The Jack Bruce Band - Spirit (Old Grey Whistle Test, 6th June 1975)

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  • The Jack Bruce Band performing "Spirit" on The Old Grey Whistle Test on June 6th, 1975.
    Band:
    Jack Bruce - Vocals & Bass
    Mick Taylor - Guitar
    Ronnie Leahy - Piano & Organ
    Carla Bley - Keyboards
    Bruce Gary - Drums
    Footage licensed from BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Komentáře • 327

  • @nazarenonenning1612
    @nazarenonenning1612 Před 10 měsíci +41

    In the 70s the musicians are just so good

  • @Luke-db9fc
    @Luke-db9fc Před 2 měsíci +6

    What a band, Jack Bruce, Carla Bley, Mick Taylor, wow!

  • @tomtrana3449
    @tomtrana3449 Před 10 měsíci +32

    1967 - 1975 the best era of prog rock.

  • @grahamcole1539
    @grahamcole1539 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Jack and his amazing band!

  • @written12
    @written12 Před 10 měsíci +89

    Big, there’s so much Jack Bruce music to discover and dive into. I, for one, really don’t know his jazz fusion period.
    Thanks so much for sharing this.

  • @5StarAlcatraz
    @5StarAlcatraz Před 9 měsíci +23

    There was so much more to Jack Bruce's music than Cream/Clapton. These are some top notch players.I also like how respectful the audiences were back then.

    • @konradbenz7110
      @konradbenz7110 Před 9 měsíci

      more for minorities
      never anything like CREAM !!! ❤❤❤

  • @MiguelRojas-hh1wx
    @MiguelRojas-hh1wx Před 10 měsíci +44

    Great, Jack Bruce, Mick Taylor , And Carla Bley:👏👏👏

  • @marcob.7801
    @marcob.7801 Před 9 měsíci +48

    This is an era long gone when talent and musicianship reigned supreme!

    • @thomasgoodisson8877
      @thomasgoodisson8877 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Absolutely spot on my friend.

    • @MrUsermister
      @MrUsermister Před 8 měsíci +2

      It didn't reign ... it was a given

    • @marcob.7801
      @marcob.7801 Před 8 měsíci

      Same thing friend! @@MrUsermister

    • @Damdochax
      @Damdochax Před 8 měsíci

      They are terrible, what are you talking about. They great couldn’t musicians individually but together they suck. No one’s playing in the pocket amateur best.

  • @lemuellachica4991
    @lemuellachica4991 Před 10 měsíci +31

    One of a kind! I hear shades of Zappa's apostrophe in Jack's Bruce's approach here. One of the very best Jack Bruce

    • @CrankErUp
      @CrankErUp Před 10 měsíci +8

      Agree-------Even in the tone of his bass

    • @dalstonjazz
      @dalstonjazz Před 10 měsíci +6

      Snap - I noticed that before seeing your comment.

  • @juansecar2
    @juansecar2 Před 9 měsíci +17

    Most of u wont know it... but that right there is Miss Carla Bley... one of the greatest musicians not only in rock history but in Jazz history... good for m.r Bruce. Clap clap

    • @PAN77769
      @PAN77769 Před měsícem

      and her solo unbelievable!!!

  • @Khayyam-vg9fw
    @Khayyam-vg9fw Před 10 měsíci +81

    Superb Mellotron by Carla Bley. Brilliant playing all round, in fact!

    • @caryheuchert
      @caryheuchert Před 10 měsíci +4

      Always nice to have some Tron!

    • @josephtravers777
      @josephtravers777 Před 10 měsíci +10

      I didn't know Carla played w/ Jack until I saw this. She's a great composer.

    • @shnootch
      @shnootch Před 10 měsíci +4

      Yeah her solo is interesting too. Not a great solo by the other keyboardist. Jack got right to the point with his brief one. He’s always great. I thought Mick Taylor did well himself

    • @shnootch
      @shnootch Před 10 měsíci +1

      Admit I was kind of missing Larry Young, this being a Tony Williams tune

    • @shnootch
      @shnootch Před 10 měsíci +3

      Nice drumming!

  • @andychase7693
    @andychase7693 Před 9 měsíci +11

    Carla Bley died today at the age of 87. R.I.P. Carla. And Jack. And Bruce.

  • @kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293
    @kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293 Před 10 měsíci +35

    Wonderful Jack Bruce! Wonderful band!

  • @lilaccilla
    @lilaccilla Před 10 měsíci +31

    love his green shirt with the white pants too , Mick Taylors beautiful sweater and cords also . Nice that he introduced them all !!! That should be done in all bands before playing . It shows great respect to his mates , and we get to know them by name . Win Win !

