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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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.
I love cream too
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.
The fact that it's fretless and he's doing all these lines is some skilled dedication
He started off as double bassist so it’s probably second nature to him
@@ChrisHopkinsBass *first* he studied the cello. So he knows/hears what to do.
Really good intonation.
Ahh that makes sense
@@jcsk8 yes!!! Most fretless players overestimate their own skills. *He* owns the skills.
He was one of my early influences when I started playing bass almost 56 years ago. RIP, Jack.
This Guy and John Entwistle took the Bass to the next level
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
Don't forget Paul.
Don't forget Jack Cassidy
Don't forget my favorite bass player! Me too! Me too!
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!
Jack played a stand up Bass before.
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.
No doubt a Godfather of Rock!! Awesome man!!
Just because it's fretless, does not mean that he does not have position markers to look down at.
@@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.
Amazing that we have a record of this. RIP Jack Bruce.
Wonderful! Jack was truly one of the greatest musicians who ever lived.
Great history from Jack. He knows his music theory as well as being a master bass player and songwriter!
So much wisdom right here in this video!
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.
@@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.
@@snap1966 He also was pretty good on six string guitar and piano. A thoroughly capable musician.
Unlike a lot of rock bassists, Bruce wasn't forced onto the instrument by being a worst guitarist in the band or because he thought it might be easy. He understood the importance of the instrument and liked it for its own worth. He came from the jazz world, and if you follow jazz you know that jazz bassists are regarded very highly and take the instrument very seriously, and no jazz band settles for a mediocre bassist.
I love Jack Bruce's playing!! What a great musician!!
One of the best bassists and vocalists ever.
@@thomaspick4123Yeah, pretty good voice.
Thanks for posting a clip from this. The full video used to be on YT but was removed a while ago. :(
I could listen to you all day long. Cheers!!
What an absolutely ferocious right hand attack! You can just see the double bass background right there. . .
Speaking about that aggressive attack, I guess Geddy Lee is inspired by JB :)
For me he represents the utmost bass player. Not to mention that he also sang very well . A true genius musician, that is missed.
He's such a musical BEAST! He changed the world :)
@@jimmypaladinomusic If you have to ask the question, you wouldn't understand the answer.
The fact it’s fretless makes it even more wonderful!
but its nothing hard
@@sebg2086 lmao
@@sebg2086 Put your vids up then.
I see this, and miss him so much. What a talent. What a genius. What a man.
this man was just brilliant and so talented. thank you Jack!
He sung while flawlessly working that fretless. Wow. Just wow.
*Les Claypool has entered the chat
@@WhiskerWhippersIs this some kind of dick size competition? They both play hard parts lol
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.
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.
Jack Bruce was (and still is) one of my biggest influences on bass improvisation.
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.
You (ARE) a GENIUS MUSICIAN Jack!
You Ginger and Clapton! Don't care what anyone says! 1960's & then When you got back together in 2005 Royal Albert Hall!! You might've been struggling from illness BUT WAS STILL YOU GUYS BEST EVER PERFORMANCE!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL! & GOD REST BOTH YOUR SOULS!
⚛️☯️♾️✝️🕉️🙏🏻🏴🏴🇬🇧
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 !
Saw him live with Cream in 1968. Zappa and the MOI on the same bill. A great show that I've never forgotten.
Where was that?
@@chikkipop The old Wabash Coliseum in Chicago. Saw Hendrix there the same year.
What a show that must have been.
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.
Sometimes I wonder how good Jack was and then I see something like this and I am in awe of him!
RIP Mr. Bruce, your music will live on and continue to inspire millions.
The fact that he didn't kill Ginger is testament to his kindness
Cut the crap. Ginger would've muderized him. Get real. Jack's a lover, not a fighter.
Jack Bruce having a TH-cam channel and putting out tutorials is great news for the world
Jack was and still is a huge influence on me as a bassist. Irreplaceable talent and skill. 🙏🏻
Superb bass playing from a master.
Jack Bruce, one of the main pillars in rock n roll history.
