Bernard Purdie

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Soul Drums 03:28 Tools
Touch Me Again 04:24 Tools
Cold Sweat 05:39 Tools
Funky Donkey 02:57 Tools
Song For Aretha 07:35 Tools
Caravan 02:57 Tools
Lialeh 05:18 Tools
Heavy Soul Slinger 00:00 Tools
Soul Bossa Nova 02:41 Tools
Hap'nin' 05:30 Tools
Modern Jive 02:41 Tools
Jimmy's Back 02:33 Tools
Bill's Groove 02:39 Tools
On The Outskirts Of Minitown 03:15 Tools
Theme From Shaft 05:51 Tools
Testifyin' 02:33 Tools
Conscious 04:17 Tools
Bee 'N' Tee 02:52 Tools
blow your lid (but watch your cool) 04:17 Tools
All Pink on the Inside 04:17 Tools
Easy 04:27 Tools
Good Livin' (good Lovin') 00:00 Tools
Montego Bay 05:45 Tools
Pass Me Not 04:35 Tools
Stranded 04:38 Tools
Genuine John - Stereo Version 06:14 Tools
Fickle Finger Of Fate 04:35 Tools
Purdie Good 06:33 Tools
Don't Go 00:00 Tools
Day Dreaming 00:00 Tools
Deep in Love 07:05 Tools
Changes 04:58 Tools
Wasteland 06:12 Tools
Attica 04:17 Tools
You Turn Me On 06:28 Tools
Put It Where You Want It 00:00 Tools
Everybody's Talkin' 05:20 Tools
Red Beans and Rice 07:03 Tools
Bee'n' Tee 02:54 Tools
whats going on 03:36 Tools
New Orleans Strutt 08:55 Tools
Red Beans And Rice (Featuring Jay Koder) 07:01 Tools
What's Goin' On / Ain't No Sunshine 04:38 Tools
Way Back Home 05:32 Tools
ELEVATE 03:08 Tools
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get 05:14 Tools
Groovin' 03:34 Tools
Alexander's Ragtime Band 04:00 Tools
If You Never Cried 03:04 Tools
Butterfingers 04:12 Tools
Time Is Tight 02:40 Tools
Stop 02:44 Tools
Summer Melody 06:30 Tools
Soul Clappin' - Stereo Version 00:00 Tools
Carnival 04:27 Tools
Sidewinder 07:18 Tools
Superstition 06:12 Tools
My Blues 04:17 Tools
Fickle Finger Of Fate - Stereo Version 00:00 Tools
What's Going On?/Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone 00:00 Tools
Hot Popcorn 05:08 Tools
Givin' Up Food For Funk (Live) 06:26 Tools
He Liked It Too 03:08 Tools
Mr. Magic 07:49 Tools
Gimme Some Lovin' 03:48 Tools
Pretty Funky Drummer 00:00 Tools
Iko Iko 05:48 Tools
Portland Clam Chowder (Featuring Louis Pain) 06:40 Tools
The Funkster 05:54 Tools
What's Goin' On & Ain't No Sunshine 00:00 Tools
Count Your Blessings 02:44 Tools
Black Purd's Theme 02:18 Tools
Cool Down 02:32 Tools
La Place Street 06:46 Tools
Elect the President 03:26 Tools
Freedom Jazz Dance 04:32 Tools
B Plays It Cool 02:30 Tools
Money Bags 09:41 Tools
Feeling Good Again 06:14 Tools
SHAND STAND 05:29 Tools
Give The Drummer Some 01:57 Tools
Wade in the Water 04:42 Tools
God Bless The Child 07:05 Tools
Tappin' 02:42 Tools
Joshua 05:17 Tools
The...Shuffle 03:06 Tools
When A Man Loves A Woman 04:38 Tools
Ad Lib 00:00 Tools
God Made B Funky 02:56 Tools
Autumn Leaves 06:51 Tools
Stella By Starlight 08:33 Tools
Purdy and Music 07:10 Tools
Work Song 03:51 Tools
Groove On 04:14 Tools
Bernard's Back Beat 02:32 Tools
Señor Blues 02:30 Tools
Down Hill 03:38 Tools
Home Cookin' (Rob Paparozzi & Linda Hornbuckle) 04:54 Tools
Jubilation 05:27 Tools
Slow Lib 01:08 Tools
Light Years Away 03:17 Tools
Rollin' on Purdie Street 00:00 Tools
Light My Fire 03:53 Tools
Jambalaya (Live) 05:53 Tools
Where B's At 02:39 Tools
Moanin´ 02:10 Tools
The Golden Tie 07:55 Tools
Memphis Soul Stew (Live) 07:49 Tools
Mama's Cookin (Live) 09:00 Tools
Tighten Up 14:15 Tools
Amen 05:57 Tools
Hot Popcorn (Featuring Jay Koder) 05:06 Tools