    • @michaelroach4219
      @michaelroach4219 Před 10 měsíci +5

      I'm glad that you liked their clothes.

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 Před 9 měsíci +4

      ​@@michaelroach4219Carla wearing a great outfit

    • @Mwgsyboy
      @Mwgsyboy Před 9 měsíci +2

      And Mick Taylor's guitar strap is very pretty 😏

    • @robinfereday6562
      @robinfereday6562 Před 9 měsíci

      Shoes are a bit boring

  • @johnhirtle4300
    @johnhirtle4300 Před 9 měsíci +8

    Jack Bruce was one of the best voices, making Cream, BLT and West Bruce & Lang stellar. ❤

    • @thomasr.5784
      @thomasr.5784 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Even more on his "Solo" Work 😊

  • @stewartgavin1302
    @stewartgavin1302 Před 10 měsíci +17

    This man recorded one of the greatest love songs ever "Folk Song" read the lyrics, listen to the song. 63 years old still have all his LP's.
    This is a great video. Great band.

  • @simonbrenner1258
    @simonbrenner1258 Před 9 měsíci +10

    A wonderful piece of music. Very tight arrangement. I didn't know Carla Bley played with Bruce. Her playing is sublime as are all the others

  • @nigelfelton9824
    @nigelfelton9824 Před 8 měsíci +16

    What a band! Strong sense of Mahavishnu Orchestra which is high praise.

    • @davidpeters44
      @davidpeters44 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Jeff Beck Group vibes as well.

    • @jefferyroy2566
      @jefferyroy2566 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Only one issue: As much as I love Mick Taylor, he's not John McLaughlin. No one is, but that's OK.

    • @jefferyroy2566
      @jefferyroy2566 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@davidpeters44Do you mean the Jan Hammer one or the Bobby Tench version?

    • @roberts1918
      @roberts1918 Před měsícem

      And with the synth, a little hint of Jean-Luc Ponty as well.

  • @Luckylearner
    @Luckylearner Před 10 měsíci +40

    Love the warmth in the analogue equipment. Not one bit of digital tinniness.

  • @northernfireworks402
    @northernfireworks402 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Those were some beautiful runs from The Rolling Stones maestro. Jack's nimble bass lines and drums full of life with a strange hypnotic brew of keys. Brilliant.

  • @buschovski1
    @buschovski1 Před 10 měsíci +13

    Mick with Jack? I didnt know this even happened. Nice

  • @Databhoy
    @Databhoy Před 9 měsíci +4

    RIP beautiful Carla Bley

  • @oxfan9384
    @oxfan9384 Před 10 měsíci +36

    Amazing bass playing and bass tone

    • @roberts1918
      @roberts1918 Před měsícem

      Yup. Jack was a fretless bass master!! And a great singer. Such a talent. It’s a shame he toiled in relative anonymity after Cream.

  • @shovedhead
    @shovedhead Před 8 měsíci +4

    Loving this drummer's playing right now.

  • @mrzap343
    @mrzap343 Před 9 měsíci +8

    Mick Taylor: best Stones guitarist ever!

  • @rickblackers88
    @rickblackers88 Před 10 měsíci +19

    Wow!! Great to see so much talent!

  • @JGulliMusic
    @JGulliMusic Před 10 měsíci +23

    Outstanding classic live performance and production ❤! Very enjoyable! Thank you for sharing 🙌🏽 😊

  • @arielgavazzo
    @arielgavazzo Před 10 měsíci +10

    The principal melody is a adaptation of the Tony Williams song "Wild Life".

  • @martinpaterson6535
    @martinpaterson6535 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Wonderful memories, thank you. I saw this band in Manchester a few days after this TV broadcast, if I remember well, and met Carla Bley after the gig. Rest in peace, maestra!

  • @lilaccilla
    @lilaccilla Před 10 měsíci +13

    Drummer is getting an amazing work out ! Awesome jam.‼️Im so glad we have youtube to take us back to all the things we remember growing up ! 💯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🫶🏼♥️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I love the Old Grey Whistle concerts the most! what a time trip , far out man✌🏼

  • @Pudransefachosyzurdos
    @Pudransefachosyzurdos Před 10 měsíci +9

    The great and wonderful Jack Bruce

  • @fess04
    @fess04 Před 10 měsíci +10

    brilliant absolutely brilliant!

  • @fredfloyd34
    @fredfloyd34 Před 10 měsíci +14

    When bands played real music...real talent...Jack....what a singer bass player..

