Jack Bruce - White Room Tutorial (The Cream of Cream DVD, 1998)

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  • Jack Bruce providing a step-by-step guide to master the bass line of "White Room."
    This clip is an excerpt from the instructional DVD "The Cream of Cream", released by Rittor Music in 1998.
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  • @jeffsilverman6104
    @jeffsilverman6104 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    We miss you down here, Jack. You were second to no one else. Every generation has special people, and you were ours. I would've liked to have sat down to a pint with you, and just talked about music.

  • @mayormc
    @mayormc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I always loved Cream, but it took years to appreciate just how great Jack Bruce really was and this just makes that appreciation soar to the stars. What an absolute legend. Also seems like a pleasant and approachable chap. Legends like him are sorely missed as our society produces damn few these days.

  • @Eclipse52776
    @Eclipse52776 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +275

    The fact that it's fretless and he's doing all these lines is some skilled dedication

    • @ChrisHopkinsBass
      @ChrisHopkinsBass 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      He started off as double bassist so it’s probably second nature to him

    • @kaptnkirk2740
      @kaptnkirk2740 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@ChrisHopkinsBass *first* he studied the cello. So he knows/hears what to do.

    • @jcsk8
      @jcsk8 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Really good intonation.

    • @Eclipse52776
      @Eclipse52776 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ahh that makes sense

    • @kaptnkirk2740
      @kaptnkirk2740 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@jcsk8 yes!!! Most fretless players overestimate their own skills. *He* owns the skills.

  • @alexmacleod3728
    @alexmacleod3728 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    This Guy and John Entwistle took the Bass to the next level

    • @steverainsford6807
      @steverainsford6807 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dont forget the late great Andy Fraser Check out Free , The Stealer, Geddy Lee Rush an all time great and Larry Taylor Canned heat . So many red hot bassist to say any of them were underrated

    • @wonder6789
      @wonder6789 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Don't forget Paul.

  • @OTOss8
    @OTOss8 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Amazing that we have a record of this. RIP Jack Bruce.

  • @KevyNova
    @KevyNova 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +140

    I saw him in 1989 with Ginger Baker, it was their second show together since Cream! I stood right in front of the stage at Jack’s feet and couldn’t believe how effortlessly he played a fretless bass without looking and singing at the same time!

    • @robrousseau4524
      @robrousseau4524 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Jack played a stand up Bass before.

    • @jazzman1954
      @jazzman1954 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Upright and cello players have to play without looking at their fingers. Otherwise how do you read the dots? Jack Bruce would have automatically applied that to playing fret less bass guitar. The majority of fret less owner’s never learn this skill because it involves a huge amount of hard work.

    • @Karmakatt6
      @Karmakatt6 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No doubt a Godfather of Rock!! Awesome man!!

    • @David-ry9ly
      @David-ry9ly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just because it's fretless, does not mean that he does not have position markers to look down at.

    • @jazzman1954
      @jazzman1954 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@David-ry9ly True. The real players don’t look at them much. Only if it’s a tricky position change or very high and they want to be sure. Double bass players who have been properly trained only look at their hands occasionally and they don’t have fret position marks at all.

  • @davidhiggen3029
    @davidhiggen3029 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Great history from Jack. He knows his music theory as well as being a master bass player and songwriter!

  • @tomdecuca3627
    @tomdecuca3627 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I love Jack Bruce's playing!! What a great musician!!

  • @gustavoheberle6265
    @gustavoheberle6265 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    For me he represents the utmost bass player. Not to mention that he also sang very well . A true genius musician, that is missed.

  • @babycharliebrown
    @babycharliebrown 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    The fact it’s fretless makes it even more wonderful!

    • @sebg2086
      @sebg2086 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      but its nothing hard

    • @be4stable
      @be4stable 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@sebg2086 lmao

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sebg2086 Put your vids up then.

  • @MP40meatballTR
    @MP40meatballTR 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    So much wisdom right here in this video!

