Bruce was born on 14 May 1943 in Bishopbriggs Lanarkshire Scotland, to Betty and Charlie Bruce, musical parents who moved frequently resulting in the young Bruce attending 14 different schools, ending up at Bellahouston Academy. He began playing jazz bass in his teens and won a scholarship to study cello and musical composition at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama while playing in Jim McHarg's Scotsville Jazzband to support himself. Jack's playing in jazz combos was disapproved by his school and he was forced to leave, After leaving school he toured Italy, playing double bass with the Murray Campbell Big Band. In 1962 Bruce became a member of the London based band Blues Incorporated led by Alexis Korner, in which he played the upright bass. The band also included organist Graham Bond, saxophonist Dick Heckstall Smith and drummer Ginger Baker, In 1963 the group broke up. In March 1963 Bruce played in the Johnny Burch Octet, Bruce would go on to form the Graham Bond Quartet with Bond, Baker and guitarist John McLaughlin. They played an eclectic range of music genres including bebop, blues and rhythm and blues, As a result of session work Bruce switched from the upright bass to the electric bass guitar. The move to electric bass happened as McLaughlin was dropped from the band, he was replaced by Heckstall Smith on saxophone and the band pursued a more concise R&B sound and changed their name to the Graham Bond Organisation, The group released two studio albums and several singles but were not commercially successful. in short In July 1966 Bruce, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker founded the power trio Cream which gained international recognition playing blues rock and jazz inflected rock music. Bruce either penned or co penned the majority of the band's tunes and sang most of the lead vocals, with Clapton backing him up and eventually assuming some leads himself. With his Gibson EB 3 or Fender VI electric basses, Bruce became one of the most famous bassists in rock winning musicians' polls and influencing the next generation of bassists such as Sting, Jim Shaw, Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler and Jeff Berlin. Bruce co wrote most of Cream's single releases with lyricist Pete Brown including the hits Sunshine of Your Love, White Room and I Feel Free, and Cream broke up in 1968.
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