View basket “Time Capsule” has been added to your basket. 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 Herbie Hancock Death Wish Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 5th September 2011 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Herbie Hancock Death Wish £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP346 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 5th September 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Frank Sinatra Platinum Jazz | UMR | 4LP, Box Set Released 27th October 2023 £148.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Frank Sinatra Platinum £148.00 Genre: Jazz Label: UMR SKU: 5575097 Formats: 4LP, Box Set Released Date: 27th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stanley Turrentine Up At Minton’s Volume 2 Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Gatefold Sleeve Released 2nd September 2010 £52.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stanley Turrentine Up At Minton’s Volume 2 £52.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AMMJ4070 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 2nd September 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Robben Ford & Bill Evans The Sun Room Blues | Earmusic | 180g, 1LP Released 17th June 2022 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Robben Ford & Bill Evans The Sun Room £23.00 Genre: Blues Label: Earmusic SKU: 0217775EMU Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 17th June 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bill Evans Trio ’65 (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Verve | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 17th June 2022 £40.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bill Evans Trio ’65 (Acoustic Sounds Series) £40.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 3534607 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 17th June 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Coltrane A Love Supreme (UHQR 45RPM 2LP Box Set) Jazz | Analogue Productions | 200g, 2LP, 45rpm, Box Set Released 11th August 2023 £200.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations John Coltrane A Love Supreme (UHQR 45RPM 2LP Box Set) £200.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AUHQR 0007-45 Formats: 200g, 2LP, 45rpm, Box Set Released Date: 11th August 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Ray Charles At Newport Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 9th June 2014 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ray Charles At Newport £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1088 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 9th June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Arthur Verocai Encore Jazz | Far Out Records | 1LP Released 26th May 2017 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Arthur Verocai Encore £18.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Far Out Records SKU: FARO122LPX Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nucleus With Leon Thomas Live 1970 Jazz | Gearbox | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 26th January 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nucleus With Leon Thomas Live 1970 £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1529 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Skydive Trio Sun Moee Jazz | Hubro | 1LP, Includes CD Released 13th April 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Skydive Trio Sun Moee £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Hubro SKU: HUBROLP3537 Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 13th April 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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