  • @user-ve4ig6pw1s
    @user-ve4ig6pw1s 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He was one of my early influences when I started playing bass almost 56 years ago. RIP, Jack.

  • @caryheuchert
    @caryheuchert 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

    Wonderful! Jack was truly one of the greatest musicians who ever lived.

  • @timhancock6626
    @timhancock6626 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Using the bass as an equal contributor to the lead guitar and not just as a support instrument is what made Jack stand out. He didn't accept there were any limits for the instrument. I just loved the dynamism of his bass work and it's thoughtfulness.

    • @apreciouslife13
      @apreciouslife13 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same with Entwistle. He considered himself a bass guitar player not a bassist.

    • @MaskedRiderChris
      @MaskedRiderChris 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      One of the first "lead bassists" in rock n' roll, and people who slag those kinds of players are just jealous and closed minded, IMO.

  • @snap1966
    @snap1966 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I remember reading an interview many years ago about Jack. What he said stuck with me till this day. (about 40 years ago) He said "The bass is a real instrument" Every great band has an awesome bass player.

    • @snap1966
      @snap1966 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@jimmypaladinomusic I think he was probably saying that he understood the primary function of the bass and how it can completely altar a song in many ways.

    • @leestamm3187
      @leestamm3187 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@snap1966 He also was pretty good on six string guitar and piano. A thoroughly capable musician.

  • @waterfall488
    @waterfall488 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    He sung while flawlessly working that fretless. Wow. Just wow.

    • @WhiskerWhippers
      @WhiskerWhippers 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      *Les Claypool has entered the chat

    • @gab2876
      @gab2876 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WhiskerWhippersIs this some kind of dick size competition? They both play hard parts lol

  • @bongosock
    @bongosock 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    He's such a musical BEAST! He changed the world :)

    • @bongosock
      @bongosock 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jimmypaladinomusic If you have to ask the question, you wouldn't understand the answer.

  • @ivanterekhov5369
    @ivanterekhov5369 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    One of the best bassists and vocalists ever.

    • @ivanterekhov5369
      @ivanterekhov5369 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@thomaspick4123Yeah, pretty good voice.

  • @jgrossma
    @jgrossma 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What an absolutely ferocious right hand attack! You can just see the double bass background right there. . .

    • @anta40
      @anta40 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Speaking about that aggressive attack, I guess Geddy Lee is inspired by JB :)

  • @garythain76
    @garythain76 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    this man was just brilliant and so talented. thank you Jack!

  • @MiguelRojas-hh1wx
    @MiguelRojas-hh1wx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    My Eternal Love, Jack Bruce:❤🤩😍😘

  • @PaulBrown-sn4xu
    @PaulBrown-sn4xu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My favourite bass player god bless u jack

  • @patferris3640
    @patferris3640 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Jack Bruce was (and still is) one of my biggest influences on bass improvisation.

  • @MontyCantsin5
    @MontyCantsin5 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for posting a clip from this. The full video used to be on YT but was removed a while ago. :(

  • @jackwestofficial
    @jackwestofficial 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I see this, and miss him so much. What a talent. What a genius. What a man.

  • @ugmodude
    @ugmodude 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Genius. Jack had ears on his fingers

  • @DavisSchulz
    @DavisSchulz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    the legend himself

  • @mrpositronia
    @mrpositronia 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    We miss you Jack. :)

  • @peterkalavritinos9201
    @peterkalavritinos9201 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Maestro ❤

  • @leestamm3187
    @leestamm3187 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Saw him live with Cream in 1968. Zappa and the MOI on the same bill. A great show that I've never forgotten.

    • @chikkipop
      @chikkipop 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Where was that?

    • @leestamm3187
      @leestamm3187 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chikkipop The old Wabash Coliseum in Chicago. Saw Hendrix there the same year.

    • @sealisa1398
      @sealisa1398 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What a show that must have been.

