Purdie Good

by Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Bernard Purdie

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	04/14/2023
Label:	Craft Recordings
UPC:	0888072420632
Rank:	32462

Tracks

1. Cold Sweat
2. Montego Bay
3. Purdie Good
4. Wasteland
5. Everybody's Talkin'
6. You Turn Me On

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie   Primary Artist
Bernard Purdie   Primary Artist,Drums
Ted Dunbar   Guitar
Billy Nichols   Guitar
Harold Wheeler   Piano
Gordon Edwards   Guitar (Bass)
Norman Pride   Congas
Warren Davis   Sax (Tenor)
Charlie Brown   Sax (Tenor)
Tippy Larkin   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie   Composer
Bob Porter   Recording Supervision
James Brown   Composer
Fred Neil   Composer
Rudy Van Gelder   Producer,Recording Producer
Pee Wee Ellis   Composer
Bobby Bloom   Composer
Bob Bushnell   Composer
Jeff Barry   Composer
Bernard Purdie   Composer