View basket “Demon’s Dance: Blue Note Tone Poet Series” 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 Wayne Shorter The All Seeing Eye Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 1st October 2021 £33.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Wayne Shorter The All Seeing Eye £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 3514963 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 1st October 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Donald Byrd Byrd’s Eye View (Tone Poet) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 3rd May 2024 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Donald Byrd Byrd’s Eye View (Tone Poet) £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note SKU: 4585225 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 3rd May 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dexter Gordon Daddy Plays the Horn Jazz | BMG Rights Management | 1LP Released 7th January 2022 £19.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Dexter Gordon Daddy Plays the Horn £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: BMG Rights Management SKU: 4050538681703 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th January 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Ella Fitzgerald Ella At The Shrine: Prelude to Zardi’s Jazz | Verve | 1LP, 45rpm Released 23rd November 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ella Fitzgerald Ella At The Shrine: Prelude to Zardi’s £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 6796957 Formats: 1LP, 45rpm Released Date: 23rd November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jon Hassell City: Works Of Fiction Jazz | All Saints Records | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 29th May 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jon Hassell City: Works Of Fiction £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: All Saints Records SKU: WAST008LP Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 29th May 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eddie Gale Black Rhythm Happening Jazz | 4 Men With Beards | 180g, 1LP Released 30th August 2016 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eddie Gale Black Rhythm Happening £27.00 Genre: Jazz Label: 4 Men With Beards SKU: 4M128LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 30th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Billie Holiday BILLIE: The Original Soundtrack Jazz | UMe | 1LP Released 13th November 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Billie Holiday BILLIE: The Original Soundtrack £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: UMe SKU: 3505668 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th November 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moondog The Story of Moondog Jazz | 4 Men With Beards | 180g, 1LP Released 30th August 2016 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moondog The Story of Moondog £27.00 Genre: Jazz Label: 4 Men With Beards SKU: 4M177LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 30th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miles Davis Sketches Of Spain – UltraDisc One-Step Jazz | Mobile Fidelity | 180g, Box Set Released 25th December 2023 £135.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Sketches Of Spain – UltraDisc One-Step £135.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: UD1S2-038 Formats: 180g, Box Set Released Date: 25th December 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Candi Dulfer Together Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 1st September 2017 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Candi Dulfer Together £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1980 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 1st September 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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