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At the age of 9, Bruce at his first concert for the Henry N. Forbes School of Music, in the YMCA hall in Dundee, circa 1950. Bruce had been playing for a year at this time. (Note the snazzy outfit!)
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Circa 1955/6,
the Henry N. Forbes School of Music Senior Accordion
Orchestra. Bruce,seated at front far left, was composing for this orchestra even
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Bruce's
first professional trio of 1964, playing in the Northern England Cabaret
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Bruce at the keyboard controller of his home studio circa 1980, where he would relax after spending long days in the professional London studios! |
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To augment his writing skills, Bruce learned to play all of the woodwind, keyboards, percussion, and electronic instruments. He was listed in the British Musician Union Directory as being the most-versatile intrumentalist in the United Kingdom. | ||
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world's biggest and smallest keyboards. The one below was a one-time
set for the Miss World TV show. It cost
£5,000,000 to set up, and was broken up the day after the show.
The keyboard on the right is the Melodica, featured by Bruce for many years in his one-man keyboard concerts.
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Circa 2000, Bruce in typical studio mode! This time he is conducting his own 26-piece Big Band. | ||
