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 Jamie Cullum Taller Jazz | Island | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 7th June 2019 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jamie Cullum Taller £18.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Island SKU: 7768697 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 7th June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Weldon Irvine Time Capsule Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 20th February 2020 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Weldon Irvine Time Capsule £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPAN NM-1002 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th February 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Annette Peacock & Paul Bley Dual Unity Jazz | Bamboo | 1LP Released 18th November 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Annette Peacock & Paul Bley Dual Unity £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Bamboo SKU: BAMLP7018 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Milt Jackson Plenty, Plenty Soul Jazz | ORG | 180g, 1LP Released 11th November 2013 £30.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Milt Jackson Plenty, Plenty Soul £30.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ORG SKU: ORG1089 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 11th November 2013 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Vincent Peirani & Emile Parisien Abrazo Jazz | ACT | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 28th August 2020 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Vincent Peirani & Emile Parisien Abrazo £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP96311 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 28th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nduduzo Makhathini Unomkhubulwane Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note | 1LP Released 7th June 2024 £35.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Nduduzo Makhathini Unomkhubulwane £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note SKU: 6518523 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charlie Parker The Immortal Charlie Parker Jazz | Doxy | 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released 21st January 2013 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charlie Parker The Immortal Charlie Parker £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Doxy SKU: DOK218LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 21st January 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various - Volume Two Freedom Rhythm and Sound (1963-82) Jazz | Soul Jazz | 1LP Released 17th December 2009 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various - Volume Two Freedom Rhythm and Sound (1963-82) £13.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Soul Jazz SKU: SJRLP2192 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th December 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Harry Beckett Flare Up (British Jazz Explosion Series) Jazz | Decca | 180g, 1LP Released 6th January 2023 £33.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Harry Beckett Flare Up (British Jazz Explosion Series) £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca SKU: 4539723 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 6th January 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Wendell Harrison An Evening With The Devil Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd November 2018 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Wendell Harrison An Evening With The Devil £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PRSD2212 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd November 2018 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Jazz Start again
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