Keep on Shining 07:55 Tools
Better Man 03:55 Tools
Moanin' 02:05 Tools
Memphis Soul Stew 07:10 Tools
Nobody Knows 08:43 Tools
Monkey Milk 04:44 Tools
Who Is Sylvia 06:50 Tools
Something B Can Feel 02:58 Tools
Saint Louis Blues 05:35 Tools
16th Note Shuffle 02:45 Tools
What's Going On 05:29 Tools
(Sometimes I Feel Like A) Motherless Child 00:00 Tools
Purdie Warmup 00:00 Tools
Memphis Soul Stew - Live 07:51 Tools
Hot Sweat 03:51 Tools
Everything I Play Is Funky 09:41 Tools
Brother Where Are You? 04:18 Tools
Jambalaya 05:54 Tools
BP Baby 02:15 Tools
A Little Soul Food (Featuring Rob Paparozzi) 05:21 Tools
Misty 05:22 Tools
Pretty Purdie '96 03:03 Tools
Deep Purple 06:50 Tools
Kidney Stew Blues (Live) 05:31 Tools
Go Away Little Girl 07:06 Tools
Alligator Boogaloo 09:24 Tools
Pass the Pain 05:17 Tools
Purdie Perview (Loops) 02:48 Tools
We're In The Money 05:08 Tools
Breakfast with the Blues (Featuring Linda Hornbuckle) 04:37 Tools
You Send Me 07:37 Tools
Red Beans And Rice - Live 07:03 Tools
Soothing 07:04 Tools
Whisky Drinkin' Woman 06:50 Tools
Wave 07:24 Tools
Fickle Finger Of Fate (Stereo Version) 03:03 Tools
Genuine John (Stereo Version) 05:33 Tools
Grits & Gravy (Featuring Thara Memory) 05:30 Tools
Rainy Afternoon 05:14 Tools
bee n tee 00:00 Tools
Cissy Strut 07:55 Tools
Where B's At (Part II) 06:27 Tools
What's Going On/Ain't No Sunshine 07:55 Tools
Soul Fruit 07:07 Tools
Jambalaya - Live 05:55 Tools
Warm Up! 05:14 Tools
Since I Fell For You 08:24 Tools
St. Louis Blues 00:30 Tools
Crazy 04:00 Tools
Funky Mozart 06:43 Tools
Super Bad 06:47 Tools
I Cover the Waterfront 08:08 Tools
Good Livin' 03:34 Tools
Alexander's Rag Time Band (Stereo) (Bonus Track) 04:03 Tools
Whatcha See Is Watcha Get 06:41 Tools
Motherless Child 06:28 Tools
Genuine John 00:00 Tools
Purdie Preview (Loops) 00:00 Tools
Kidney Stew Blues - Live 05:33 Tools
Genuine John (Stereo) (Bonus Track) 02:44 Tools
Please Send Me Someone To Love 07:47 Tools
Portland Clam Chowder 05:31 Tools
Soul Clappin' 02:40 Tools
Purdie Good 1971 Cold Sweat 05:42 Tools
Soul Clappin' (Stereo) (Bonus Track) 02:40 Tools
Groovin' (Stereo) (Bonus Track) 03:38 Tools
Fickle Finger Of Fate (Stereo) (Bonus Track) 01:53 Tools
Real Good Thang/Precious Gift 06:25 Tools
Soul Clappin' (Stereo Version) 03:55 Tools
Land of 1.000 Dancers 03:12 Tools
All Your Tomorrow's 05:31 Tools
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water 06:43 Tools
C-E-C 03:02 Tools
Grits & Gravy - Live 05:32 Tools
What Is Your Name 06:13 Tools
A Little Soul Food - Live 05:23 Tools
Breakfast with the Blues - Live 04:39 Tools
Purdie Good 1971 Purdie Good 06:32 Tools
Purdie Good 1971 Montego Bay 05:45 Tools
If You Never Cried (Stereo) (Bonus Track) 03:08 Tools
Home Cookin' - Live 04:56 Tools
Stop (Stereo) (Bonus Track) 02:48 Tools
Moanin' - Intro 05:14 Tools
Time Is Tight (Stereo) (Bonus Track) 02:40 Tools
Take the People with You 02:40 Tools
Brother Where Are You 04:18 Tools
Givin' Up Food For Funk 04:18 Tools
Givin' Up Food For Funk - Live 06:28 Tools
I'll Show U 03:36 Tools
After Hours 06:37 Tools
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 06:37 Tools
Strike Up the Band 05:54 Tools
Shaft 05:54 Tools
Creation 02:48 Tools
Glory of Love 06:33 Tools
Moanin’ 07:41 Tools
Purdie Good 1971 Wasteland 06:12 Tools
Push Push 07:41 Tools
Nawlins' 03:36 Tools
