07.02.01: Backbeat Books (formerly Miller Freeman Books) have released a book by Chris Welch, titled Cream, that chronicles the band's two-year transformation of rock. See www.backbeatbooks.com for more information. Smiles & Grins, the Jack Bruce Appreciation Society newsletter, are selling the book for US $19.95 + $3.50 s/h (US) or $5.00 s/h outside of the US. Check out www.creativemix.com/jackbruce for more info. A review of the book will be posted on ROPE LADDER soon.
- 06.10.00: Jack has announced the formation of a new trio: "HotFlash", with Andy Summers of the Police on guitar and virtuoso Dennis Chambers on drums. (See JACK'S DIARY for details.) An album and tour are to follow early next year. Meanwhile, All Quiet in Cuicoland continues to develop. Jack plans to finish recording the new solo album in November, with a little help from some well-known friends.
- 07.08.00: Balafon Press will publish a new book on
Cream in November for Miller Freeman. The book, titled Cream:
Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker - the Legendary 60s
Supergroup, will feature new interviews
with Jack, Ginger and Pete Brown. Among the several contributing writers will be Chris Welch, author of Cream: Strange Brew.
- 24.04.00: Silva Screen Records have resurrected the once defunct CMP Record Co., Jack's former label. See http://www.artist-shop.com/cmp/index.htm for details.
- 29.02.00: Dave Black has organised another Jack Bruce Internet Broadcast Radio Show for 16 March 2000 at 10AM Central Daylight Time (1700 to 1900 Greenwich Mean Time) and 6PM to 8PM (0100 to 0300 Greenwich Mean Time on March 17th). Hard to find pieces that are representative of Jack's varied career will be included, as with similar shows in the past. Tune in on 16 March at http://www.angelfire.com/celeb/jbsupershow2000/. Check ROPE LADDER in the future for more details. Dave had this to say about the show: "None of the tracks played on the show are for sale, except through authorized agents (e.g. recording companies and other entities that have financial agreements with Jack), No downloading for re-sale is authorized, no MP3s are available for download. This is an amateur labor of love for fans --please help us keep it that way."
- 17.02.00: Jack has decided not to appear in the Australian tour of the "Ultimate Rock Symphony". Instead he will tour Australia with Ringo Starr later in the year 2000. See JACK'S DIARY for a personal message from Jack regarding his decision.
- 27.01.00: During November and December 1999, Jack was busy recording tracks for a new solo album with the working title All Quiet in Cuicoland. See LATEST RELEASE for photos and details.
- 22.01.00: Ringo Starr's new triple-CD All Starr Box Set will include live performances featuring Jack. Sunshine of Your Love and I Feel Free are included among other, non-JB tunes on which Jack plays bass and/or sings backing vocals. The Box Set is scheduled for release on 22 February.
- 25.10.99: Several album featuring Jack, some old and some new, have been released: the CD Midnight Daydream is currently on sale, 2 cuts featuring Jack; a new Gary Husband trio double CD From the Heart, featuring Jack on the cut Once I Loved, is available in the UK; and the classic Graham Bond albums Sound of 65 and There's a Bond Between Us is available in the UK.
- 23.09.99: Unfortunately, Miller Freeman Books have called off the Jeff Berlin/Jim Roberts book about Jack.mentioned below. Any further news will be liste on this page.
- 28.08.99: Renaissace Records have issued a disc of live material featuring JB ad Friends on their 1981 tour. The disc is titled Cocert Classics - Volume 9. This version of JB and friends featured Billy Cobham, David Sancious, and Clem Clempson. The Discography section will soon feature a descriptive page.
- 24.06.99: Jack will join Ringo Starr and the Alan Parsons band for a charity concert in Munich. See our TOUR SCHEDULE for details.
- 25.04.99: Jeff Berlin and Jim Roberts are to collaborate on a book about Jack, to be published by Miller Freeman Books and Hal Leonard Corp. The book will include a biography, a discography, a section on Jack's gear, and a series of bass line transcriptions by Jeff. Watch the JB NEWS page for more details.
- 15.03.99: It's A Curious Life, the debut CD by English composer and guitarist Anthony Hindson, has just been released and features Jack singing and playing bass in the company of such masters as Shankar (double violin), Tony Williams (drums), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Gary Husband (keyboards/drums), and Scott Thunes (bass). A unique and extraordinary cutting edge global fusion album only available on the Internet and only at http://www.windinhare.com, where soundclips and more details are available.
- 01.03.99: Another Jack Bruce internet broadcast has been scheduled for 11 March. Visit http://www.angelfire.com/wi/jbruceshow99/index.html for details.
