Jack Bruce (Cream) passed away…

According to a statement by his family in the official website of Jack Bruce, Jack has died  at his home in Suffolk, Englandof liver disease. The following statement was published in the wesite: ““It is with great sadness that we, Jack’s family, announce the passing of our beloved Jack: husband, father, granddad, and all round legend. The world of music will be a poorer place without him but he lives on in his music and forever in our hearts.” Bruce wrote and sang most of the songs, including “I Feel Free”, “White Room,” “Politician” and “Sunshine Of Your Love.”

Cream split in November 1968, and Bruce went on to front his own bands.

Many artists covered Bruce’s songs, including Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and Ella Fitzgerald.

Bruce returned to the studio around 2000 to record his solo album Shadows in the Air, which hit number five on the British jazz and blues chart. His most recent release in 2014, titled Silver Rails.

“I thought it was going to be really hard to come up with songs that worked and that I like, but it turned out to be very, very natural and I just found it was so easy to write,” Bruce told Billboard in April. “I used the (1969 solo debut) album ‘Songs For a Tailor’ as a template and I kind of listened to that and I based the kind of atmosphere and the feeling of the songs on ‘Silver Rails’ on that, so it’s kind of a bookends, if you like.”

Sources:
Billboard
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