A Brush With Blues 05:14 Tools
2 Plus 2 02:40 Tools
In the Middle of the Night 03:55 Tools
In 3 03:36 Tools
Purdie Good 1971 Everybody's Talkin' 05:20 Tools
Purdie Good 1971 You Turn Me On 06:28 Tools
Shaft 1973 Attica 04:17 Tools
Mama's Cookin - Live 09:03 Tools
Back Water Blues 04:18 Tools
Do You Remeber/The Good in You 09:54 Tools
Green Onions 06:57 Tools
Blasck Purd's Theme 02:58 Tools
Splatt 05:14 Tools
Walkin' Bootz 05:14 Tools
Hot Popcorn - Live 05:08 Tools
Samba de Amor 11:48 Tools
Stand By Me 04:59 Tools
Where B's At Part 2 06:28 Tools
Hapnin' 05:31 Tools
Land Of 1,000 Dancers 03:12 Tools
Shaft 1973 Them Changes 04:58 Tools
Gimme Some Lovin´ 03:48 Tools
The Tale of Miss Virginia Epitome 03:48 Tools
Green Onion 06:58 Tools
Mood Indigo 06:43 Tools
The Riot 04:59 Tools
What's Going On / Ain't No Sunshine 03:48 Tools
Land of 1,000 Dances 03:36 Tools
blow your lid 06:57 Tools
Portland Clam Chowder - Live 06:42 Tools
Never Can Say Goodbye 03:07 Tools
Home Cookin' 06:42 Tools
I'll Never Stop Loving You 04:57 Tools
It's Too Late 03:32 Tools
Testify 04:04 Tools
What's Going On? / Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone 03:36 Tools
Attica [Album Version] 03:36 Tools
spanish harlem 03:48 Tools
Gimme Some Lovin’ 03:48 Tools
The legendary Purdie Shuffle 03:48 Tools
You've Got A Friend 03:51 Tools
Land Of 1000 Dances 03:40 Tools
Alexander's Rag Time Band 05:14 Tools
Artificialness 03:06 Tools
Hap'nin (from Lialeh) 01:51 Tools
Soul Drums [Album Version] 03:33 Tools
What you see is what you get 05:02 Tools
What's Goin'on〜aiin't No Sunshine 04:04 Tools
Moanin' (Intro) 03:06 Tools
What's Goin' On〜Aiin't No Sunshine 04:04 Tools
Good Livin'(good Lovin') 03:40 Tools
What's Going On?/Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone [Remastered 2002] 01:53 Tools
A Little Soul Food 01:53 Tools
Soul Clappin' (Stereo) 02:48 Tools
03 - Conscious 02:48 Tools
Fresh Jive 03:22 Tools
Fickle Finger Of Fate [Stereo Version] 01:53 Tools
Kidney Stew Blues 01:53 Tools
Genuine John [Stereo Version] 02:44 Tools
Grits & Gravy 02:44 Tools
Stop (Stereo) 02:48 Tools
01 Soul Drums 02:44 Tools
Fickle Finger Of Fate (Stereo) 01:53 Tools
Soul Drums (Album Version) 02:44 Tools
Time Is Tight (Stereo) 02:48 Tools
What's Going On?/Ain't No Sunshine (Medley) 03:06 Tools
Grits And Gravy 05:14 Tools
If You Never Cried (Stereo) 02:40 Tools
Groovin' (Stereo) 02:40 Tools
Friday Night at the Cadillac Club 01:53 Tools
02 - Touch me again 01:53 Tools
Genuine John (Stereo) 05:14 Tools
Song for Aretha (excerpt) 03:22 Tools
Soul Clappin' [Stereo Version] 02:40 Tools
Cold Sweat (Remastered) 03:02 Tools
06 Funky Donkey 02:40 Tools
Preparation F 05:14 Tools
07 - Hap'nin 05:14 Tools
04 - Easy 05:14 Tools
Deep in Love (feat. Mayteana Morales) 05:14 Tools
Brother, Where Are You 05:14 Tools
Bernhard Purdie 05:14 Tools
Breakfast With the Blues 05:14 Tools
What's Going On - Ain't Sunshine When She's Gone 05:14 Tools
02 Bee N Tee 05:14 Tools
04 Soul Bossa Nova 05:14 Tools
09 Testify 05:14 Tools
08 On The Outskirts Of Minitown 05:14 Tools
What's Goin On/Ain't No Sunshine 05:14 Tools
06 - Pass me not 05:14 Tools
Ho Chi Minh 05:03 Tools
Alexancer's Rag Time Band (Stereo) 05:14 Tools
What's Goin On/ Ain't No Sunshine 03:36 Tools
03 Caravan 05:14 Tools
Whats Goin On/Ain't No Sun 05:14 Tools
Daydreaming 05:03 Tools
