''Purdie Good!'' is an album led by jazz drummer
Bernard Purdie
Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul and funk musician. He is known for his precise musical time keeping and his signature use of triplets against a half-time backbeat: the "Purdi ...
which was recorded for the
Prestige label in 1971.
Bernard Purdie discography
accessed July 2, 2013
Reception
Stewart Mason of Allmusic
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states, "it seems like Purdie's much-vaunted ability to play well in just about any style thrown at him is almost a liability on 1971's ''Purdie Good''... the covers are competent enough, but why listen to them when the originals are far superior? At best, the album only barely lives up to its title".[Mason, S]
Allmusic listing
accessed July 1, 2013.
Track listing
All compositions by Bernard Purdie except where noted
# " Cold Sweat" ( James Brown, Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis) - 5:30
# "Montego Bay
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" ( Bobby Bloom, Jeff Barry
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) - 5:40
# "Purdie Good" - 6:20
# "Wasteland" - 6:10
# "Everybody's Talkin'
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" (Fred Neil
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) - 5:14
# "You Turn Me On" - 6:20
Personnel
*Bernard Purdie
Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul and funk musician. He is known for his precise musical time keeping and his signature use of triplets against a half-time backbeat: the "Purdi ...
- drums
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*Tippy Larkin - trumpet
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*Charlie Brown, Warren Daniels - tenor saxophone
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* Harold Wheeler - electric piano
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*Ted Dunbar
Earl Theodore Dunbar (January 17, 1937 – May 29, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist, composer, and educator.
Career
Born in Port Arthur, Texas, Dunbar trained as a pharmacist at Texas Southern University, but by the 1970s he only did pharma ...
, Billy Nichols
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Early years
Nichols was one of nine children born to Laura Bell and Tom Sanders. Sanders was a farmer who played blues guitar in his sp ...
- guitar
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*Gordon Edwards - electric bass
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*Norman Pride - congas
Production
* Bob Porter - producer
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* Rudy Van Gelder
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- engineer
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References
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Bernard Purdie albums
1971 albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums produced by Bob Porter (record producer)
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio