Tag Archives: Pretty Purdie
THIS IS FUNKY JAZZ.
dereksmusicblog ♦ May 27, 2025 ♦ Leave a comment
This Is Funky Jazz. Label: BGP. Format: LP. Nowadays, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey and Bud Powell are regarded as pioneers, and among the finest and most influential bebop artists. They were innovators, and played their part in this new musical movement that required instrumental virtuosity. Bebop was …
THIS IS FLYING DUTCHMAN 1969-1975.
dereksmusicblog ♦ February 16, 2023 ♦ 1 Comment
This Is Flying Dutchman 1969-1975. Label: BGP. Format: CD. Release Date: 24th February 2023. Flying Dutchman was the second record label Bob Thiele founded during what was by then, a long, illustrious and successful career. The first was Signature Records in 1939, when he was just seventeen. However, Signature Records wasn’t Bob Thiele’s first job in music. …
CULT CLASSIC: PRETTY PURDIE-SOUL IS…PRETTY PURDIE.
dereksmusicblog ♦ November 15, 2019 ♦ Leave a comment
Cult Classic: Pretty Purdie-Soul Is…Pretty Purdie. During a career that’s lasted over sixty years, Bernard “Pretty” Purdie has played alongside the great and good of music. This includes Steely Dan, the Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Cat Stevens, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Hall and Oates, James Brown, Isaac Hayes and Gil Scott Heron. These artists brought …
PRETTY PURDIE-SOUL IS…PRETTY PURDIE.
dereksmusicblog ♦ October 18, 2014 ♦ Leave a comment
PRETTY PURDIE-SOUL IS…PRETTY PURDIE. During a career that’s lasted over sixty years, Bernard “Pretty” Purdie has played alongside the great and good of music. This includes Steely Dan, the Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Cat Stevens, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Hall and Oates, James Brown, Isaac Hayes and Gil Scott Heron. These artists brought onboard one …
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