The Jack Bruce Band - Spirit (Old Grey Whistle Test, 6th June 1975)

The Jack Bruce Band performing "Spirit" on The Old Grey Whistle Test on June 6th, 1975.
Band:
Jack Bruce - Vocals & Bass
Mick Taylor - Guitar
Ronnie Leahy - Piano & Organ
Carla Bley - Keyboards
Bruce Gary - Drums
Footage licensed from BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. All rights reserved.
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[@andychase7693]

Carla Bley died today at the age of 87. R.I.P. Carla. And Jack. And Bruce.

[@juansecar2]

Most of u wont know it... but that right there is Miss Carla Bley... one of the greatest musicians not only in rock history but in Jazz history... good for m.r Bruce. Clap clap

[@PAN77769]

and her solo unbelievable!!!

[@MiguelRojas-hh1wx]

Great, Jack Bruce, Mick Taylor , And Carla Bley:👏👏👏

[@marcob.7801]

This is an era long gone when talent and musicianship reigned supreme!

[@thomasgoodisson8877]

Absolutely spot on my friend.

[@MrUsermister]

It didn't reign ... it was a given

[@marcob.7801]

Same thing friend! @@MrUsermister

[@Damdochax]

They are terrible, what are you talking about. They great couldn’t musicians individually but together they suck. No one’s playing in the pocket amateur best.

[@written12]

Big, there’s so much Jack Bruce music to discover and dive into. I, for one, really don’t know his jazz fusion period. Thanks so much for sharing this.

[@mauricioramirez2425]

Concuerdo mucho por descubrir

[@5StarAlcatraz]

There was so much more to Jack Bruce's music than Cream/Clapton. These are some top notch players.I also like how respectful the audiences were back then.

[@konradbenz7110]

more for minorities never anything like CREAM !!! ❤❤❤

[@onoyudont]

@5StarAlcatraz Take it from me ,we were absolutely riveted. He had away of making a Madison Square Garden sized venue feel like a stage side table at the Marquee.And, making that smaller club feel like the RAH.

[@mrzap343]

Mick Taylor: best Stones guitarist ever!

[@casedismissed8581]

no question about it !

[@gertschmitz5876]

Bruce Gary is an underrated drummer. He is exellent in his playing.😘

[@smoovegittar]

Agreed

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

Yes, a technically highly capable drummer who went on to join a rather musically pedestrian band, The Knack. In this respect he resembled Dennis Elliott, who played with the jazz-rock band If to musically good effect before being hijacked by Foreigner.

[@joebodynobody764]

Thought that was Howard Stern

[@marc-andrebrun8942]

his playing make me thought another drummer of that holy time, Jaki Liebezeit from CAN kzbin.info/www/bejne/goHNd2eQfdp8odE

[@lilaccilla]

@@joebodynobody764 lol

[@lemuellachica4991]

One of a kind! I hear shades of Zappa's apostrophe in Jack's Bruce's approach here. One of the very best Jack Bruce

[@CrankErUp]

Agree-------Even in the tone of his bass

[@dalstonjazz]

Snap - I noticed that before seeing your comment.

[@nazarenonenning1612]

In the 70s the musicians are just so good

[@raymondvaughan6262]

Had to be good then not like the shite kids thinks good now great musicians great bands around

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

Superb Mellotron by Carla Bley. Brilliant playing all round, in fact!

[@caryheuchert]

Always nice to have some Tron!

[@josephtravers777]

I didn't know Carla played w/ Jack until I saw this. She's a great composer.

[@shnootch]

Yeah her solo is interesting too. Not a great solo by the other keyboardist. Jack got right to the point with his brief one. He’s always great. I thought Mick Taylor did well himself

[@shnootch]

Admit I was kind of missing Larry Young, this being a Tony Williams tune

[@shnootch]

Nice drumming!

[@martinpaterson6535]

Wonderful memories, thank you. I saw this band in Manchester a few days after this TV broadcast, if I remember well, and met Carla Bley after the gig. Rest in peace, maestra!

[@stewartgavin1302]

This man recorded one of the greatest love songs ever "Folk Song" read the lyrics, listen to the song. 63 years old still have all his LP's. This is a great video. Great band.

[@kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293]

Wonderful Jack Bruce! Wonderful band!

[@oxfan9384]

Amazing bass playing and bass tone

[@buschovski1]

Mick with Jack? I didnt know this even happened. Nice

[@grahamcole1539]

Jack and his amazing band!

[@lilaccilla]

love his green shirt with the white pants too , Mick Taylors beautiful sweater and cords also . Nice that he introduced them all !!! That should be done in all bands before playing . It shows great respect to his mates , and we get to know them by name . Win Win !