    • @coinneachmaclellan3121
      @coinneachmaclellan3121 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I saw him live with Cream in Vancouver in 1968...he was what made that group work...I only wish that he had gone on to play in Blind Faith with Winwood and Clapton...I saw them in 1969...Baker's solo on "Do What You Like" was pretty much a repeat of "Toad"...Winwood was the real standout.

  • @BILBO1
    @BILBO1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I could listen to you all day long. Cheers!!

  • @Aldo-Music-Channel
    @Aldo-Music-Channel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    This is astonishing, massive thumbs up 👍, thankyou for sharing 😎🎵🎸

  • @geromobil
    @geromobil 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    lieber Jack, ruhe in Frieden. An der Bassgitarre und mit deiner Stimme bleibst du unvergesslich ❤

  • @bryandrums32
    @bryandrums32 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    This is so awesome, what a performance, beautiful, playing on that bass!!!!, it’s great to hear the bass without the music

  • @migzz7976
    @migzz7976 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Jack Bruce, one of the main pillars in rock n roll history.

  • @peetyw8851
    @peetyw8851 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I loved Ginger B’s account of when Jack B first sat in with his band. They threw everything at him and were amazed

  • @neilsaunders6009
    @neilsaunders6009 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Superb bass playing from a master.

  • @raoulduke344
    @raoulduke344 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I come from the same housing scheme as Jack. He named an album after it, and moved back to the area in the uears preceeding his death.
    Fantastic musician, who wasn't allowed to take music as a subject at secondary school because the teacher said he had "no musical ability"

    • @liamfitzdrums
      @liamfitzdrums 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He also got kicked out of a classical music school because he was caught playing jazz music. This was when jazz was seen as rebellious music along with the blues & early rock n roll.

    • @petegaslondon
      @petegaslondon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow - I got it easy, i just got kicked outa music lessons for swaying my head to the beat... Remember folks "when say you're not good enough - IGNORE THEM" - @GlennFricker - finally getting his NEVE desk!
      www.youtube.com/@SpectreSoundstudios

    • @raoulduke344
      @raoulduke344 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@petegaslondonThat's crazy. They kicked you out for keeping time? Sounds like music teachers you should _definitely_ ignore.

  • @yankeelawdog
    @yankeelawdog 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Hard to follow without frets but absolutely spectacular. My favorite all time bass play and vocalist.

    • @Mudge07
      @Mudge07 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Jack takes you through the phrasing and chords, I can see that frets would reinforce your knowledge of the whole fretboard, and for strings players it’s already under their hats. At a reasonable level his explanation need only be verbal, nice to see how he plays it though. Apart from the soloing, the lead guitar is doing much less than what Jack accomplishes in the verses on bass.

    • @WhiskerWhippers
      @WhiskerWhippers 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you play enough you know where he’s at. Plus he tells you what he’s playing. And most fretless basses have the dots on top.

  • @garygomesvedicastrology
    @garygomesvedicastrology 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sometimes I wonder how good Jack was and then I see something like this and I am in awe of him!

  • @glenngage274
    @glenngage274 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Awesome! time to catch up on my Bach:)

  • @DaBaronSamedi
    @DaBaronSamedi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Beautiful!

  • @michaelhirstny
    @michaelhirstny 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a beast of a player! Monster talent.

  • @sysop007
    @sysop007 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jack was and still is a huge influence on me as a bassist. Irreplaceable talent and skill. 🙏🏻

  • @GoCreateSomething
    @GoCreateSomething 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I think I've seen Percy Jones with a Wahl bass also. Cream and Brand X... some of my favorite stuff.

    • @DanielCastillo-cn3pp
      @DanielCastillo-cn3pp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      John Paul Jones plays one also ? Not sure

  • @jimzeleny7213
    @jimzeleny7213 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    A true master of timing as well. Listen to any version of their NSU.

  • @sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778
    @sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jack Bruce must’ve had perfect pitch. That’s a lovely gift to have.

  • @lyndamcardle4123
    @lyndamcardle4123 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He could play double bass, electric bass, piano, cello and probably guitar, violin, harmonica and other assorted keyboards....Bruce was truly a multi-instrumentalist ....oh and he could sing at the same time as playing too !

