Credits:

Various Artists

Description:

Series "Otoko no Rirekisho" (Male Resume): A new project series "Otoko no Rirekisho" has started, which compiles and presents the recordings of legendary players who participated in the early stages of their careers. The first installment of this series features the "drummer among drummers," Bernard Purdie! In the late 1960s, he became one of the top drummers in both name and reality, appearing on sessions with James Brown and Bob Marley before his breakthrough. In 1970, he became the drummer and musical director for Aretha Franklin, and since then has worked with Gil Scott-Heron, B.B. King, The Last Poets, Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, Todd Rundgren, Laura Nyro, Miles Davis, Steely Dan, Alice Cooper, and SMAP, Toshinobu Kubota, and others. The number of times they have been sampled would reach astronomical numbers.Although the perdie shuffle, the Dachichey sound of later years, has not yet blossomed, the sound of the kick (bass drum), the beautifully tuned toms, the use of the rim (edge of the toms), the use of the hi-hat that skillfully balances the open and closed position, the even hitting of the top cymbal, and so on, are all (perhaps) a simple set of three plus α instruments, yet the beats and grooves are endlessly dynamic. The beats and grooves are infinitely dynamic, despite the simple instrumentation of (perhaps) a three-piece set plus α. ～Excerpt from the commentary by Kazunori Harada

Tracklisting:

01. RESPECT / THE SOUL FINDERS
02. SWEET SOUL MUSIC / THE SOUL FINDERS
03. MERCY
MERCY / DON COVAY & THE GOODTIMERS
04. DOWN IN THE VALLEY / BROTHER JACK MCDUFF
05. WHAT’D I SAY / BROTHER JACK MCDUFF
06. GONNA HANG ME UP A SIGN / BROTHER JACK MCDUFF
07. STEPPIN’ / SONNY FORRIEST AND HIS ORCHESTRA　
08. TUFF PICKIN’ / SONNY FORRIEST AND HIS ORCHESTRA　
09. WALKING ON NAILS / GABOR SZABO　
10. KRISHNA / GABOR SZABO　
11. COMIN’ BACK / GABOR SZABO　
12. LADY
YOU LOOK GOOD TO ME / GALT MACDERMOT　
13. FARMLAND / GALT MACDERMOT
14. COFFEE COLD / GALT MACDERMOT　
15. I GOT A LONELINESS / TIM ROSE
16. MORNING DEW / TIM ROSE
17. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN / BENNY GOLSON
18. MY BABE / FREDDIE MCCOY　
19. FUNK DROPS / FREDDIE MCCOY
20. DAY AND NIGHT / NINA SIMONE
21. BACKLASH BLUES / NINA SIMONE
22. BUCK / NINA SIMONE
23. SOUL DRUMS / PRETTY PURDIE
24. FUNKY DONKEY / PRETTY PURDIE
25. CARAVAN / PRETTY PURDIE
26. RESPECT / JIMMY SMITH