Good Livin' (Good Lovin') (album: Soul Is... pretty Purdie - 1972) 03:40 Tools
05 - All pink on the side 03:40 Tools
Blessed Are Those Who Struggle 03:36 Tools
Jimmy’s Back 02:28 Tools
Whatcha see is whatcha get)) 03:02 Tools
Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone 03:02 Tools
Mamblues 03:02 Tools
10 Modern Jive 03:02 Tools
Stranded (feat. Cyril Neville) 02:35 Tools
Jungle Strut 03:02 Tools
Blow Your Lid (But Watch Yuor Cool) 03:02 Tools
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 03:02 Tools
Good Livin' (Good Loving) 03:02 Tools
Soul Talk 03:02 Tools
Theme from Shaft [*] 03:02 Tools
Medley: What's Going On? / Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone 03:02 Tools
Delights Of The Garden 03:02 Tools
Seсor Blues 02:35 Tools
It's A Trip 03:36 Tools
what's going on i ain't no sunshine when she's gone 03:02 Tools
What's Going On-Ain't No Sunsh 03:02 Tools
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Hap´nin 03:02 Tools
11 Blow Your Lid (But Watch Your Cool) 03:02 Tools
Good Livin 03:36 Tools
Bill’s Groove 02:35 Tools
Better Man (feat. Anthony Cole) 03:36 Tools
Purdie Solo 02:35 Tools
Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone/What's Going On? 03:36 Tools
What's Goin' On_Ain't No Sunshine 03:36 Tools
Breaks 2 03:36 Tools
Be 03:36 Tools
The Pill 03:36 Tools
Yond 03:36 Tools
Stand By Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) 03:36 Tools
What's Going On I Ain't No Sunshine When S 03:36 Tools
Mister Magic 03:36 Tools
07 Bill_s Groove 03:36 Tools
Land Of 1.000 Dances 03:36 Tools
What's Goin' On/Ain't No Sunshine 03:36 Tools
05 Jimmy_s Back 03:36 Tools
Heavy Soul Slinger [1972][Prodigy - Poison] 03:36 Tools
Moanin 03:36 Tools
Land Of 1000 Dancers 03:36 Tools
Heavy Soul Singer 03:36 Tools
What's Going On? - Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone 03:36 Tools
-Cold Sweat 03:36 Tools
Soul Clapping 03:36 Tools
Colo De Rio 05:03 Tools
Happnin' 05:03 Tools
What's Going On-Ain't No Sunshine 05:03 Tools
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AKA Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer and session musician from Elkton, Maryland who has worked with various well-known soul, rock, pop, and jazz musicians. He moved to New York in 1960 and started playing with Lonnie Youngblood before going on to work with King Curtis, and in 1970, Aretha Franklin, eventually becoming her musical director for five years. He has also toured with seminal bop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonist Hank Crawford, and performed in concert with seminal bop drummer Max Roach. Purdie is considered an influential and innovative exponent of funk and is also noted for a "rolling" shuffle beat he calls "the Purdie shuffle". Two examples of "the Purdie shuffle" can be heard on Steely Dan's "Home at Last" and "Babylon Sisters". He is credited with being one of the inventors of the "Acid Jazz" genre in music. According to Drummerworld.com, "colleagues describe the drummer's style as the 'funkiest soul beat' in the business." According to Purdie, when he's hired by a new artist, he sets up two signs beside his drum kit. The first one reads "You done it!" The second one reads "You done hired the hit-maker! Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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