Soul to Jazz Bernard Purdie SKU: ACTLP9242-1 Barcode: 0614427924216 36.00 £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT Released Date: 7th July 2023 Buying Format: 3LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Who did Aretha Franklin not want to miss out on when she recorded her most inspiring albums in the early Seventies? Who gave Steely Dan the beat? Who did Isaac Hayes, Donny Hathaway, BB King, ‘Sweet’ Lou Donaldson and Joe Cocker give the chair behind the drums? No drummer has seen the inside of a studio as often as Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie. Not for nothing do colleagues attribute the ‘funkiest soul beat on the scene’ to the drummer, and consequently, Purdie has never relied on the genre of jazz alone, but rather curiously looked beyond the borders. Sessions with The Rolling Stones, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix or Tom Jones are no problem for him, whose precise and sensitive playing is synonymous with drive and groove. This is probably one of the reasons why his rhythms are still sampled by many DJs today. Released on CD back in 1996 and 1997 (and now out of print), the two ‘Soul to Jazz’ recordings have a cult factor today and sound as fresh as they did back then. Now both albums are released together for the first time as a 3LP set. These recordings are peppered with lots of prominent star guests from jazz and soul, from Eddie Harris, Michael Brecker and Nils Landgren to Hank Crawford, Stanley Turrentine and Cornell Dupree. Purdie’s ‘Soul to Jazz’ project takes two different approaches: The first part focuses on the renowned WDR Big Band led by Gil Goldstein. Soul classics such as Stevie Wonder’s ‘Superstition’, ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’, Eddie Harris’s ‘Freedom Jazz Dance’ and Lee Morgan’s famous groove tune, ‘Sidewinder’, are interpreted in large scale sound. One discovery of these recordings amidst all the renowned guest soloists is the New York-born singer, Martin Moss. The great success of this first album, released under ‘Soul to Jazz’, led to ‘Soul to Jazz II’, a more intimate record, but one that picks up where the first recording left off, by exploring similar themes. Again, Purdie has called together a notable band of kindred spirits, including saxophonists Hank Crawford (BB King, Ike and Tina Turner, Ray Charles), Stanley Turrentine (Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott) and Vincent Herring, as well as guitarist Cornell Dupree (King Curtis) to pianists Benny Green and Junior Mance. Bernard Purdie’s ‘Soul to Jazz’ is a timeless classic and a blueprint of the soul jazz genre in all its facets. Above all, it is a portrait of one of the most influential and best drummers in the world, who made jazz groove with his inimitable funky soul beat. Artist Bernard Purdie Genre Jazz Label ACT Buying Options 3LP Format 3LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings LP1 Moanin’ (Bobby Timmons) Superstition (Stevie Wonder) Iko Iko (James Crawford) Señor Blues (Horace Silver) When a Man Loves a Woman (C. Lewis & A. Wright) Freedom Jazz Dance (Eddie Harris) Sidewinder (Lee Morgan) Brother Where Are You? (Oscar Brown) LP2 Wade in the Water (traditional) Work Song (Nat Adderley) Land of 1.000 Dancers (Chris Kenner) Gimme Some Lovin’ (S. Winwood & S. Davis) Motherless Child (traditional) New Orleans Strutt (Jack DeJohnette) La Place Street (Stanley Turrentine) Amen (traditional, arr. by Bob Belden) LP3 Jubilation (Junior Mance) Joshua (traditional) Mr. Magic (Ralph MacDonald & William Salter) Theme From Shaft (Isaac Hayes) Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (traditional) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Bernard Purdie and more from Jazz View Product Quick View Bernard Purdie Purdie Good Jazz | Craft Recordings | 180g, 1LP Released 14th April 2023 £33.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bernard Purdie Purdie Good £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: 7242063 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th April 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eddie Lockjaw Davis Cookin’ With Jaws And The Queen: The Legendary Pretige Cookbook Albums Jazz | Concord | 180g, 4LP, Box Set Released 3rd March 2023 £157.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eddie Lockjaw Davis Cookin’ With Jaws And The Queen: The Legendary Pretige Cookbook Albums £157.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord SKU: 7242387 Formats: 180g, 4LP, Box Set Released Date: 3rd March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Vanessa Fernandez Remember Me Jazz | Groove Note | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 9th February 2024 £76.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Vanessa Fernandez Remember Me £76.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Groove Note SKU: GRV1400-45 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 9th February 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chris Bowden Time Capsule Jazz | Soul Jazz | 2LP Released 28th September 2018 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chris Bowden Time Capsule £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Soul Jazz SKU: SJRLP410 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 28th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Herbie Hancock The Herbie Hancock Trio Jazz | Get On Down | 1LP Released 30th April 2021 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Herbie Hancock The Herbie Hancock Trio £29.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Get On Down SKU: GET51342LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Duke Ellington Blues In Orbit Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 22nd March 2012 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Duke Ellington Blues In Orbit £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP443 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 22nd March 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Andrew Bird Outside Problems Jazz | Concord | 1LP Released 17th November 2023 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Andrew Bird Outside Problems £30.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord SKU: LVR3771 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella & Louis Again (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Verve | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 16th September 2022 £50.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella & Louis Again (Acoustic Sounds Series) £50.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 3597198 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 16th September 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Miles Davis Milestones (Stereo) Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 24th February 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Milestones (Stereo) £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP983 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 24th February 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pokey LaFarge Rhumba Country Jazz | New West | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Signed Released 10th May 2024 £22.00 - £25.00 Select options Pokey LaFarge Rhumba Country £22.00 - £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: New West Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Signed Released Date: 10th May 2024 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Michael Wollny & Joachim Kühn Duo Jazz | ACT | 180g, 1LP, Box Set Released 3rd November 2023 £96.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michael Wollny & Joachim Kühn Duo £96.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9633-1 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Box Set Released Date: 3rd November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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