[@michaelroach4219]

I'm glad that you liked their clothes.

[@pgroove163]

​@@michaelroach4219Carla wearing a great outfit

[@Mwgsyboy]

And Mick Taylor's guitar strap is very pretty 😏

[@robinfereday6562]

Shoes are a bit boring

[@tomtrana3449]

1967 - 1975 the best era of prog rock.

[@heimomoilanen9654]

With a couple exceptions in late 1979s, to be exact.

[@northernfireworks402]

Those were some beautiful runs from The Rolling Stones maestro. Jack's nimble bass lines and drums full of life with a strange hypnotic brew of keys. Brilliant.

[@Luckylearner]

Love the warmth in the analogue equipment. Not one bit of digital tinniness.

[@michaelwoods9005]

You're listening to digital audio lol

[@johnhirtle4300]

Jack Bruce was one of the best voices, making Cream, BLT and West Bruce & Lang stellar. ❤

[@thomasr.5784]

Even more on his "Solo" Work 😊

[@simonbrenner1258]

A wonderful piece of music. Very tight arrangement. I didn't know Carla Bley played with Bruce. Her playing is sublime as are all the others

[@ASQUITHZ9]

She sent Jack a cassette tape of her work as an example for an audition for her working with him.This was post Escalator over the hill 4 LP release

[@nigelfelton9824]

What a band! Strong sense of Mahavishnu Orchestra which is high praise.

[@davidpeters44]

Jeff Beck Group vibes as well.

[@jefferyroy2566]

Only one issue: As much as I love Mick Taylor, he's not John McLaughlin. No one is, but that's OK.

[@jefferyroy2566]

​@@davidpeters44Do you mean the Jan Hammer one or the Bobby Tench version?

[@franklanger3848]

Jack Bruce war ein großartiger Sänger und Bassist

[@darrensiegel6651]

Who knew Howard Stern was so good on the drums?!?!

[@rickblackers88]

Wow!! Great to see so much talent!

[@JGulliMusic]

Outstanding classic live performance and production ❤! Very enjoyable! Thank you for sharing 🙌🏽 😊

[@lilaccilla]

Drummer is getting an amazing work out ! Awesome jam.‼️Im so glad we have youtube to take us back to all the things we remember growing up ! 💯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🫶🏼♥️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I love the Old Grey Whistle concerts the most! what a time trip , far out man✌🏼

[@stephenburrows5302]

I saw Jack with this lineup at the Free Trade Hall in June 1975 and remember the OGWT show. I owe Jack something for my education, loved Cream and followed him into the jazz stuff and the chamber music settings of Becket with Carla Bley written by Michael Mantler. Too difficult for me at 13 but because it was Jack I persevered, having bought the records, and learned something about different ways of expression and, rare for me at that age, deferred gratification. Thanks Jack

[@chrisdowell4268]

Irrelevant?

[@markgerrard383]

​@@chrisdowell4268Rude as fuck ?

[@fess04]

brilliant absolutely brilliant!

[@Databhoy]

RIP beautiful Carla Bley

[@enriqueormenovillafuerte5791]

Sounds Really awesome!!!

[@RedArrow73]

At least outwardly, Mick Taylor seemed to have survived the Stones just fine.

[@victormusic01x]

..he sounds good but he’s seems like he is hiding behind those shades..those last couple of years with the Stones were pretty damaging i think

[@andydixon2980]

His heroin period I believe. @@victormusic01x

[@dukeford8893]

@@victormusic01x Hiding behind shades is pretty common for heroin uses. I think Mick (and Jack) were still using at this point.

[@arielgavazzo]

The principal melody is a adaptation of the Tony Williams song "Wild Life".

[@abebernstein4318]

Abe Union pride bruse and Taylor together wow great to hear again such great memories thank you

[@paulvalletta01]

Innovative as always, amazing, love Bruce's style of playing really cool.

[@davidbodemann7994]

I’ve watched this thing a number of times! It’s so inspiring!

[@Darrylizer1]

RIP Carla who just died a couple of days ago, Oct. 17 at the age of 87.

[@jedwing]

RIP Carla Bley.

[@bordebomb6631]

Love that unison playing between Leahy and Mick Taylor at the end. Marvellous.

[@patricknelson7914]

RIP Carla Bley

[@rickblackers88]

Amazing!!

[@lorenzo6mm]

This is FUSION NOT "Prog Rock" thats a marketing name from layer on. Fusion was the direction Jimi Hendrix was headed for in 1971. He' d heard Miles Davis guitar players and compositions and John MClaughlin's inovations and especially Carlos Santana. He had booked alot of these session musicians rhat Miles Davis used. Read, "Electric Gypsy," the best biography ever writen.

