Bernard Purdie

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AKA Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer and session musician from Elkton, Maryland who has worked with various well-known soul, rock, pop, and jazz musicians. He moved to New York in 1960 and started playing with Lonnie Youngblood before going on to work with King Curtis, and in 1970, Aretha Franklin, eventually becoming her musical director for five years. He has also toured with seminal bop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonist Hank Crawford, and performed in concert with seminal bop drummer Max Roach. Pu...read more

What is your name Funky mozart After hours Strike up the band Glory of love Sometimes i feel like a motherless child Push push In the middle of the night Genuine john Back water blues Shaft 1973 attica Samba de amor Green onions Shaft Gimme some lovin´ The tale of miss virginia epitome Mood indigo Stand by me The riot Shaft 1973 them changes Blow your lid Testify Never can say goodbye Spanish harlem Creation Artificialness Friday night at the cadillac club Fresh jive A little soul food Grits and gravy Bernhard purdie Jimmy’s back Jungle strut Soul talk Take the people with you Bill’s groove A brush with blues Splatt Good livin Mister magic Soul clapping Colo de rio Ghostnotes Rare groove Funky groovy jam session Wamba Breaks Flipity flop The okiedoke Everyday i have the blues Long live new orleans Blessed are those who struggle Delights of the garden Sweet home chicago Ho chi minh Er The real purdie shuffle Just my imagination Don’t go Be People get ready The first solo Soul serenade Sister sanctified Blue nocturne Purdie preview Pretty purdie soul drums Mother´s child

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