Biography

Malcolm Bruce is a composer and multi instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass, piano and voice. Malcolm has written songs, music for the theatre, media, for children, and also orchestral concert music.From the beginning of his life, Malcolm was immersed in music. As a teenager he attended the Guildhall School of Music to study composition and has been performing professionally since the age of 16.

Malcolm has worked with a multitude of musicians over the years. Early in his career work included Bill Ward's (Black Sabbath) record 'Ward 1' featuring Ozzy Osbourne, recording with Dick Heckstall-Smith, and also Brand X featuring Percy Jones, John Goodsall and Pierre Moerlan.Malcolm has performed with his father Jack off and on over the years, and has also appeared on a number of Jack's recordings, most recently 'Shadows in the Air' (2001) and 'More Jack than God' (2003) both recorded in NYC, (including performances by Eric Clapton, Dr. John, and Horacio Hernandez)

As a composer recent commissions have included Music Start, a government funded project to write music for children aged 2-5, given to 100,000 families in the UK (with performances by 30 musicians from all over the World, including narration from Cathy Tyson (Mona Lisa)); and music for the play 'At War with Churchill' by Peter Wolf (UK national tour)

Recent live work has included touring with Leslie West and Corky Laing (Mountain) as part of West Bruce Jr. and Laing, a 60 date tour as support for Joe Satriani across Europe, the US and Canada as part of Ned Evett's Triple Double, and a special Jimi Hendrix Birthday tribute at BB Kings Blues club in NYC with Eric Schenkman (Spin Doctors) and Corky Laing.

Malcolm has recently been working on his own latest record in Nashville at producer Kevin McKendree's studio (Delbert McClinton, Brian Setzer, John Oates) and was also in the studio with Little Richard for a tribute to songwriting legend Dottie Rambo. Whilst in Nashville Malcolm also played bass on Ned Evett's new record 'Treehouse' produced by Adrian Belew.

Upcoming projects include promo for his record with his own band, writing music for a play about Edvard Munch by Patrice Chaplin, work on a musical 'Midnight Kiss' with NYC writer Karen Rousso, and playing bass for a tribute project to another legendary singer/ songwriter, Frankie Miller, with Frankie's guitarist (and Emmy nominated) Ray Minhinnett and his band Full House. Malcolm is also writing an Opera entitled 'Boy', with a libretto by Peter Wolf, about the blues musician Emmanuel Dunn.