Soul Is... Pretty Purdie
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{{Infobox album
| name = Soul Is... Pretty Purdie
| type = Album
| artist = Pretty Purdie
| cover = Soul Is Pretty Purdie.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1972
| recorded = March 10 & June 23, 1972
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz-funk, soul jazz
| length = 32:54
| label = Flying Dutchman
FD-10154
| producer = Bernard Purdie & Bob Thiele
| chronology = Bernard Purdie
| prev_title = Shaft
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Delights of the Garden
| next_year = 1977
}}
Soul Is... Pretty Purdie is an album led by R&B drummer Bernard Purdie which was recorded for the Flying Dutchman label in 1972.[http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/flyingdutchman.pdf Flying Dutchman Label Discography] accessed July 4, 2013[http://www.bernardpurdie.com/discography.htm Bernard Purdie discography] accessed July 4, 2013
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-ispretty-purdie-mw0000767729 Allmusic listing] accessed July 4, 2013.
Track listing
- "What's Going On/Ain't No Sunshine" (Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye/Bill Withers) – 3:58
- "Don't Go" (Bernard "Pretty" Purdie) – 3:15
- "Good Livin' (Good Lovin')" (Horace Ott) – 3:35
- "Day Dreaming" (Aretha Franklin) – 5:05
- "Song for Aretha" (Ott, Purdie, Bob Thiele) – 7:30
- "Put It Where You Want It" (Joe Sample) – 5:15
- "Heavy Soul Slinger" (Ott) – 4:16
Personnel
- Bernard Purdie – drums, vocals
- Danny Moore, Ernie Royal – trumpet (tracks 2 & 5)
- Garnett Brown – trombone (tracks 2 & 5)
- Jimmy Powell – alto saxophone (tracks 2 & 5)
- Charlie Brown (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7), Harold Vick (tracks 2 & 5), Seldon Powell (tracks 2 & 5) – tenor saxophone
- Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone (tracks 2 & 5)
- Cornell Dupree (tracks 2 & 5), Jay Berliner (tracks 2 & 5), Billy Nichols (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7), Lloyd Davis (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7) – guitar
- Horace Ott – electric piano, piano, arranger, conductor
- Paul Griffin (tracks 1, 4 & 6), Richard Tee (Tracks 2 & 5) – organ
- Jerry Jemmott (tracks 2 & 5), Paul Martinez – electric bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7)
- Norman Pride – congas, bongos
- Gayle Dixon, Julien Barber, Noel DaCosta, Sanford Allen – violin (tracks 2 & 5)
- Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke – viola (tracks 2 & 5)
- Kermit Moore, Ronald Lipscomb – cello (tracks 2 & 5)
- Ralph MacDonald – bongos (track 2 & 5)
- Gordon Powell – percussion (tracks 2 & 5)
- Barbara Massey, Carl Hall, Eileen Gilbert, Hilda Harris, Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals (track 5)
=Production=
- Bob Thiele – producer
- Bob Simpson and Tony May – engineer
Sample use
- "Good Livin' (Good Lovin')" has been sampled in "3 Kilos" by The Prodigy, from their album Music for the Jilted Generation (1994).{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/sample/12614/The-Prodigy-3-Kilos-Bernard-Purdie-Good-Livin%27-(Good-Lovin%27)/|title=The Prodigy's '3 Kilos' - Discover the Sample Source|website=WhoSampled}}
- "Song for Aretha" has been sampled by Beck in the song "Hotwax" from his 1996 album ''Odelay'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/sample/30641/Beck-Hotwax-Bernard-Purdie-Song-for-Aretha/|title=Beck's 'Hotwax' - Discover the Sample Source|website=WhoSampled}}
- "Heavy Soul Slinger" has been sampled in "Poison" by The Prodigy, from their album Music for the Jilted Generation (1994),{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/sample/25291/The-Prodigy-Poison-Bernard-Purdie-Heavy-Soul-Slinger/|title=The Prodigy's 'Poison' - Discover the Sample Source|website=WhoSampled}} and by Massive Attack in the song Mezzanine from the eponymous 1998 album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/sample/55069/Massive-Attack-Mezzanine-Bernard-Purdie-Heavy-Soul-Slinger/|title=Massive Attack's 'Mezzanine' - Discover the Sample Source|website=WhoSampled}}
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Category:Bernard Purdie albums
Category:Flying Dutchman Records albums