18/04/2023
An outing for the 1969 debut solo release from the voice and bass of Cream.
Jack Bruce: "Songs for a Tailor" this is chronology Bruce's second album the instrumental jazz album "Things We Like" was recorded first but not released until 1970.
The album features lyrics by poet Pete Brown that came in for criticism at the time for being too hippy drippy.
The album contains many Bruce staples that he would revisit many times over his career like "Theme from an Imaginary Western" and "Rope Ladder to The Moon" in fact only "To Isengard'' was not reworked at a later stage.
The album's title is a tribute to Jeannie Franklyn Cream's wardrobe designer (tailor) who had recently died in the Fairport Convention tour bus crash along with her then boyfriend Martin Lamble. She is said to have written Bruce a letter that said '...sing some high notes for me..." Jack received the letter after her death on his 26th birthday.