[@Luke-db9fc]

What a band, Jack Bruce, Carla Bley, Mick Taylor, wow!

[@bassguyusa]

Don't forget Bruce Gary. Great drummer. I preferred him in this lineup to his later foray with The Knack.

[@georgeinfante1106]

Good music 🎶 sound 🎶 and naming band members 🎶

[@annetteshawunstoppableyou5281]

Superb!

[@dunstan96]

wonderful

[@goatuscrow4135]

Groovy, man!

[@kennethmilam2894]

Damn! Amazing talent

[@juliegoldman6778]

Killer cut and playing all around ! Only downer is the poor planning by the camera guys who got very little good footage of Jack Bruce...

[@kevdavies3445]

rip carla bley

[@mikejohnson2098]

That is awesome

[@galbaribeirodefaria6104]

It's great! Thanks a lot!! From BRAZIL!!!

[@Pudransefachosyzurdos]

The great and wonderful Jack Bruce

[@craigdamage]

Bruce was a great innovator himself no doubt but this seems to me to illustrate what an absolutely massive impact Miles Davis had on everything and everybody. You may recall this is the exact same period when Jeff Beck was also really into Jazz Fusion as well. I know Beck cited Miles Davis as an inspiration.

[@stwads]

Jack Bruce also played with John McGloughlin who would also have influenced him.

[@BurnsTennis]

I think the big difference is that Jack Bruce started off as an acoustic bass jazz player. So he was always a jazz musician first, fusion would have come easy to him.

[@mr61sprite]

Good stuff! Has a bit of Freeway Jam vibe.

[@dspguitar]

Mick Taylor was just too good to be in the rolling stones. They never had a real guitarist after him.

[@AmericasChoice]

He is simply noodling in this show.

[@jerryshunk7152]

Woody was every bit as good as Taylor B4 the stones dragged him down !

[@robbiekoon6244]

I can agree that Wood was a brilliant guitarist. The Stones have a habit of grinding talent down...just the nature of the beast of the Stones, I guess.@@jerryshunk7152

[@jerryshunk7152]

@@robbiekoon6244 👍 🤔 👹

[@buschovski1]

@@AmericasChoiceIts pretty good noodling though

[@lap2hackberry396]

mick taylor! great!

[@redsky1433]

Yes absolutely! I had no idea he played jazz and jazz fusion. I just remember him in the Stones.

[@foivoslegrand5445]

Καταπληκτική δουλειά !!! Κρίμα που δεν έζησε πολύ αυτό το σχήμα, που ήταν φτιαγμένο για την κορυφή.

[@adamfox9245]

Love this!

[@daveallen5065]

Nice

[@fredfloyd68]

When bands played real music...real talent...Jack....what a singer bass player..

[@acme.videos]

Is that Mick Taylor from the Rolling Stones on guitar?? 🤔

[@timhoovermusicman]

Yes

[@ThomasRogan-gc5pi]

Absolutely! The list of amazing guitarist Jack played with is very long and he never failed to bring out the best in ALL of them! Especially Clapton 😅

[@goodun2974]

​@@ThomasRogan-gc5pi, There was also the short-lived BLT with Jack Bruce, Bill Lordan and Robin Trower.

[@timhoovermusicman]

@@goodun2974 I have that CD... Sort of😄mine is a knockoff of some type, big stop 🔴sign on white cover, says STOP! And lists jack and robin but no mention of bill lourden or BLT😮😎got it back around'85 and I didn't know about bill or BLT till last year but its the exact same album...

[@nigelbagley4848]

saw them on tour that year. jesus they were loud!

[@longtalljay]

Can't walk into a shop today and find a Gibson ES of that quality. The really modest looking ES 335 of today sets you back by 5K.

[@Ukraine_Rocks-OK]

The keyboard kills rock n roll any time they bring it in

[@gokhanaya]

great!

[@ianroberts3948]

One of my favs of this time was caravan , they fused it a bit and were successful . Argent did it too, but they did it carefully . Jack followed a jazz path like ginger and were superb as pioneers for today , lets face it jazz is a hard road , carla rip made great music and did her thing ,bravo

[@ICH_SAGS_DANN_MAL_SO]

Jack Bruce with John Surman and John Hiseman Trio was my favorite! Only some BBC-tracks on the Bruce 3-CD-Box, please try!

[@RafaelRodrigues-no4lp]

great bass hero!

[@maxmaxwell3787]

The drummer!

