Bernard Purdie • Legends of Acid Jazz

review by Chris Slawecki

Legends of Acid Jazz: The Best of Bernard Purdie is a pounding demonstration of why Bernard "Pretty" Purdie was considered one of the premier "funky drummers" of the late 1960s and early 1970s. A compilation of his two 1971 solo albums Shaft and Purdie Good!, Legends opens with a cracklin' cover of James Brown's standard "Cold Sweat" and includes other pop covers such as "Everybody's Talkin' at Me" and a thumping, purely instrumental version of Isaac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft," with a dash of reggae sun splashed in from "Montego Bay." According to the liner notes (the originals from Purdie Good), Purdie patterned the bands on this release (which included pianists Harold Wheeler and Neal Creque, guitarists Billy Nichols, Ted Dunbar and Lloyd Davis, bassist Norman Edwards and Norman Pride on congas) after the soul/rock stylings of Blood Sweat & Tears. If that's truly the case, Legends of Acid Jazz: The Best of Bernard Purdie pulsates and burns with soul/rock fire that thoroughly and absolutely eclipses Purdie's original inspiration. This is the sound of funky jazz from the end of the 1960s, so funky and swinging it just about dares you to stand still and not dance.

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reseña de Chris Slawecki

Legends of Acid Jazz: The Best of Bernard Purdie es una demostración contundente de por qué Bernard "Pretty" Purdie fue considerado uno de los principales "bateristas funky" de finales de los 60 y principios de los 70. Una compilación de sus dos álbumes en solitario de 1971, Shaft y Purdie Good!, Legends se abre con una crujiente versión de la canción estándar de James Brown "Cold Sweat" e incluye otras versiones pop como "Everybody's Talkin' at Me" y una impactante versión puramente instrumental del "Theme From Shaft" de Isaac Hayes, con una pizca de sol reggae salpicado de "Montego Bay". De acuerdo con las notas del liner (los originales de Purdie Good), Purdie le dio un patrón a las bandas de este lanzamiento (que incluían a los pianistas Harold Wheeler y Neal Creque, los guitarristas Billy Nichols, Ted Dunbar y Lloyd Davis, el bajista Norman Edwards y Norman Pride en las congas), después de los estilos soul/rock de Blood Sweat & Tears. Si ese es realmente el caso, Legends of Acid Jazz: The Best of Bernard Purdie pulsa y arde con el fuego del soul/rock que eclipsa completa y absolutamente la inspiración original de Purdie. Este es el sonido del funky jazz de finales de los años 60, tan funky y balanceado que casi te atreves a quedarte quieto y no bailar.

Tracks:

1. Cold Sweat
2. Montego Bay
3. Purdie Good
4. Wasteland
5. Everybody's Talkin'
6. You Turn Me On
7. Theme from Shaft
8. Way Back Home
9. Attica
10. Changes
11. Summer Melody
12. Butterfingers
Time: 67 min. / Label: Prestige, 1971 /

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