  • @JamesMoore-un3cu
    @JamesMoore-un3cu 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a stunning player/musician, with added vocal prowess. One of my favorite bass players, to be sure. RIP Jack.

  • @joergl562
    @joergl562 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Great...with or without frets!😄👍

  • @heiwatozenryosa
    @heiwatozenryosa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant musician! My idol !

  • @snowmanfl
    @snowmanfl 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RIP Mr. Bruce, your music will live on and continue to inspire millions.

  • @ObsidianLife
    @ObsidianLife 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    SUCH A BEAST! He's the first guy I ever saw with a Warwick...

  • @joseadan13m
    @joseadan13m 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Most underrated bassist

    • @chrisburzig7360
      @chrisburzig7360 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @joseandan13m - you are trying to spread nonsense. Everybody with an interest in rock music would know Jack Bruce. Are you happy with the clicks?

  • @mitchsmix269
    @mitchsmix269 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jack Bruce having a TH-cam channel and putting out tutorials is great news for the world

  • @george_2172
    @george_2172 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A master at work!! Awesome demonstration Jack

  • @TheCapedWanderer
    @TheCapedWanderer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bach’s basslines “furiously good” great way to describe it. Every Bach melody I’ve learned has taught me something about the essence of music.

    • @leestamm3187
      @leestamm3187 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Should serve as a lesson concerning the value of learning something about classical music.

  • @yvanc98
    @yvanc98 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I believe that he is sat in angel studios in islington - a beautiful sounding live room with lots of character! It used to be a church and behind him is where the choir would have sat in front of a beautiful pipe organ - recently restored by Abbey Road studios in 2021!

  • @rationalmuscle
    @rationalmuscle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jack, you're a legend who inspired legends. Jeff Berlin, Geddy Lee, the list goes on.

  • @peterbridge7940
    @peterbridge7940 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    On a serious note, it's absolutely brilliant that he Jack took the time to make this video. I discovered it by chance and I need to look to see if there are any.
    Maybe other bassists do the same I need to look into this. It's inspiring and fills me with bonus admiration

  • @jimdeeds
    @jimdeeds 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a beautiful study of bass class.

  • @richardhernandez488
    @richardhernandez488 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Cream- White Room Live (Royal Albert Hall 2005) See Jack Bruce in action with his fretless base with Eric Clapton & Ginger Baker. Oldies at their best!

  • @frankperricone2065
    @frankperricone2065 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow, how did it take so long for this to show up on my radar. Since I mention his name regularly. In my opinion the best musician, songwriter and voices.I play bass and don't know how he played those bass lines and sang and played the Harmonica at the same time. The reason I picked up the bass, was playing guitar at about 11 the heard Disraeli Gears and decided I was switching to bass.

  • @5150show
    @5150show 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Incredible

  • @1user136
    @1user136 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Jack great singer and great power bass player

  • @rman52
    @rman52 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    To anybody called Charlie, it's amazing how many are in awe of the skill required playing a fretless instrument. You must think think that Charles Mingus or Yo Yo Ma are extraterrestrials. Or every other jazz or classical string players are as well. That being said, Jack was an amazing musician. Equal in every way to Baker and Clapton in talent.

  • @marcianojuniormaraschin5080
    @marcianojuniormaraschin5080 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Lendário baixista/vocalista. Um dos melhores de todos os tempos.

  • @machone35
    @machone35 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Playing fretless without looking is absolutely stunning.

  • @hpblack1953
    @hpblack1953 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He also played the upright bass, using the two plucking fingers technique. He attacked the stings on his Gibson EB-3 and this fretless Warwick Thumb the same way. RIP Jack. You, not Clapton, were Cream.

    • @alilacherruse
      @alilacherruse 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I sort of get it, & as ~great~ as is he is I guess you felt the need to say it... that said Cream were a trio.

