NEWS

Jack will be among the professional instructors at this year's Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, to take place Nov. 7-11 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV.  See the Fantasy Camp's website for more informati

New Tour Date announcement: Jack Bruce to perform with Eberhard Schoener on 1 September at the Tegernseer-Sommerfestspiele near Munich, Germany

Please note that two upcoming performances have been cancelled: Jack Bruce & his Big Blues Band/25 May Blues on the Bay Festival, and Spectrum Road/21 July Molde Jazz Festival.

Jack has a new interview in the Express & Star, available online HERE. A January 28 interview with the Daily Record is also available HERE.  Jack also appeared with Scottish folk trio Lau on The Guardian's Music Weekly podcast to discuss their performance at the Celtic Connections Festival, available HERE.

Warwick, the makers of Jack's signature fretless Thumb Bass, have issued a new model Jack Bruce JB3 Signature Survivor Bass.  Jack comments that "For many years after I found the fabulous Warwick Thumb Bass we struggled to come up with my idea of the perfect players' instrument. At long last here it is. The Jack Bruce JB3 Survivor Bass. The best there is."  Visit Warwick's website for further information.

Visit BBC 2 Scotland's website for sneak previews of the upcoming hour-long documentary Jack Bruce: The Man Behind the Bass, including a performance by Jack, with string quartet, of Theme for an Imaginary Western and a performance of Sunshine of Your Love with the virtuoso Scottish folk band Lau.   Tune in at 21:00 on 13 February for the broadcast.  The documentary will also be viewable on Sky 990 and 970 on Freesat, and will be available post-broadcast on BBC iPlayer throughout the UK.

Feb. 27, 2012 will see Jack Bruce and Phil Manzanera play together in Havana, Cuba at the Karl Marx Theatre, as guests of Cuban singer Augusto Enriquez and his band of Cuban musicians. The last time Phil and Jack played together was at the Guitar Legends festival in Seville in 1991.

Jack is featured in a "Fame and Fortune" interview on The Telegraph's finance page.  Read the interview here.

Jack will take part in three performances at Glasgow's "Celtic Connections 2012" festival in January.  Click here for tickets and further information.

Cream's Royal Albert Hall 2005 concert will be released on Blu-Ray on October 1.  Recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1/DTS-HD Master Audio, the set comes complete with an additional three bonus tracks:  alternate versions of “Sleepy Time Time,” “We’re Going Wrong” and “Sunshine Of Your Love.”  Interviews with Jack, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton make up the remainder of this historic two-hour and 47-minute classic.

The Old Grey Whistle Test 40th Anniversary

See Jack's Facebook page for more information and updates on all things Bruce.   

Says Jack: "Today I recorded a couple of live tracks on piano for The Old Grey Whistle Test 40th Anniversary at the Maida Vale Studios & did an interview with Bob Harris. We'll let you know when it's due to go out on BBC Radio... "

Click here for a video of Jack performing White Room  with guitar legend Joe Bonamassa at last Saturday's concert at the Royal Festival Hall.

Check out the new JamBase article on Jack Bruce, "The Bass World's Cream de la Cream."  The article features many video selections from Jacl's career, including this video of the Graham Bond Organisation performing Hoochie Coochie Man.
 

Announcing a Jack Bruce radio appearance:

   Jack Bruce on Jools Holland Radio Show
   BBC Radio 2 on Monday May 2nd at 23:00.

Jack chats with Jools and his band, chooses 6 of his favourite records and plays a live version of Windowless Rooms with Jools and his band. 

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