For many years a double bass player influenced more by jazz and classical music than rock, Jack Bruce brought an acute melodic awareness to the bass guitar from the moment he picked one up.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The year was 1968, and guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker were ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Jack Bruce, who formed influential British rock band Cream in the 1960s with guitarist Eric Clapton, has died aged 71, his family said on Saturday. Bruce co-wrote some of Cream's ...

Despite the long history of tension between Cream‘s Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, both along with Eric Clapton relented and agreed to reunite the band and play four shows in 2005 at Royal Albert Hall ...

Thanks mainly to his work with Cream, Bruce was a major influential on many other respected rock bassists, including Rush’s Geddy Lee, Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler, Yes’ Chris Squire, and Mountain’s ...

Jack Bruce remains one of the most enduring and fascinating figures of late 20th century popular music. By the age of eleven, he had already written his own string quartet, before eventually attending ...