Jack Bruce

Although some may be tempted to call multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and composer Jack Bruce a rock & roll musician, blues and jazz were what this innovative musician really loved. These two genres were at the base of most of his recorded output from a career that extended back to the beginning of London's blues scene in 1962, when he joined Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated. Bruce's most famous songs are, in essence, blues tunes: "Sunshine of Your Love," "Strange Brew," "Politician," and "White Room." Bruce's best-known songs remain those he penned for Cream, the legendary blues-rock trio he formed with Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton in 1966. ~ Richard Skelly