Posts Tagged Bernard “Pretty” Purdie

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December 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Tight But Loose

Playing along to Babylon Sisters on the drums. And Angela- the Theme from Taxi. Man, Bernard Purdie and Idris Muhammad. Beautiful. There’s a philosophy to their playing. They know the magic is in holding back. I never knew how to hold back, so I just dropped out. That’s how it’s usually been. Coming back to […]

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November 26, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1741

Dizzy Gillespie, Digital At Montreux, 1980 (1981) I bought this for $1 because it was Dizzy Gillespie and Bernard Purdie and Toots Thielemans. I knew all of the players and I couldn’t see it working – so I was curious. Also the album is red vinyl and I thought that was fucking cool. This was […]

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September 18, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1844

Pretty Purdie, Soul Drums (1968) You’ll recognise the title track as the break in Beck’s Devil’s Haircut. There’s a good chance you’ll recognise a few more breaks here – this is Bernard “Pretty” Purdie’s debut album as a leader; the most recorded drummer in the world. I can’t even remember where/when/how I got on to […]