SOUL TO JAZZ

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Label
ACT MUSIC
Release Date
July 7, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      PURDIE, BERNARD
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 07, 2023
    • UPC
      614427924216
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AECT9242.1
    • LABEL
      ACT MUSIC
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Moanin'

      Composer: Bobby Timmons

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    2. Superstition

      Composer: Stevie Wonder

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Martin Moss, Nils Landgren, Jane Comerford, Sharlie Pryce, Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    3. Iko Iko

      Composer: James Crawford

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Gil Goldstein, Dean Brown, Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    4. Senor Blues

      Composer: Horace Silver

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Eddie Harris, Michael Brecker, Nils Landgren, Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    5. When a Man Loves a Woman

      Composer: Calvin Houston Lewis, Andrew Wright

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Martin Moss, Eddie Harris, Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    6. Freedom Jazz Dance

      Composer: Eddie Harris

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Eddie Harris, Nils Landgren, Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    7. The Sidewinder

      Composer: Lee Morgan

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Randy Brecker, Frank Chastenier, Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    8. Brother, Where Are You?

      Composer: Oscar Brown Jr.

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Martin Moss, Dean Brown, Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    9. Wade in the Water

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Eddie Harris, Nils Landgren, Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    10. Work Song

      Composer: Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown Jr.

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Eddie Harris, Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    11. Land of a Thousand Dances

      Composer: Chris Kenner

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Martin Moss, Nils Landgren, Jane Comerford, Sharlie Pryce, Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    12. Gimme Some Lovin'

      Composer: Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood

      Ensemble: WDR Big Band Orchestra

      Performer: Martin Moss, Dean Brown, Jane Comerford, Sharlie Pryce, Bernard Purdie

      Conductor: Gil Goldstein

    13. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Bernard Purdie, Stanley Turrentine, Stanley Banks, Benny Green

    14. New Orleans Strutt

      Composer: Jack DeJohnette

      Performer: Bernard Purdie, Vincent Herring, Cornell Dupree, George Naha, Stanley Banks, Junior Mance, Jack DeJohnette

    15. La Place Street

      Composer: Stanley Turrentine

      Performer: Bernard Purdie, Stanley Turrentine, Cornell Dupree, Stanley Banks, Benny Green, Pancho Morales

    16. Amen

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Bernard Purdie, Vincent Herring, Hank Crawford, George Naha, Cornell Dupree, Stanley Banks, Benny Green, Pancho Morales

    17. Jubilation

      Composer: Junior Mance

      Performer: Bernard Purdie, Vincent Herring, George Naha, Cornell Dupree, Stanley Banks, Junior Mance, Pancho Morales

    18. Joshua

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Hank Crawford, Howard Johnson, Cornell Dupree, George Naha, Stanley Banks, Benny Green, