Bernard Purdie

triple vinyl set

black virgin 180 gram lps

GATEFOLD SLEEVE

Now on vinyl for the first time: Bernard Purdie's "Soul to Jazz" is a timeless classic and a blueprint of the soul jazz genre with all its facets. Above all, however, the album 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.

PERSONNEL:

• Bernard Purdie - (drums), with:

• The WDR Big Band directed by Gil Goldstein
• Eddie Harris - (tenor saxophone)
• Nils Landgren - (trombone)
• Michael Brecker - (tenor saxophone)
• Randy Brecker - (flugelhorn)
• Dean Brown - (guitar)
• Dave King - (bass)
• Martin Moss - (vocals)
• Stanley Turrentine - (tenor saxophone)
• Hank Crawford & Vincent Herring - (alto saxophone)
• Junior Mance & Benny Green - (piano)
• Cornell Dupree & George Naha - (guitar)
• Stanley Banks - (bass)
• Pancho Morales - (percussion)
• Jack DeJohnette - (drums)
• and many more

TRACKS:

• LP ONE

• A1. Moanin’
• A2. Superstition
• A3. Iko Iko
• A4. Señor Blues

• B1. When A Man Loves A Woman
• B2. Freedom Jazz Dance
• B3. Sidewinder
• B4. Brother Where Are You?
• __________________________

• LP TWO

• C1. Wade in the Water
• C2. Work Song
• C3. Land Of 1.000 Dancers
• C4. Gimme Some Lovin’
• C5. Motherless Child

• D1. New Orleans Strutt
• D2. La Place Street
• D3. Amen
• __________________________

• LP THREE

• E1. Jubilation
• E2. Joshua
• E3. Mr. Magic

• F1. Theme From Shaft
• F2. Nobody Knows