  • @Darrylizer1
    @Darrylizer1 Před 9 měsíci +5

    RIP Carla who just died a couple of days ago, Oct. 17 at the age of 87.

  • @stephenburrows5302
    @stephenburrows5302 Před 8 měsíci +3

    I saw Jack with this lineup at the Free Trade Hall in June 1975 and remember the OGWT show. I owe Jack something for my education, loved Cream and followed him into the jazz stuff and the chamber music settings of Becket with Carla Bley written by Michael Mantler. Too difficult for me at 13 but because it was Jack I persevered, having bought the records, and learned something about different ways of expression and, rare for me at that age, deferred gratification. Thanks Jack

  • @jedwing
    @jedwing Před 9 měsíci +6

    RIP Carla Bley.

  • @lap2hackberry396
    @lap2hackberry396 Před 10 měsíci +9

    mick taylor! great!

    • @redsky1433
      @redsky1433 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Yes absolutely! I had no idea he played jazz and jazz fusion. I just remember him in the Stones.

  • @paulvalletta01
    @paulvalletta01 Před 10 měsíci +9

    Innovative as always, amazing, love Bruce's style of playing really cool.

  • @davidbodemann7994
    @davidbodemann7994 Před 10 měsíci +5

    I’ve watched this thing a number of times! It’s so inspiring!

  • @kevdavies3445
    @kevdavies3445 Před 9 měsíci +4

    rip carla bley

  • @rickblackers88
    @rickblackers88 Před 10 měsíci +8

    Amazing!!

  • @abebernstein4318
    @abebernstein4318 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Abe Union pride bruse and Taylor together wow great to hear again such great memories thank you

  • @patricknelson7914
    @patricknelson7914 Před 8 měsíci +5

    RIP Carla Bley

  • @RedArrow73
    @RedArrow73 Před 10 měsíci +27

    At least outwardly, Mick Taylor seemed to have survived the Stones just fine.

    • @victormusic01x
      @victormusic01x Před 10 měsíci +14

      ..he sounds good but he’s seems like he is hiding behind those shades..those last couple of years with the Stones were pretty damaging i think

    • @andydixon2980
      @andydixon2980 Před 9 měsíci

      His heroin period I believe. @@victormusic01x

    • @dukeford8893
      @dukeford8893 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@victormusic01x Hiding behind shades is pretty common for heroin uses. I think Mick (and Jack) were still using at this point.

  • @enriqueormenovillafuerte5791
    @enriqueormenovillafuerte5791 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Sounds Really awesome!!!

  • @bordebomb6631
    @bordebomb6631 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Love that unison playing between Leahy and Mick Taylor at the end. Marvellous.

  • @franklanger3848
    @franklanger3848 Před měsícem +1

    Jack Bruce war ein großartiger Sänger und Bassist

  • @annetteshawunstoppableyou5281
    @annetteshawunstoppableyou5281 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Superb!

  • @galbaribeirodefaria6104
    @galbaribeirodefaria6104 Před 10 měsíci +6

    It's great! Thanks a lot!! From BRAZIL!!!

  • @infoscholar5221
    @infoscholar5221 Před 9 měsíci +3

    This was the last year of this kind of post 60s music. 1976 saw an earthquake in music, with everything from Elvis, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and the Eagles and Toms Waits forever putting paid to thsi kind of thoughtful, low key, pop.

  • @mikejohnson2098
    @mikejohnson2098 Před 9 hodinami

    That is awesome

  • @kennethmilam2894
    @kennethmilam2894 Před 2 měsíci

    Damn! Amazing talent

  • @jonathaneffemey944
    @jonathaneffemey944 Před 10 měsíci

    Thanks for posting

  • @dunstan96
    @dunstan96 Před 10 měsíci +2

    wonderful

  • @adamfox9245
    @adamfox9245 Před 3 měsíci

    Love this!

  • @mr61sprite
    @mr61sprite Před 10 měsíci +9

    Good stuff! Has a bit of Freeway Jam vibe.

  • @anfrankogezamartincic1161
    @anfrankogezamartincic1161 Před 10 měsíci +74

    Jack don't even need a guitarist, but he choose the right one

    • @hallittle1432
      @hallittle1432 Před 10 měsíci +3

      YES SIR...
      see Les Claypool....

    • @macmccreadie8541
      @macmccreadie8541 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Sure Mick Taylor is good..embarassingly better than those of the Stones, who have no sense of melody.

