Soul Is... Pretty Purdie
1972 studio album by Pretty Purdie
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Soul Is... Pretty Purdie is an album led by R&B drummer Bernard Purdie which was recorded for the Flying Dutchman label in 1972.[1][2]
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | March 10 & June 23, 1972 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk, soul jazz | |||
| Length | 32:54 | |||
| Label | Flying Dutchman FD-10154 | |||
| Producer | Bernard Purdie & Bob Thiele | |||
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Reception
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).[4]
- "Song for Aretha" has been sampled by Beck in the song "Hotwax" from his 1996 album Odelay.[5]
- "Heavy Soul Slinger" has been sampled in "Poison" by The Prodigy, from their album Music for the Jilted Generation (1994),[6] and by Massive Attack in the song Mezzanine from the eponymous 1998 album.[7]