jack bruce in '69

[Guest akanalog]

i was reading that jack bruce had a trio in late 1969 with larry coryell and mitch mitchelll.

sounds interesting.

anyone hear about this? any live recordings or anything?

[Michael Fitzgerald]

From what I know, there was a quartet too.

Coryell had a band with Mike Mandel and Steve Haas. At a gig at Slugs', Jack Bruce was a guest for 4 days. This was August 1969. That I can confirm.

Apparently Mitch Mitchell replaced Haas at some point. It is reported that there are recordings circulating. The timeframe for this seems to be later - 1970 or even 1971. But I've also seen people list this as from before - as if it happened immediately after Cream's disbanding in November 1968. I'm skeptical of that.

Mike

[Rooster_Ties]

Not to cause a complete thread-jack here, but what did Mitch Mitchell do (record) after Hendrix passed -- that's worth seeking out. (Looking on the AMG, the answer should be short enough not to derail this thing too badly.)

Edited November 19, 2004 by Rooster_Ties

[BFrank]

It must be right before he did "Things We Like" with McLaughlin, Hiseman & Heckstall-Smith. Haven't heard of any recordings myself, though.

As far as Mitchell's output. The only thing I ever heard was Ramatam, but it's been so long I don't remember much about it. I seem to recall that it was a fairly pedestrian rock album, though.

[Guest akanalog]

no i think "thing we like" was actually recorded in like 1968 and just not released until a few years later.

[BFrank]

no i think "thing we like" was actually recorded in like 1968 and just not released until a few  years later.

Good catch!

AllMusic:

The entire effort was recorded and mixed in less than a week during August of 1968 — less than three months prior to the infamous Farewell Concert of Cream at the Royal Albert Hall on November 26, 1968.