Jack Bruce: Can You Follow (Deluxe Edition) (Hochformat) auf 6 CDs

Jack Bruce is one of the greatest popular musicians Britain has ever produced. A supremely talented instrumentalist and vocalist, eminently respected by his peers, Jack's pioneering bass playing style has influenced successive generations of bassists, including such luminaries as Paul McCartney, Jaco Pastorius and Sting, alongside more contemporary musicians such as Flea of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. He is also the possessor of one of the most powerful voices in modern music and a composer of some of the most original and influential music of the past forty years. As a song writer he has written some of popular music's enduring classics such as "Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room", "I Feel Free" and "Theme from an Imaginary Western". Recording a series of ageless solo albums, covering all musical styles and moods, Jack's music is a master class in the art of song writing and musical delivery, standing the test of time and ever changing musical fashion. With the majority of his life spent as a professional musician, the legacy of legendary recordings graced by Jack's musical presence is immense and his innovation unique, touching the worlds of rock, jazz, blues and ethnic music. The list of those he has worked with is impressive and includes most of the leading lights of British rock music.

In May 2008 Jack celebrated his 65th Birthday and to celebrate this Esoteric Recordings are releasing a lavish 6 CD boxed set anthology entitled "Can You Follow?" on June 23rd.

This lavish and ambitious set gathers together material drawn from all aspects of Jack's career, beginning in 1962 with the earliest released recording of Jack performing as a member of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated and continuing with recordings made with the Graham Bond Organisation (comprising Jack, Graham Bond, Ginger Baker and Dick Heckstall-Smith), John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Manfred Mann and then on to Cream (the band which brought Jack Bruce along with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker to world wide prominence), selling over 33 million albums in the process.

Following the demise of Cream in November 1968 Jack embarked on a distinguished career as a solo artist, recording fifteen albums in his own right, all of immense creativity and diversity. Beginning with the classic album "Songs for a Tailor", the "Can You Follow?" boxed set encompasses material from all these solo albums and also adds selected material from other projects including those with Tony Williams' Lifetime, West, Bruce and Laing, Frank Zappa, Rocket 88 (with Charlie Watts and Alexis Korner), Robin Trower and BBM (with Gary Moore and Ginger Baker). Importantly, the set emphasises Jack's enormous talent as a song writer and composer.

As one of popular music's most respected innovators, Jack Bruce is in a class of his own. "Can You Follow?" celebrates his enduring talent and musical legacy.