This is astonishing, massive thumbs up 👍, thankyou for sharing 😎🎵🎸
the legend himself
My favourite bass player god bless u jack
Jack loved his bass...and playing it....very well too.....
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"
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.
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
@@petegaslondonThat's crazy. They kicked you out for keeping time? Sounds like music teachers you should _definitely_ ignore.
Jack Bruce war ein großartiger Sänger und Bassist
lieber Jack, ruhe in Frieden. An der Bassgitarre und mit deiner Stimme bleibst du unvergesslich ❤
What a stunning player/musician, with added vocal prowess. One of my favorite bass players, to be sure. RIP Jack.
Tasty sound from a great exponent of the bass,valet Mr Jack Bruce
This is so awesome, what a performance, beautiful, playing on that bass!!!!, it’s great to hear the bass without the music
I loved Ginger B’s account of when Jack B first sat in with his band. They threw everything at him and were amazed
Fantástic
Hard to follow without frets but absolutely spectacular. My favorite all time bass play and vocalist.
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.
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.
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.
Should serve as a lesson concerning the value of learning something about classical music.
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!
Jack, you're a legend who inspired legends. Jeff Berlin, Geddy Lee, the list goes on.
What a beast of a player! Monster talent.
A master at work!! Awesome demonstration Jack
My Eternal Love, Jack Bruce:❤🤩😍😘
So good to hear Mr Bruce by himself to appreciate him
Jack Bruce must’ve had perfect pitch. That’s a lovely gift to have.
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
We miss you Jack. :)
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.
Genius. Jack had ears on his fingers
Top musician. Jack Bruce's value to Cream is clearly illustrated when you consider the Blind Faith album- where the only decent tracks were written and sung by Steve Winwood.
One of my favorite bass player.
“listen to anybody called charlie” is actually pretty decent jazz advice
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!
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!
SUCH A BEAST! He's the first guy I ever saw with a Warwick...
I think I've seen Percy Jones with a Wahl bass also. Cream and Brand X... some of my favorite stuff.
John Paul Jones plays one also ? Not sure
This is a beautiful study of bass class.
Beautiful!
Lendário baixista/vocalista. Um dos melhores de todos os tempos.
Had a chance to see him with Ringos all stars followed the next year by seeing Jon Entwhistle with Ringo.
Maestro ❤
The man was an absolute genius.
A true master of timing as well. Listen to any version of their NSU.
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.
Jack started out as a Jazz Bass Player. What a legend.
it's one of the Things We Like about Jack
I love Jack Bruce
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.
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.
The opposite of Jeff Berlin's school of "let the amplifier do the work". :)
Awesome! time to catch up on my Bach:)
Playing fretless without looking is absolutely stunning.
Brilliant musician! My idol !
A legend with a legendary song
Most underrated bassist
@joseandan13m - you are trying to spread nonsense. Everybody with an interest in rock music would know Jack Bruce. Are you happy with the clicks?
Jack Bruce is so awesome!!
Jack great singer and great power bass player
Thank goodness, actual bass guitar playing without the slap. This line was so influential for me as a kid.
Jack is one on the reasons I wanted to play bass.
This is actually my first time hearing him speak. I pictured his speaking voice being quite different. Very cool.
As others have said a genius. He was the glue that held Cream together. A great example Spoonful recorded live at Fillmore on double Wheels of Fire album.
The glue? Not at all. If anything, Clapton was the glue (or perhaps the meat in the sandwich) mediating between Bruce and Baker when they were at each other's throats.
Thank You! what a treat...
Incredible
My God unreal..Just the Best
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!
Jack Bruce el mejor bajista de la historia 😊
What a great player
Great...with or without frets!😄👍
Nada melhor que o mestre mostrar como se faz 👏👏👏🤘🏻🤘🏻
To watch and hear him do is a real gift. So, where can I find a cheap cello?
Wonderful 🎸🎵🎶
Great and amazing playing obviously but the SOUND he gets fom his Warwick is just incredible, spontaneous, raw and so rich
The man was brilliant