Jack Bruce, Mitch Mitchell, Larry Coryell live 1970

Jack Bruce and Friends, with Mitch and Larry - plus (misnamed) Mike Mandel on organ - toured the US in early 1970, while Jimi Hendrix had the Band of Gypsies. A "lost supergroup" (as some people claim)? Decide for yourself.

It all sounds a bit "jammy" to me. Anyway, the tour started in January at the Fillmore East - where these songs and images were recorded - and finished up at the Fillmore West, 2 months later.

The (fuzzy) photos are a bonus, as they saved me having to find 'watchable' material to go with the (carefuly edited) song portions. Happy viewing!

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[counterstriving]

I saw these guys in 1970 in San Francisco; I'd been a huge Cream fan, and I didn't like Coryell because he didn't sound like Eric Clapton, plus I had the notion that jazz influences shouldn't be brought into blues/rock. Over the years though I became a jazz enthusiast, so of course I felt completely differently about it. Anyway back then (I was 16) I didn't realize how much a lot of the blues and rock musicians had already been influenced by jazz: Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker for example!

[manguera9]

Larry Coryell one of the few guitar players that walked through rock before get into the jazz

[peteypool]

if this is from the fillmore east show, i was there. i still have the original play bill from the show.You use to get a play bill type of book at every fillmore east show, The tickets were $5.50 THOSE WERE THE DAYS !!

[lightlyone]

Jack Bruce--what a voice!! What a bass!! Nice.

[GaryALucas]

They played the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago in '69 also, to a packed house.

[finylvinyl66]

@jimmied01 Could be. Just remember it was an old style bar, very cool. And to hear

such fantastic music at such a small venue made it a memorable evening.

[jimmied01]

@finylvinyl66 Sounds like the Bijou Cafe

[finylvinyl66]

@jimmied01 Jimmie, this was at a bar in downtown Philly. A fairly small one too,

which made the experience that much better. Coryell and Co. were smokin'.

I wonder if the gig you saw was before or after.

[jimmied01]

@finylvinyl66 Was that show at the Shubert Theater? I saw the 11th House in Philly around the same time. I wasn't into jazz yet, but Low-Lee-Tah always stayed with me. If I'm not mistaken Hot Tuna was the headliner. Ring a bell?

[MLATX512]

This just made all my hours on YouTube worthwhile. Thanks! You can hear Larry intentionally staying away from Clapton's licks, but just hinting at them to tickle the brain. I just don't think Larry was ever as commercially listenable as Clapton, but I don't mean that in a bad way at all. He is just more obtuse, and that's one of the things I love about his stuff.

[radiokid2]

RE-Coryell using jazz licks...the main reason anybody ever heard of him was that blended blues and jazz....but he was good enough to have credibility with the jazz establishment.

He actually "practiced" on the job, he didn't just quote licks...he was always trying something new out. We all worked with he and Mandle here in Seatte back in the day. He wasn't a rock guy, he played R & B.