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He moved to New York in 1960 and began to record with various well-known soul, rock, pop, and jazz musicians. He has toured with saxophonist King Curtis, seminal bop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and saxophonist Hank Crawford and was Aretha Franklin's musical director for five years in the 1970's. He has also performed in concert with seminal bop drummer Max Roach. Curtis Ousley (February 7, 1934– August 13, 1971), who performed under the name King Curtis, was an American tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and soul jazz. ... John Birks Dizzy Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. ... Bennie Ross Crawford, Jr (born December 21, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an R&B and Soul jazz alto saxophonist known as Hank Crawford. ... Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American R&B, Pop and Gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was a bebop/hard bop percussionist, drummer, and composer. ...

Purdie is considered an influential and innovative exponent of funk and is also noted for a "rolling" shuffle beat he calls "the Purdie shuffle". 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". Acid jazz (sometimes groove jazz) is a musical genre that combines jazz influences with elements of soul music, funk, disco and hip hop. ...

Musicians and bands with whom Purdie has worked

The following list of musicians with whom Purdie has worked does not purport to be exhaustive:

• Louis Armstrong
• Gato Barbieri
• Michael Bolton
• James Brown
• Rusty Bryant
• Paul Butterfield
• Joe Cocker
• Larry Coryell
• Jeff Beck
• Hank Crawford
• King Curtis
• Miles Davis
• Roberta Flack
• Aretha Franklin
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Hall & Oates
• Isaac Hayes
• Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
• Tom Jones
• Quincy Jones
• B.B. King
• Al Kooper
• Charles Kynard
• Herbie Mann
• Jimmy McGriff
• Bucky Pizzarelli
• Max Roach
• Nina Simone
• Percy Sledge
• Gil Scott-Heron
• Jimmy Smith
• Steely Dan
• Cat Stevens
• Richard Tee
• The Rolling Stones
• Todd Rundgren
• Grover Washington, Jr.
• Jimmy Witherspoon
• Stevie Wonder
• Sonny Phillips

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Selected discography

As Bernard Purdie (leader):

• Soul Drums (1968)
• Soul Fingers (1968)
• Purdie Good (1971)
• Soul Is...Pretty Purdie (1972)
• Get It While You Can (1999)

Also appears on:

• You Never Know Who (1969) - Al Kooper
• Young, Gifted and Black (1969) - Aretha Franklin
• Coryell (1969) - Larry Coryell
• Completely Well (1970) - B.B. King
• Aretha Live at Fillmore West (1971) - Aretha Franklin
• Live At Fillmore West (1971) - King Curtis
• Fairyland (1971) - Larry Coryell
• Push, Push (1971) - Herbie Mann
• Guess Who (1973) - B.B. King
• Foreigner (1973) - Cat Stevens
• Come Together (1974) - Jimmy McGriff
• I Can Stand A Little Rain (1974) - Joe Cocker
• Teasin' (1975) - Cornell Dupree
• Aja (1977) - Steely Dan
• Home In The Country (1977) - Pee Wee Ellis
• You Can't Make Love Alone (1977) - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
• Luxury You Can Afford (1978) - Joe Cocker
• Gaucho (1980) - Steely Dan
• Blue To The Bone (1988) - Jimmy McGriff

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Trivia

Beatles recording controversy

Starting in the 1970s, Purdie began making claims that Beatles manager Brian Epstein enlisted him to overdub drum parts on twenty-one of "the first three" Beatles recordings. Purdie has also claimed, as reproduced in Max Weinberg's 1984 book The Big Beat, that "Ringo never played on anything...not the early stuff." This claim has never been substantiated by any outside sources, at least in regard to his replacement of Starr drum parts on Beatles records of 1962 through 1964, which would roughly be the time covered by the first three Beatles albums, depending on whether they are reckoned by the British or American releases. Those who know the recordings best, including of course Starr himself, have always identified Starr as the drummer on all Beatles records. ^{[citation needed]} There are well-documented exceptions when Ringo had been unavailable, as on the April 14, 1969 session for "The Ballad of John and Yoko" where Paul McCartney handles the drumming duties in Starr's absence, or on the one and only time that he had been replaced, by session drummer Andy White for the band's third visit to Abbey Road Studios on September 11, 1962. Purdie's claim is also not helped by the fact that whereas Epstein handled business decisions, his musical initiatives were always rebuffed by the band, Epstein therefore was hardly likely to interfere with the province of producer George Martin and the Beatles themselves for fear of backlash. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Brian Samuel Epstein (IPA: ) (born in Liverpool, England; 19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was the manager of The Beatles. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the year. ... Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an Academy Award and Grammy Award winning English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... The Ballad of John and Yoko is a Beatles song written by John Lennon. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... Andy White (born 1930 in Scotland) is a drummer, best known for playing drums on some of the recordings of the Beatles first single, Love Me Do. White was a studio drummer in the 1950s and 1960sin London, recording with artists like Billy Fury, Marlene Dietrich, Hermans Hermits and... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see George Martin (disambiguation). ...

Some have speculated that Purdie was the drummer hired by Atlantic Records to overdub the drumming of Pete Best on several tracks that the Beatles had recorded circa 1961 for Polydor in Hamburg as back-up band for singer Tony Sheridan. Polydor made these tracks available once the Beatles had achieved fame. Atlantic felt the need to add drumming overdubs on three tracks: "Ain't She Sweet", "Take Out Some Insurance on Me Baby", and "Sweet Georgia Brown". Atlantic also added guitar overdubs to "Take Out Some Insurance" and "Sweet Georgia Brown". In the case of the latter, the guitar was added on top of John Lennon and George Harrison. The reasons for Atlantic overdubbing these instruments have never been explained. Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... “Peter Best” redirects here. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... Tony Sheridan (born Andrew Esmond Sheridan McGinnity on May 21, 1940), is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist. ...

Bibliography

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition, 2001, "Bernard Purdie".

External links

• Official website