[@melaniehoward9532]

Wow drummer

[@atiostefony3760]

Muchas Gracias i was just given a lot time to "Spirit" with Tony Williams

[@johnosborne2989]

Jack and Mick are legends. The other musicians are extremely good.❤❤❤

[@leighton757]

Carla Bley! Wow

[@mattdelany6799]

Jan Hammer. Wow

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@frankstecker5675]

Great 🎸 band

[@Scott-uj2bi]

I enjoy watching the dude on the keyboard is that called manual tune. Thank you.

[@robbiekoon6244]

There will always be a multitude of opinions about 'supergroups' and such; about as many as you have commentors...lol! But this, right here, is as super as it can get for me. The talent here is etheral and underrated, collectively and individually (just my opinion). Thanks so much for putting this up for those of us great unwashed who desperately needed this on an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday afternoon!

[@patrickkelly9178]

I was a mere kid but I was fortunate to see the band at Birmingham odeon. Only really knew Sunshine of your love then, but I do remember being amazed by the drummer in the band. hOwever this was a very young Simon Phillips who took my breath away. Maybe soemone else out there was at teh same gig and also recalls him being the man behind the kit?

[@Darrylizer1]

I think it's high time I explore Jack Bruce's discography.

[@lilaccilla]

And Carla on synth! cool beans

[@bobblues1158]

I just want to ask: why did this music disappear ?

[@romeysiamese6662]

RIP carla❤

[@maximemalecki3153]

Merci

[@firecriss1392]

The "Bruce-nivishnu" Orchestra.

[@JackSmith-kp2vs]

Welcome to jazz club…Greaaat….Wonderfuuul

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

Jack don't even need a guitarist, but he choose the right one

[@hallittle1432]

YES SIR... see Les Claypool....

[@macmccreadie8541]

Sure Mick Taylor is good..embarassingly better than those of the Stones, who have no sense of melody.

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

I can't judge, i wasn't there. As a guitarist-Stones never had a better one, it's my favorite Stones period. I heard they didn't get him enough author rights, who knows? I heard his solo stuff, it's good, but not as THE ROLLING STONES from Mick Taylor period. I agree about one thing-he deserves more recognition, such a tasteful guitarist.

[@shawnbrevik9759]

@@macmccreadie8541and yet Mick has zero ability to write a decent song. Funny how that works?

[@lfader]

​@@shawnbrevik9759Sway .....

[@MatchingMoleII]

On Tony Williams' Believe It album, this is called Wildlife.

[@harlech52]

tbh this reminded me at the beginning of the Jazz Club sketches in the Fast Show. It improved greatly after.

[@ThomasRogan-gc5pi]

Check out Jack Bruce and friends, lem Clemson, Billy Cobham and David Sanchios saw them a few times a lot of jazz but one particular show at Ramapo College in NJ was a rip roaring rock show easily one of greatest shows Ive ever been to and I've been to many

[@andyokus5735]

David Sancious

[@redsky1433]

Clem Clempson, great player!

[@_RZ____]

Love the ‘Tron!

[@ryancole90]

Bruce Gary is great

[@romeysiamese6662]

Its Jack Bruce, he can play whatever he wishes ❤

[@Serge9595]

I had no idea there was video of this line-up of Bruce, et al (I never looked…). Now I know what I missed seeing live. About six weeks prior to this OGWT show I had a choice to make with a friend. We were in Leuven and we could do one of two things: Bruce, Bley, and Mick Taylor(!!) in Brussels or Genesis in Antwerp. We chose Genesis which turned out to be a disaster. The show was in the local Velodrome, an enormous expanse of wood surfaces reflecting the sound in a hundred different directions. Couldn’t hear a fricking distinguishable note. Two weeks later Peter Gabriel left Genesis and the rest is history. Oh well…

[@noohoozfurra]

Great story, Serge. Threw in a wee Peter Green Fleetwood Mac ending there, too.. 😀👍

[@TheStarzzguitar]

Very interesting...!

[@AmericasChoice]

Jack loses his voice 1/4 of the way through the show. You can see the crowd is disappointed. Let's be real people, the smack was taking him down. See him sweating?

[@stevmuzik]

Where is the rest of this historic recording?

[@allendavid2157]

On the box set - spirit

[@JackBruceMusic]

We're releasing all clips from the 1975 OGWT show on the channel

[@jasonlevinevideo]

Best news of the weekend! Thank you so much!! @@JackBruceMusic

[@myearsloveit]

thanx everso🎉

[@valeriyblinov1573]

Super GREAT!!! LOVE!!! LOVE!!! Thank You!!! V