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Even the best session players -- and Bernard "Pretty" Purdie is certainly one of those -- are not necessarily cut out to lead their own sessions. Indeed, 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. Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'" is done in a calypso fashion that does little for the song (although Warren Daniels and Charlie Brown do manage a passable tenor sax duel), and this version of Bobby Bloom's pop hit "Montego Bay" is even more lightweight and middle of the road than the original. Not all of the album is so disposable; the originals "Purdie Good" and "Wasteland" work up some hot jazz-funk grooves, and the ballad "You Turn Me On" has a slinky charm. But the cover of James Brown's "Cold Sweat" sums up the album's problems: 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.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Pee Wee Ellis, Composer - Bernard Purdie, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES BROWN, Composer - Gordon Edwards, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Pride, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Nichols, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Producer, Recording Producer - Warren Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Wheeler, Digital Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Porter, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Brown, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Dunbar, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tippy Larkin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Craft Recordings.
Bernard Purdie, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Edwards, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Pride, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Barry, ComposerLyricist - Billy Nichols, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Producer, Recording Producer - Bobby Bloom, ComposerLyricist - Warren Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Wheeler, Digital Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Porter, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Brown, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Dunbar, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tippy Larkin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Craft Recordings.
Bernard Purdie, Composer, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Edwards, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Pride, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Nichols, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Producer, Recording Producer - Warren Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Wheeler, Digital Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Porter, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Brown, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Dunbar, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tippy Larkin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Craft Recordings.
Bernard Purdie, Author, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Edwards, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Pride, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Nichols, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Producer, Recording Producer - Warren Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Wheeler, Digital Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Porter, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Brown, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Dunbar, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tippy Larkin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Craft Recordings.
Fred Neil, ComposerLyricist - Bernard Purdie, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Edwards, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Pride, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Nichols, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Producer, Recording Producer - Warren Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Wheeler, Digital Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Porter, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Brown, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Dunbar, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tippy Larkin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Craft Recordings.
Bernard Purdie, Author, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Edwards, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Pride, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bushnell, Author - Billy Nichols, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Producer, Recording Producer - Warren Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Wheeler, Digital Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Porter, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Brown, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Dunbar, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tippy Larkin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Craft Recordings.
Albumbeschreibung
Even the best session players -- and Bernard "Pretty" Purdie is certainly one of those -- are not necessarily cut out to lead their own sessions. Indeed, 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. Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'" is done in a calypso fashion that does little for the song (although Warren Daniels and Charlie Brown do manage a passable tenor sax duel), and this version of Bobby Bloom's pop hit "Montego Bay" is even more lightweight and middle of the road than the original. Not all of the album is so disposable; the originals "Purdie Good" and "Wasteland" work up some hot jazz-funk grooves, and the ballad "You Turn Me On" has a slinky charm. But the cover of James Brown's "Cold Sweat" sums up the album's problems: 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.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:54
- Main artists: Bernard Purdie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Craft
- Genre: Jazz
© 1971 Craft Recordings. ℗ 2020 Craft Recordings.
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