Paper Sleeve Collection

Jack Bruce - Things We Like (1968) {Polydor Japan, Paper Sleeve, UICY-9303 rel 2003}
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© 1968, 2003 Polydor / Universal Japan | UICY-9303
Jazz / Jazz Rock / Post Bop

Enthusiasts expecting to hear a continuation of the type of material that Jack Bruce (bass) had been responsible for during his tenure(s) with Cream or the Graham Bond Organisation might be in for quite a shock when spinning Things We Like (1970) for the first time. Instead of an album's worth of blues-based rockers, the seven instrumentals feature Bruce with other former Graham Bond stablemates John McLaughlin (guitar), Jon Hiseman (drums), and Dick Heckstall-Smith (sax) performing post-bop and free jazz. A majority of the compositions were penned by Bruce in his preteen days of formal scholarship at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, where he also mastered the cello and composed a string quartet at the age of 11.

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