- 23.01.99: Murilo Matthias, the founder and editor of the electronic Harmony Row e-list, has created a new Jack Bruce IRC "chat" network. Visit our FAN CLUBS page for instructions.
- 29.12.98: Gary Husband is to release a CD tribute to the late Tony Williams. Jack is to appear on several tracks.
- 29.12.98: Jack will be on tour again with Ringo Starr and the All Starr Band, featuring Joe Walsh, Todd Rudgren, Gary Brooker, Jack Bruce and Simon Kirke. See our TOUR SCHEDULE for dates; more info is available at http://www.ringotour.com.
- 07.12.98: Schirmer Books have published a new book on Cream in their Classic Rock Albums series: Disraeli Gears, by John Platt. The 172 page book sells for US $14.95 and includes good interviews with Jack, as well as Baker and Clapton. Though the book focuses on the making of Cream's second LP, it spans the band's entire history. Also included is a thorough discussion of Jack and Ginger's careers prior to Cream. In-depth review to folllow. Visit http://www.mlr.com/schirmer for more information.
- 31.10.98: Jack is scheduled to make recordings for a new Bruce Cameron - Midnight Daydream CD, along with ex-Hendrix drummer Mitch Mitchell. Jack will play the bass on at least two cuts and sing on at least one. The sessions are scheduled for Dec. 1-5, 1998 in Wilmington, NC. USA. Other guest artists on these historical recordings will be the Band Of Gypsys, Harvey Dalton Arnold from the Outlaws, Ken Hensley, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith of Alice Cooper, Bunk Gardner of the Mothers and ANT-BEE. Send any queries by e-mail to ANT-BEE at 102034.3223@compuserve.com.
- 08.09.98: Reportedly, a 4CD box set of Graham Bond recordings (many featuring Jack) is in the works, to be released as early as October. It will include all of the Columbia singles and B sides as well as The Sound of 65, There's a Bond Between Us, Solid Bond and some unreleased live material.
- 30.08.98: A Live Jack Bruce internet radio show has been scheduled for Thursday 3 September. You may access the show at http://wsum.wisc.edu from 4PM to 6PM (1600 to 1800) Central Standard Time (5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time), 5PM to 7PM (1700 to 1900) Eastern Standard Time (e.g., New York; 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time) , 7AM to 9AM (0700 to 0900) on 4 September in, e.g., Melbourne Australia, 15 hours ahead of Central Standard Time, or from 10PM to 12AM (2200 to 2400) in, e.g., London (1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time). Prior to showtime, please feel free to mail anecdotes, song requests, and discussion topics toDavid Black at dsblack@facstaff.wisc.edu. During the show, send in feedback on how Dave is doing any ongoing topics you would like addressed, corrections to what he has said, etc., to wsumlive@macc.wisc.edu.
- 30.06.98: Jack Bruce and Friends, featuring Gary Moore and Gary Husband, are to play three shows this July. See the TOUR SCHEDULE for details.
- 01.05.98: You may visit our Gallery for a sneak peek at two photos from Jack's instructional video recording session at Angel Studios in London. The video, which features Gary Moore and Gary Husband, was recorded in April and is due for release sometime soon. Stay tuned for more.
- 24.04.98: MPI Home Video are scheduled to release a video of the 30 May 1997 performance by Ringo Starr and the All Star Band, featuring Jack, on 28 July. The show was recorded in Detroit, Michegan.
- 11.04.98: Jack's new release, Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test, has been available in the UK for a few weeks, but has yet to come to the States. Features performances from 1975 and 1981 with Carla Bley, Mick Taylor, Billy Cobham, Clem Clempson, David Sancious, and others.
- 10.04.98: The instructional video mentioned below has been filmed. Gary Moore and Gary Husband joined Jack at Angel Studios in Islington, London to record the video last week. Stay tuned for release information.
- 31.03.98: Jack is to make a bass guitar instructional video early in April. The video will feature drummer Gary Husband and guitarist Gary Moore. More information forthcoming.
- 20.01.98: Jack is a featured vocalist in Michael Mantler's "Sort of an Opera" The School of Understanding, which was released last November on the ECM label.
- 01.01.98: Ringo Starr, with whom Jack toured during the summer of 1997, is scheduled to release a new solo album this spring, on which Jack will appear. In addition, a video of the 30 May 1997 Detroit concert is scheduled to be released by MPI Home Video sometime early this year. The All Stars will tour Europe from 22 July through 22 August. The tour may end at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Watch our Tour Schedule page for details.