Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When talking about drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie’s impact on music, it’s tempting to merely list the sheer number of legendary ...

*Bernard “Pretty” Purdie is the only musician who can rightfully claim to have played for legendary artists that, in a short list, includes Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, Mongo Santamaria, ...

Bernard Purdie recalls the night he was lifted off his feet when Aretha Franklin and her band were recording their 1971 live album at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. "I never witnessed anything ...

Legendary drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie will introduce his new supergroup, Bernard Purdie & Friends, when the collective plays New Orleans’ Bear Creek Bayou Music Festival on September 30. The group ...

Pioneering groove drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie has put together a new project called Bernard Purdie & Friends. The band features Purdie, along with Dumpstaphunk’s Ivan Neville (keys), Pimps of ...

Bernard Purdie is called “The Most Recorded Drummer In History”, and his style is described by fellow musicians as “the funkiest soul beat in the business”. From Nina Simone to Steely Dan, Bob Marley ...

Announced today by Rappcats and NowAgain Records chief, Egon Alapatt, with a clip of Quasimoto onlooking as the drummer gleefully runs through his trademark "Purdie Shuffle" (see below,) the sale will ...

Musicians have called Bernard Purdie one of the most recorded drummers in history and his style is described as “the funkiest soul beat in the business.” From Nina Simone to Steely Dan, Joe Cocker to ...

The Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz on the Avenue of the Arts is back and bigger and better than ever for Spring/Summer 2014 with Two Amazing Summer Concert Performances with Bernard Purdie and Joey ...