View basket “An Evening With The Devil” 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 Dexter Gordon Go Jazz | Universal/Blue Note | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 19th June 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dexter Gordon Go £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Universal/Blue Note SKU: 3778212 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 19th June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Courtney Pine House of Legends Jazz | Destin-E | 1LP Released 21st February 2013 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Courtney Pine House of Legends £14.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Destin-E SKU: 7777V21028867 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st February 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Red Norvo Trio Men At Work Jazz | Vogue | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 17th November 2017 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Red Norvo Trio Men At Work £16.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Vogue SKU: 88985448291 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 17th November 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miles Davis ‘Round About Midnight (SuperVinyl) Jazz | Mobile Fidelity | 180g, 1LP Released 30th September 2024 £67.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis ‘Round About Midnight (SuperVinyl) £67.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: LMF1517 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 30th September 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Julia Biel Black and White, Vol.1 Jazz | rokit | 1LP Released 28th February 2020 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Julia Biel Black and White, Vol.1 £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: rokit SKU: RKT060LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th February 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Funeral Bonsai Wedding (Steve Dawson from Dolly Varden) Funeral Bonsai Wedding Folk | KSE | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 19th July 2016 £10.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Funeral Bonsai Wedding (Steve Dawson from Dolly Varden) Funeral Bonsai Wedding £10.00 Genre: Folk Label: KSE SKU: KSE2014 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 19th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jim O'Rourke & Mats Gustafsson Xylophonen Virtuosen Jazz | Trost | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 29th April 2022 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jim O'Rourke & Mats Gustafsson Xylophonen Virtuosen £31.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Trost SKU: TR205LP Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 29th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View McCoy Tyner McCoy Tyner – The Montreux Years Jazz | BMG Rights Management | 180g, 2LP Released 23rd June 2023 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders McCoy Tyner McCoy Tyner – The Montreux Years £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: BMG Rights Management SKU: 4050538889482 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 23rd June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View JJ Johnson Sextet JJ Inc Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 12th September 2014 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders JJ Johnson Sextet JJ Inc £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: CS8406 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 12th September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lester Young Blue Lester Jazz | Dreyfus Jazz | 1LP Released 10th May 2019 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lester Young Blue Lester £13.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Dreyfus Jazz SKU: 4050538483833 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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