El baterista Bernard Purdie es una de las figuras más destacadas en lo referente a las secciones de ritmo de las bandas de soul y jazz. Sin incurrir en ningún excso de él bienpuede decirse que es una leyendo en la suyo.
Para hacernos idea de lo que es este baterista baste decir que fue, entre 1970 y 1975, el director musical de Aretha Franklin, que fue miembro de las formaciones iniciales de James Brown, y que posteriormente ha grabado, por citar sólo a los músicos de jazz, con Lou Donaldson, Hank Crawford, King Curtis, Grover Washington, Jr., George Benson, Louis Armstrong, Gato Barbieri, Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Ammons, Rusty Bryand, Hank Crawfor y Herbie Hancock.
De su trabajo hay una cifra que lo dice todo: ha participado en más de 4.000 grabaciones como músico de estudio —si fuese un mediocre no le llamarían.
Además, Bernard Purdie es el creador del llamado ‘Purdie Shuffle’, un ritmo sincopado que se puede oír, por ejemplo, en ‘Home at last’ del álbum ‘Aja’ de Steely Dan, que ha sido sampleado de manera habitual por músicos de acid jazz y que ha resultado tremendamente influyente entre las nuevas generaciones de instrumentistas.
A su prolífica carrera como líder o co-líder, hay que añadir ahora este ‘Move On!’, grabado en compañía del bajista Christian Fabian y el organista de Hammond B-3 Ron Oswanski.
‘Move On! presenta nueve canciones que remiten al groove de toda la vida, aunque un tanto alejados de la furia de Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes, Jimmy McGriff o Charles Earland.
Las composiciones elegidas para este ‘Move on!’ se dividen entre temas propios, como ‘BPP Blues’ una pieza de Christian Fabian dedicada a Bernie Purdie, y el creación que da título al disco, que no tiene nada que ver con la maravillosa canción de Curtys Mayfield, y versiones de canciones clásicas, como el popular ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’ y el milesiano ‘So What’, del que hacen una intensa versión.
‘Move on!’ se presenta como un disco amable, sin mayores pretensiones que sus protagonistas, Bernard Purdie, Christian Fabian y Ron Oswanski, pasen un buen rato, y nosotros con ellos.
http://www.distritojazz.com/discos-jazz/bernard-purdie-christian-fabian-ron-oswanski-move-on
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No one receives top billing in this tight-knit trio, which embodies organist Ron Oswanski, bassist Christian Fabian and drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie. And that is as it should be, as each of them is indispensable to its success. That success is further predicated on how well the three amigos enhance an agenda that is heavily laden with funk and soul including five greasy compositions by Fabian and others by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and even Julia Ward Howe (a gritty "Battle Hymn of the Republic").
Once Oswanski, Fabian and Purdie decided that funk was the order of the day, they set about making the music as bright and pleasing as possible, and in that respect they have pretty much succeeded. Oswanski's Hammond B3 is expressive and agile, Fabian's electric bass steady and emphatic, Purdie's drumming sharp and supportive, the teamwork as solid as could be envisioned from three past masters who have traveled this road many times before.
The compass is set on Fabian's "The Red Plaza" and "BPP Blues," which present the trio in a groovy milieu that serves as a harbinger of backbeats to come. After the engaging "Can't You See (You're Doin' Me Wrong)," Fabian returns with two more bass-heavy shufflers, "84-85" and "Got Groove (Part 2)," leading to the album's lone "change of pace," Ellington's "Love You Madly," on which the tempo slows and the funk eases for the first (and only) time. The sinewy "Move On!" (introduced by Purdie's persuasive snares) is next, followed by "Battle Hymn" and Davis' casual "So What," whose spare melody lends itself well to Fabian's sonorous bass.
Move On! was recorded for Consolidated Artists Productions and is dedicated "in loving memory" to the label's founder, pianist / composer Mike Longo, who died in March 2020 from the coronavirus. Make no mistake, this is music whose course is clear and whose rendition is exemplary. Having said that, prospective listeners should be aware that its base is funk, its essence soul, and appraise it from that vantage point. The stars are given primarily for the performance, which is superb.
By Jack Bowers
July 15, 2020
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/move-on-purdie-fabian-oswanski-cap
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The Red Plaza; BPP Blues; Can’t You See (You’re Doin’ Me Wrong); 84-85; Got Groove (Part 2); Love You Madly; Move On!; The Battle Hymn of the Republic; So What.
2020
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