    • @anfrankogezamartincic1161
      @anfrankogezamartincic1161 Před 9 měsíci +4

      I can't judge, i wasn't there. As a guitarist-Stones never had a better one, it's my favorite Stones period. I heard they didn't get him enough author rights, who knows? I heard his solo stuff, it's good, but not as THE ROLLING STONES from Mick Taylor period. I agree about one thing-he deserves more recognition, such a tasteful guitarist.

    • @shawnbrevik9759
      @shawnbrevik9759 Před 9 měsíci

      @@macmccreadie8541and yet Mick has zero ability to write a decent song. Funny how that works?

    • @lfader
      @lfader Před 9 měsíci +2

      ​@@shawnbrevik9759Sway .....

  • @goatuscrow4135
    @goatuscrow4135 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Groovy, man!

  • @dspguitar
    @dspguitar Před 10 měsíci +79

    Mick Taylor was just too good to be in the rolling stones. They never had a real guitarist after him.

    • @AmericasChoice
      @AmericasChoice Před 10 měsíci +2

      He is simply noodling in this show.

    • @jerryshunk7152
      @jerryshunk7152 Před 10 měsíci +8

      Woody was every bit as good as Taylor B4 the stones dragged him down !

    • @robbiekoon6244
      @robbiekoon6244 Před 10 měsíci +7

      I can agree that Wood was a brilliant guitarist. The Stones have a habit of grinding talent down...just the nature of the beast of the Stones, I guess.@@jerryshunk7152

    • @jerryshunk7152
      @jerryshunk7152 Před 10 měsíci

      @@robbiekoon6244 👍 🤔 👹

    • @buschovski1
      @buschovski1 Před 10 měsíci +7

      @@AmericasChoiceIts pretty good noodling though

  • @gokhanaya
    @gokhanaya Před 10 měsíci +3

    great!

  • @harlech52
    @harlech52 Před dnem

    tbh this reminded me at the beginning of the Jazz Club sketches in the Fast Show. It improved greatly after.

  • @atiostefony3760
    @atiostefony3760 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Muchas Gracias i was just given a lot time to "Spirit" with Tony Williams

  • @nigelbagley4848
    @nigelbagley4848 Před 8 měsíci

    saw them on tour that year. jesus they were loud!

  • @romeysiamese6662
    @romeysiamese6662 Před 6 měsíci +1

    RIP carla❤

  • @maxmaxwell3787
    @maxmaxwell3787 Před 9 měsíci +2

    The drummer!

  • @craigdamage
    @craigdamage Před 10 měsíci +7

    Bruce was a great innovator himself no doubt but this seems to me to illustrate what an absolutely massive impact Miles Davis had on everything and everybody. You may recall this is the exact same period when Jeff Beck was also really into Jazz Fusion as well. I know Beck cited Miles Davis as an inspiration.

    • @stwads
      @stwads Před 9 měsíci +1

      Jack Bruce also played with John McGloughlin who would also have influenced him.

    • @BurnsTennis
      @BurnsTennis Před 9 měsíci +1

      I think the big difference is that Jack Bruce started off as an acoustic bass jazz player. So he was always a jazz musician first, fusion would have come easy to him.

  • @anthonyhudson3136
    @anthonyhudson3136 Před 10 měsíci +4

    the drummer was something else, great.

    • @MT-dq1td
      @MT-dq1td Před 10 měsíci +2

      It is also surprising that he is the drummer of The Knack, famous for the song My Sharona. Until that time, the history of rock was a mixture of various genres, and various talent.

  • @ianroberts3948
    @ianroberts3948 Před 9 měsíci +1

    One of my favs of this time was caravan , they fused it a bit and were successful . Argent did it too, but they did it carefully . Jack followed a jazz path like ginger and were superb as pioneers for today , lets face it jazz is a hard road , carla rip made great music and did her thing ,bravo

  • @Ukraine_Rocks-OK
    @Ukraine_Rocks-OK Před 8 měsíci +1

    The keyboard kills rock n roll any time they bring it in

  • @RafaelRodrigues-no4lp
    @RafaelRodrigues-no4lp Před 9 měsíci +2

    great bass hero!

  • @juliegoldman6778
    @juliegoldman6778 Před 10 měsíci +8

    Killer cut and playing all around ! Only downer is the poor planning by the camera guys who got very little good footage of Jack Bruce...

  • @foivoslegrand5445
    @foivoslegrand5445 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Καταπληκτική δουλειά !!!
    Κρίμα που δεν έζησε πολύ αυτό το σχήμα, που ήταν φτιαγμένο για την κορυφή.

