After Cream broke up, bassist extraordinaire Jack Bruce went on to release Songs for a Tailor, his 1969 solo record. Songs for a Tailor is a stunning collection of brass and bass-led jazz-rock fusion, a sound that traveled (quite) far from the heavy rock sound Bruce was known for in Cream. The songs were co-written with Pete Brown, the poet and lyricist with whom Bruce wrote many of Cream’s most memorable songs.

Although Songs for a Tailor was well-received by fans and critics upon its initial release, it remained somewhat of an undiscovered gem until its CD re-release in 2003. The best known song from the album, is the gorgeous “Theme For An Imaginary Western,” but not Bruce’s version, rather the cover by Leslie West’s Mountain.

Bruce went on to re-record and refine every number on Songs for a Tailor throughout his career, save for one.

Below, Tony Palmer’s 1969 documentary about the making of Songs for a Tailor, aired as Rope Ladder to the Moon on the BBC in 1971. (Isn’t Jack Bruce a ringer for Julian Barratt from The Mighty Boosh?) If you don’t like this, you don’t like music, it’s as simple as that: