Editing Jack Bruce (section)

===2010s===
''Jack Bruce – Composing Himself: The Authorized Biography'' by [[Harry Shapiro (author)|Harry Shapiro]] was released by Jawbone Press in February 2010. Shapiro had previously written biographies of Bruce collaborators Alexis Korner, Graham Bond and Eric Clapton. The book followed memoirs from his Cream bandmates Clapton (''Clapton'', 2007) and Baker (''Hellraiser'', 2009). His songwriting partner, Pete Brown's, biography ''White Rooms & Imaginary Westerns'' was published in September 2010. They each have differing recollections of forming Cream, playing and writing together.

On 14 January, at the 2011 North American Music Merchants Show, Bruce became only the third recipient of the International Bassist Award, a lifetime achievement award for bassists, after [[Jaco Pastorius]] and [[Nathan Watts]].

His first independent CD release, ''Live at the Milky Way, Amsterdam 2001'', featuring The Cuicoland Express, his [[Latin American music|Latin-based]] band of the time, was issued in October 2010. The double album received an official worldwide release, distributed by EMI in February 2011. To support this release Bruce again played four dates in London at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with the Ronnie Scott's Blues Experience, followed by a further ten dates across the UK with the band. On 4 June 2011, Bruce played a special concert at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in London, which was celebrating its 60th anniversary. The evening celebrated the 50th anniversary of the [[British blues|blues in Great Britain]], and Bruce played with his Big Blues Band and special guest [[Joe Bonamassa]].

Bruce started 2012 playing the [[Gerry Rafferty]] tribute concert in Glasgow, followed by a date with the traditional Celtic band [[Lau (band)|Lau]]. [[BBC Scotland]] recorded a one-hour special on Bruce, which also included a performance with Lau. The completed documentary ''Jack Bruce – The Man Behind the Bass'' was transmitted in February 2012 by BBC Scotland. It featured new interviews with Bruce, Clapton, Baker and Brown. It was transmitted again on 9 November 2014 on BBC2 Scotland and on 17 November 2014 on BBC4 in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01c6hw2|title=BBC Two – ArtWorks Scotland, Jack Bruce: The Man Behind the Bass|website=BBC}}</ref>

February 2012 saw Bruce playing in [[Havana]], Cuba, along with guitarist [[Phil Manzanera]], supporting the mambo band of Augusto Enriquez. March saw another residency at Ronnie Scott's in London supported by his Big Blues Band, followed by a UK tour. The concert at the Stables, Milton Keynes on 18 March was due to be recorded as an Instant Live CD release, but technical issues prevented this. The following evenings' performance at the same location was recorded and a 2CD version issued by Instant Live.

''[[Spectrum Road]]'', a collaboration with [[Vernon Reid]], [[Cindy Blackman]] and [[John Medeski]] in tribute to [[The Tony Williams Lifetime]], was released in June 2012 by the US jazz record label [[Palmetto Records]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Jurek |first=Thom |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/spectrum-road-mw0002330321 |title=Spectrum Road – Spectrum Road : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |date=4 June 2012 |access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref> and was accompanied by a series of dates at large jazz festivals in North America and Europe throughout June and July.

In March 2014, Bruce released ''[[Silver Rails]]'' on the [[Esoteric Records|Esoteric Antenna]] label, his first solo studio album in over a decade.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://jackbruce.com/2008/NewsArchive/esoteric_release.htm|title=Jack Bruce to Release New Studio Album on Esoteric Antenna|access-date=25 September 2013 |publisher=Esoteric Antenna}}</ref> ''Silver Rails'' was recorded at [[Abbey Road Studios]] in London, produced and mixed by Rob Cass and features contributions from Cream lyricist, [[Pete Brown]], [[Kip Hanrahan]] and wife Margrit Seyffer as well as musicians [[Robin Trower]], [[Cindy Blackman]], [[Phil Manzanera]], [[Uli Jon Roth]], [[John Medeski]] and [[Bernie Marsden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forbassplayersonly.com/feature-jack-bruce-still-going-strong-at-71/|title=Feature-Jack Bruce: Still going strong at 71|work=For Bass Players Only|date=2014-09-10}}</ref> The deluxe version of the album featured a behind the scenes documentary "The Making of Silver Rails" which was filmed on location at the studios and directed by Bruce's daughter Kyla Simone Bruce.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://planetmosh.com/jack-bruce-interview-on-you-tube/|title=Jack Bruce interview on You Tube|work=PlanetMosh|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019130318/http://planetmosh.com/jack-bruce-interview-on-you-tube/|archive-date=19 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Bruce's son Malcolm Bruce pre-produced the album and played guitar on several tracks, while Bruce's daughter [[Aruba Red]] was featured on "Hidden Cities" singing backing vocals.