SOMETHIN ELS
Jack Bruce
•Jazz Rock/Fusion
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Studio Album, released in 1993 Songs / Tracks Listing 1.Waiting on a Word (3:52) - Jack Bruce / vocals, bass, keyboards, piano, cello, drums (4), organ (6), co-producer
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On the plus side, Peaces Of East is a cool, funky middle eastern flavored romp, with good synths and percussion. Childsong is a nice jazzy tune. So there are some interesting tracks to make this disk worthwhile, but you would expect more fire from an album that includes Eric Clapton, Bruce & Walt Fowler and Ray Gomez.
And only forthy minutes of music on an album released in the CD age? Come on!
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Somethin Els isn't among his best works, but it's a satisfying mainstream album. At the time Bruce had lived in Germany for years, and the album was released via German label CMP Records. I think the music has an American feel. Most songs are co-written with his old collaborator Pete Brown. The list of musicians includes Eric Clapton and Maggie Reilly, who sings duet on atmospheric 'Ships in the Night'. There perhaps aren't any special highlights that one would remember right away, but not very weak songs either. The production is clean, but it avoids the sense of overproduction. Piano and synths are notably present. The bluesiest song 'G.B. Dawn Blues' features Dick Heckstall-Smith on tenor & soprano saxophones. The album closes beautifully with 'FM' for solo piano.
Esoteric's release contains an informative article (as usual - that's a notable reason to appreciate their re-releases), lyrics, and three bonus tracks taken from the album The Snake Music, a collaboration with percussionist Mark Nauseef and guitarist Miroslav Tadic. They are good, especially the slow- tempo Hendrix cover 'Wind Cries Mary'.
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