s="h3color tiny">This review is from: Why Dontcha (Audio CD)

I got this album when it first came out when I was a kid in '72, and the artistry and command of Jack Bruce's bass playing on "Why Dont'cha" was so compelling, that it completely transformed the way I thought of rock and roll bass playing and the way I saw the role of the instrument overall. For a bass player like myself, the album is a showcase of the amazing possibilities that the instrument has to offer. Listen closely to the kinetic urgency of Bruce's bass line in "Pollution Woman" or the complex counterpointing bottom that drives the title track "Why Dont'cha" and you'll be hooked by the work of a virtuoso instrumentalist playing at the top of his game. Despite the three decades that have passed since the album's release, very few rock bassists have even approached the level of mastery that Jack Bruce displayed in "Why Dont'cha?". Every time I hear the album, I catch a new instrumental phrase or recognize some different aspect of Bruce's...Read more