On 25 October 2014 Jack passed away at the age of 71 at his home in
Suffolk, surrounded by his family. His family stated: "It is
with great sadness that we, Jack's family, announce the passing of
our beloved Jack: husband, father, granddad, and all round legend.
The world of music will be a poorer place without him but he lives
on in his music and forever in our hearts."
Biography Page 1 |
Biography Page 2 | Biography Page 3
Spectrum Road was released in June 2012 by the U.S. Jazz
record label Palmetto Records, accompanied by a series of dates at
large Jazz festivals in North America and Europe throughout June and
July.
Jack's 14th solo album
Silver Rails was
released worldwide during early 2014 to extremely good reviews -
Rolling Stone commenting that Jack had finally moved past Cream -
and to the delight of a vastly burgeoning group of very faithful
fans, new as well as old. Jack and his beloved wife Margrit planned
to spend time in their beautiful estancia in
Majorca peeling grapes and making pa amb oli from
their home grown tomatoes and olive oil. By mid-2014 Jack had
several new
musical pieces on the boil including a follow up to Candlelight
again with lyrics by Margrit Seyffer.
Biography (page 3 of 3)
Jack started 2012 playing the Gerry Rafferty tribute concert in
Glasgow, followed by a date with the traditional Celtic band Lau.
BBC Scotland recorded a one-hour special on Jack. The completed
documentary Jack Bruce - The Man behind the Bass was
transmitted on BBC Scotland. It featured new interviews, with Bruce,
Clapton, Baker and Brown, as well as the concert footage featuring
new versions of six career spanning songs, We're Going Wrong,
Sunshine of Your Love, Weird of Hermiston, Theme for an Imaginary
Western, Keep it Down and Child Song.
February 2012 saw Jack playing in Havana, Cuba, along with guitarist Phil Manzanera, supporting the mambo band of Augusto Enriquez. March saw a residency at Ronnie Scott's in London supported by his Big Blues Band, followed by a UK tour. The concert at the Stables, Milton Keynes was recorded and a live double album Jack Bruce & his Big Blues Band - Live 2012 was released by Instant Live.
