Jack Bruce - Smiles And Grins, Broadcast Sessions 1970-2001 will be released on March 29 in a 4CD/2Blu-Ray Video remastered box set.

The set features all the surviving BBC radio and television appearances made by Jack between 1970 and 2001, along with a wonderful un-broadcast session recorded for the German TV show Beat Club by Lifetime (also featuring Tony Williams, John McLaughlin and Larry Young) filmed around the time of the album “Turn it Over”.

The BBC material includes two legendary In Concert recordings. The first concert dates from 1971 (with friends Chris Spedding, Graham Bond, John Marshall and Art Themen) and is included in its entirety with the full 18-minute version of “Powerhouse Sod” presented on CD for the first time, the second concert dates from 1977 and features the band Jack assembled for the “How’s Tricks” album. Also featured are both audio and video recordings of the 1975 Old Grey Whistle Test special concert with Jack’s band featuring Carla Bley, Mick Taylor, Ronnie Leahy and Bruce Gary. The set also includes a concert from 1981 recorded for The Old Grey Whistle Test, a TV appearance from 1982 and the complete Jazz in Britain sessions from 1971 and 1978 featuring Jack Bruce, Jon Hiseman and John Surman, along with a session for Later with Jools Holland from 2001.

Smiles & Grins is the most comprehensive collection of Jack’s broadcast sessions ever released and it includes an illustrated booklet and essay – a fitting celebration of the musical legacy of Jack Bruce, a much-missed master of his craft.

Order here.

Tracklisting:

Disc One:

BBC Sessions 1971, In Concert August 1971
"You Burned the Tables on Me"
"Smiles and Grins"
"Folk Song"
"A Letter of Thanks"
"We’re Going Wrong"
"The Clearout"
"Have You Ever Loved a Woman?"
"Powerhouse Sod"
"You Sure Look Good to Me"

Disc Two:

Sounds Of The 70s – July 1971
"Theme for an Imaginary Western"
"You Burned the Tables on Me"
"Folk Song"
"A Letter of Thanks"
"The Clearout"

Jazz in Britain – 10th August 1971 – Jack Bruce, Jon Hiseman & John Surman
"Baru"
"Powerhouse Sod"
"Oom Bham She Bam Bom"
"Jack’s Gone"
"Clearway"
"Walkabout"

Disc Three:

Old Grey Whistle Test Concert – 6th June 1975
"Can You Follow"
"Morning Story"
"Keep it Down"
"Pieces of Mind"
"One"
"Spirit"
"Without a Word"
"Smiles and Grins"

Jazz in Britain – 4th September 1978 Jack Bruce, Jon Hiseman & John Surman
"Fifteen Minutes Past Three"
"Ten to Four"

Disc Four:

BBC Radio 1 In Concert – 30th April 1977
"Madhouse"
"Without a Word"
"Times"
"Baby Jane"
"Born Under a Bad Sign"
"Lost Inside a Song"
"Something to Live For"
"How’s Tricks"
"Spirit"
"Out into the Fields"
"You Burned the Tables on Me"

Jazz in Britain – 4th September 1978 Jack Bruce, Jon Hiseman & John Surman
"Twenty Past Four"

Disc Five:

Lifetime – Beat Club, Bremen un-broadcast performance – 24 November 1970
"Smiles & Grins"
i Devotion
ii Smiles & Grins (reprise)
iii Dance of Maya 2 One Word

The Old Grey Whistle Test Concert – 6th June 1975
"Can You Follow"
"Morning Story"
"Keep it Down"
"Pieces of Mind"
"One"
"Spirit"
"Without a Word"
"Smiles and Grins"

Disc Six:

The Old Grey Whistle Test Jack Bruce & Friends in concert – University of Surrey, Guildford – 9 June 1981
"White Room"
"Hit and Run"
"Soul Blues"
"Living Without Ja"
"Dancing on Air"
"In This Way"
"Theme for an Imaginary Western"

B.A. In Music – 30 August 1982
"Theme for an Imaginary Western"

Later With Jools Holland – October 2001
"52nd Street"
"Sunshine of Your Love"