    • @C0urne
      @C0urne 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The opposite of Jeff Berlin's school of "let the amplifier do the work". :)

  • @petjobedet4650
    @petjobedet4650 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Jack started out as a Jazz Bass Player. What a legend.

    • @zibberebbiz
      @zibberebbiz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it's one of the Things We Like about Jack

  • @buropinto8744
    @buropinto8744 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank You! what a treat...

  • @richardwilton722
    @richardwilton722 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The man was brilliant

  • @paultraynorbsc627
    @paultraynorbsc627 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful 🎸🎵🎶

  • @luzaozanetti8874
    @luzaozanetti8874 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Jack Bruce... BASS MASTER SUPREME!

  • @phillipriggs3375
    @phillipriggs3375 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So good to hear Mr Bruce by himself to appreciate him

  • @patricktongs9766
    @patricktongs9766 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tasty sound from a great exponent of the bass,valet Mr Jack Bruce

  • @be4stable
    @be4stable 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    just fkn WOW!!

  • @prathameshbhambure
    @prathameshbhambure 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a legend! It's crazy how he plays it so good given that it's totally difficult in nature. This makes me want too watch the Reunion 2005 performance of White Room!

  • @migzz7976
    @migzz7976 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ginger Baker introduced himself to me at a studio here in LA once...never washed my hand again.

  • @anthonybernabei2000
    @anthonybernabei2000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of my favorite bass player.

  • @netamendonka8048
    @netamendonka8048 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Jack Bruce el mejor bajista de la historia 😊

  • @ivangencheff
    @ivangencheff 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jack Bruce is so awesome!!

  • @mdv4077
    @mdv4077 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great and amazing playing obviously but the SOUND he gets fom his Warwick is just incredible, spontaneous, raw and so rich

  • @1234drums
    @1234drums 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just amazing ❤

  • @Ivan.8067
    @Ivan.8067 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nada melhor que o mestre mostrar como se faz 👏👏👏🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @andrezanon7746
    @andrezanon7746 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Um dos melhores do mundo!!! Arrebentou no Trapeze!!!

  • @dkjazzz
    @dkjazzz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just Amazing!!

  • @anthonysilva5312
    @anthonysilva5312 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    RIP legend

  • @dylanakent
    @dylanakent 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank goodness, actual bass guitar playing without the slap. This line was so influential for me as a kid.

  • @cobar5342
    @cobar5342 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a great player

  • @wonder6789
    @wonder6789 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This same (or very similar) bass pattern enjoyed a fashion and produced some killer tracks around 1966-69 - see the Lovin' Spoonfuls' 'Summer in the City', the Beatles' 'Dear Prudence', Cream's own 'Tales of Brave Ulysses', Blind Faith's 'Can't Find My Way Home', and more.

  • @vinnygny3023
    @vinnygny3023 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Although I was into the music of West, Bruce and Laing earlier 70’s / When I saw Mountain @ radio city music hall later 70’s it was with Felix Pappalardi / Leslie and Laing BUT, I attended a concert in 1982 in NYC I believe it was at the palladium. Jack Bruce with Billy Cobham and I was blown away with Jacks Bass playing, he was on another level compared to many bass players I’ve seen in big group concerts in the 70’s. There were also two other musicians at that concert a keyboardist and guitar player. I wish they cut an album because it was superb. And what I found funny was he came out in ripped up jeans and missing teeth but boy was he great!

  • @vilo_h5541
    @vilo_h5541 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Master at his craft.

  • @baritony8763
    @baritony8763 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A legend with a legendary song

  • @voronOsphere
    @voronOsphere 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing!!!!

  • @billblanchette3604
    @billblanchette3604 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome. It sounded like a bit of Tales of Brave Ulysses in there....

  • @owlbert3963
    @owlbert3963 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    great bassist...equally great singer!

  • @prd004.2
    @prd004.2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Legend

  • @johnhanover2229
    @johnhanover2229 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the best.

  • @peterg.bassist
    @peterg.bassist 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Legend!