Description:Chapters: Jack Bruce, Amy Macdonald, Alastair Storie, Alexander Mcdonald, Alastair Kellock, Nieve Jennings. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (born 14 May 1943) is a Scottish musician, composer and singer. He is best-known as an electric bass guitarist, and is a, "World-class pioneer in his main instrument; a composer of some of the most endurable and recognisable rock songs of our time; an accomplished classical, jazz and Latin musician and one of popular music's most distinctive and evocative voices." The Sunday Times stated "... many consider him to be one of the greatest bass players of all time." He was most famous as the vocalist, main composer and bass guitarist for the 1960s rock band Cream. He lives in Suffolk, England. Jack Bruce was born on 14 May 1943 in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, to musical parents who moved around a lot, resulting in the young Bruce attending 14 different schools, ending up at Bellahouston Academy. Bruce took up jazz bass in his teens, and won a scholarship studying cello and composition at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, while playing in a dance band to support himself. The Academy disapproved of its students playing jazz, however. "They found out," Bruce told Musician correspondent Jim Macnie, "and said 'you either stop, or leave college.' So I left college." After leaving he toured Italy playing double bass with the Murray Campbell Big Band. In 1962, Jack Bruce became a member of the London-based band Blues Incorporated, led by Alexis Korner, in which he played the double bass. The band also included organist Graham Bond, saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith and drummer Ginger Baker. In 1963, the group broke up and Bruce went on to form the Graham Bond Qu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=178802We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Bishopbriggs: Jack Bruce, Amy MacDonald, Alastair Storie, Alexander McDonald, Alastair Kellock, Nieve Jennings. To get started finding People from Bishopbriggs: Jack Bruce, Amy MacDonald, Alastair Storie, Alexander McDonald, Alastair Kellock, Nieve Jennings, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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People from Bishopbriggs: Jack Bruce, Amy MacDonald, Alastair Storie, Alexander McDonald, Alastair Kellock, Nieve Jennings
Description: Chapters: Jack Bruce, Amy Macdonald, Alastair Storie, Alexander Mcdonald, Alastair Kellock, Nieve Jennings. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (born 14 May 1943) is a Scottish musician, composer and singer. He is best-known as an electric bass guitarist, and is a, "World-class pioneer in his main instrument; a composer of some of the most endurable and recognisable rock songs of our time; an accomplished classical, jazz and Latin musician and one of popular music's most distinctive and evocative voices." The Sunday Times stated "... many consider him to be one of the greatest bass players of all time." He was most famous as the vocalist, main composer and bass guitarist for the 1960s rock band Cream. He lives in Suffolk, England. Jack Bruce was born on 14 May 1943 in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, to musical parents who moved around a lot, resulting in the young Bruce attending 14 different schools, ending up at Bellahouston Academy. Bruce took up jazz bass in his teens, and won a scholarship studying cello and composition at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, while playing in a dance band to support himself. The Academy disapproved of its students playing jazz, however. "They found out," Bruce told Musician correspondent Jim Macnie, "and said 'you either stop, or leave college.' So I left college." After leaving he toured Italy playing double bass with the Murray Campbell Big Band. In 1962, Jack Bruce became a member of the London-based band Blues Incorporated, led by Alexis Korner, in which he played the double bass. The band also included organist Graham Bond, saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith and drummer Ginger Baker. In 1963, the group broke up and Bruce went on to form the Graham Bond Qu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=178802We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Bishopbriggs: Jack Bruce, Amy MacDonald, Alastair Storie, Alexander McDonald, Alastair Kellock, Nieve Jennings. To get started finding People from Bishopbriggs: Jack Bruce, Amy MacDonald, Alastair Storie, Alexander McDonald, Alastair Kellock, Nieve Jennings, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.