Bernard Purdie - Purdie Good!
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Drums – Bernard Purdie
Bass – Gordon Edwards
Congas – Norman Pride
Electric Piano – Harold Wheeler
Guitar – Billy Nichols, Ted Dunbar
Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Brown, Warren Daniels
Trumpet – Tippy Larkin
Written by Bernard Purdie (A3, B1, B3), James Brown (A1), Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (A1), Bobby Bloom (A2), Jeff Barry (A2), Fred Neil (B2), Bob Bushnell (B3)
1LP, standard sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : Craft Recordings
Original Label : Prestige
Recorded January 11, 1971 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Produced by Bob Porter
Mastered and lacquer cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Design by Don Schlitten
Liner notes by Bob Porter
Photography by Al Johnson
Originally released in 1971
Reissued in April 2023
Tracks:
Side A:
- Cold Sweat
- Montego Bay
- Purdie Good
Side B:
- Wasteland
- Everybody's Talkin'
- You Turn Me On
Reviews :
“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.” AllMusic Review by Stewart Mason
Ratings :
AllMusic : 2.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.63 / 5