  • @patrickkelly9178
    @patrickkelly9178 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I was a mere kid but I was fortunate to see the band at Birmingham odeon. Only really knew Sunshine of your love then, but I do remember being amazed by the drummer in the band. hOwever this was a very young Simon Phillips who took my breath away. Maybe soemone else out there was at teh same gig and also recalls him being the man behind the kit?

  • @melaniehoward9532
    @melaniehoward9532 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Wow drummer

  • @johnosborne2989
    @johnosborne2989 Před 4 měsíci

    Jack and Mick are legends. The other musicians are extremely good.❤❤❤

  • @daveallen5065
    @daveallen5065 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Nice

  • @ryancole90
    @ryancole90 Před 5 měsíci

    Bruce Gary is great

  • @JackSmith-kp2vs
    @JackSmith-kp2vs Před 3 měsíci

    Welcome to jazz club…Greaaat….Wonderfuuul

  • @Darrylizer1
    @Darrylizer1 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I think it's high time I explore Jack Bruce's discography.

  • @yourdrummer2034
    @yourdrummer2034 Před 10 měsíci

    This is the stuff musical dreams are made of!!

  • @frankstecker5675
    @frankstecker5675 Před 7 měsíci

    Great 🎸 band

  • @_RZ____
    @_RZ____ Před 10 měsíci +1

    Love the ‘Tron!

  • @longtalljay
    @longtalljay Před 10 měsíci +3

    Can't walk into a shop today and find a Gibson ES of that quality. The really modest looking ES 335 of today sets you back by 5K.

  • @robbiekoon6244
    @robbiekoon6244 Před 10 měsíci +1

    There will always be a multitude of opinions about 'supergroups' and such; about as many as you have commentors...lol! But this, right here, is as super as it can get for me. The talent here is etheral and underrated, collectively and individually (just my opinion). Thanks so much for putting this up for those of us great unwashed who desperately needed this on an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday afternoon!

  • @TheStarzzguitar
    @TheStarzzguitar Před 10 měsíci

    Very interesting...!

  • @lilaccilla
    @lilaccilla Před 10 měsíci +2

    And Carla on synth! cool beans

  • @Kekuahiwi
    @Kekuahiwi Před 4 měsíci

    No pressure on the drummer; composition of drummer Tony Williams. What a force that guy was. Got to see him once in a convening of West Coast players at Kimball's East in Emeryville around 1996.

  • @HIT_IT_RIGHT
    @HIT_IT_RIGHT Před 10 měsíci +1

    Jack Bruce with John Surman and John Hiseman Trio was my favorite!
    Only some BBC-tracks on the Bruce 3-CD-Box, please try!

  • @cbjb5551
    @cbjb5551 Před 3 měsíci

    Tonny Williams' WILD LIFE. J.Bruce often played this song.

  • @lorenzo6mm
    @lorenzo6mm Před 10 měsíci +5

    This is FUSION
    NOT "Prog Rock"
    thats a marketing name from layer on.
    Fusion was the direction
    Jimi Hendrix was headed for in 1971.
    He' d heard Miles Davis guitar players and compositions and John MClaughlin's inovations and especially
    Carlos Santana.
    He had booked alot of these session musicians rhat Miles Davis used.
    Read, "Electric Gypsy," the best biography
    ever writen.

  • @leighton757
    @leighton757 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Carla Bley! Wow

  • @blowith
    @blowith Před 4 měsíci

    This rules

  • @romeysiamese6662
    @romeysiamese6662 Před 6 měsíci

    Its Jack Bruce, he can play whatever he wishes ❤

  • @user-fp3fk4yh9w
    @user-fp3fk4yh9w Před 10 měsíci

    I'm so glad I saw this band crystal palace June 75

  • @user-rd3gt9lz5v
    @user-rd3gt9lz5v Před 5 měsíci

    Oohh hang on, there's a very young Carla Bley! Heaving a rather nervous sigh by the looks of it ...she and JB date back to her debut album Escalator Over the Hill. Sadly we lost her last October.

  • @yellingelk
    @yellingelk Před 4 měsíci

    "You are witnessing a first in our new musical direction! This is a piece called Jazz Odyssey... he wrote this."

  • @MatchingMoleII
    @MatchingMoleII Před 10 měsíci +2

    On Tony Williams' Believe It album, this is called Wildlife.

  • @Scott-uj2bi
    @Scott-uj2bi Před 10 měsíci +2

    I enjoy watching the dude on the keyboard is that called manual tune. Thank you.

  • @vinnysrockshow2747
    @vinnysrockshow2747 Před 9 měsíci

    Bruce Gary from the Knack with big hair!! Nice!!!

  • @MrLaodeismail
    @MrLaodeismail Před 9 měsíci

    💯