Soul Is... Pretty Purdie is an album led by R&B drummer Bernard Purdie which was recorded for the Flying Dutchman label in 1972. The Allmusic site awarded...
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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...
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Soul Drums is the debut album by drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, recorded for the Date label in 1967. The single "Funky Donkey" reached No. 87 on the...
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variations on these two themes would have been a minor soul-jazz classic, but unfortunately, Bernard Purdie's overreaching ends up giving him the, um, Shaft"...
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Ralph MacDonald (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Prine Sweet Revenge (Atlantic Records, 1973) With Bernard Purdie Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972) With Bonnie Raitt Streetlights (Warner...
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Richard Tee (category American soul keyboardists)
Rainey Sweet Buns & Barbeque (1972) Houston Person Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (1972) Bernard Purdie Alone Again (Naturally) (1972) Esther Phillips The Final...
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Paul Martinez (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Patty Pravo (RCA, 1998) Patty Pravo, Tanto (RCA, 1976) Bernard Purdie, Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972) Renaissance, A Song for All Seasons...
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1972 in music (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Woogie Flu" – Johnny Rivers "Rockin' Robin" – Michael Jackson "Rock & Roll Soul" – Grand Funk Railroad "Rolling Stone" - Suzi Quatro "Roundabout" – Yes "Run...
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Horace Ott (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
With Bernard Purdie Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972) - keyboards, composer, arranger and conductor With Nina Simone Wild Is the Wind (Philips...
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Seldon Powell (category Soul-jazz flautists)
1960) With Bernard Purdie Soul Drums (Date, 1967) Stand by Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) (Mega, 1971) Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972)...
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Jay Berliner (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
(RCA, 1996) Robert Palmer, Ridin' High (EMI, 1992) Bernard Purdie, Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972) Tim Rose, Tim Rose (CBS, 1967) Kevin...
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Ernie Royal (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
1971: What's Going On – Johnny "Hammond" Smith 1972: Soul Is... Pretty Purdie – Bernard Purdie 1972: Joy of Cookin' – Joe Thomas 1972: Guess Who – B...
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Cornell Dupree (category Soul-jazz guitarists)
(Encounter 1973) Bernard Purdie, Stand By Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) (Mega, 1971) Bernard Purdie, Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972)...
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You Send Me (album) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
drums (track 4) Howard Terrance King – drums (track 5) Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie – drums (tracks: 6, 7) John Sussewell – drums (track 8) Chano O'Ferral...
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Billy Nichols (category American soul guitarists)
Bernard Purdie Purdie Good! (Prestige, 1971) Stand By Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) (Mega, 1971) Shaft (Prestige, 1971) Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying...
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Flying Dutchman Records (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Dutchman had three sublabels, Amsterdam, BluesTime, and Contact. Flying Dutchman is independently owned and since 2011 has been distributed and marketed by Ace...
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Garnett Brown (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Randy Weston 1972: Joy of Cookin' - Joe Thomas 1972: Soul Is... Pretty Purdie - Bernard Purdie 1972: Time & Love - Jackie and Roy 1972: Free - Airto...
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Afro-Disiac (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Prestige soul-jazz dates of the early 1970s... Kynard's one of the more understated soul-jazz organists of the era, and shares space pretty generously...
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Specs Powell (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
the Gerry Mulligan Quartet at Newport (Verve, 1963) Bernard Purdie, Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972) Chuck Rainey, The Chuck Rainey Coalition...
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Doris Troy (redirect from Mama Soul)
organ, Wally Richardson on guitar, Bob Bushnell on bass, and Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on drums. The song has been covered by The Hollies, Faith, Hope & Charity...
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Noel DaCosta (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
1969) Van McCoy, Soul Improvisations (Buddah, 1972) Gwen McCrae, Gwen McCrae (Atlantic, 1981) Bernard Purdie, Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman...
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Harold Vick (category Soul-jazz saxophonists)
(Prestige, 1971) With Bu Pleasant Ms. Bu (Muse, 1973) With Bernard Purdie Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972) With Pharoah Sanders Live at the East...
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Creatures of the Street (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Orchestra - musicians ("Guest Star") Michael Reeves - conductor Andy Muson, Pretty Purdie, Cornell Dupree, Gordon Edwards, Jerry Jemmott, Jimmy Maelen, John Syomis...
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Buddy Lucas (musician) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Lucas. As a session musician, he recorded with Horace Silver, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Titus Turner The Rascals, Yusef Lateef, and Aretha Franklin, amongst...
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Jimmy Powell (musician) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Definitive Otis Redding Otis Redding (released 1993) 1972: Soul Is... Pretty Purdie - Bernard Purdie Powell, Jimmy. "Powell, Jimmy 1914-1994". worldcat.org...
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Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on his first paid session gig. Another early version was by UK singer Michael Holliday who recorded the song in 1957. The song is noted...
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Jamaica Say You Will (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
of the songs is played by the Kingpins, formerly known for being saxophonist King Curtis' backing band, including Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on drums. "(That's...
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Blacknuss (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
- trumpet Khalil Mhrdi - drums Henry Pearson - bass guitar Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - drums Bill Salter - bass guitar Sonelius Smith - piano Richard Tee...
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Aja (album) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
environment of the mid- to late- 70s can be found on 'Home at Last.' Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie feeds off Chuck Rainey's bass with righteous grooves and masterful off-beat...
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Let's Do It (album) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
piano Gregory David Moore – guitar Kerry Turman – bass Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie – drums Chano O'Ferral – congas Justo Almario – tenor saxophone John...
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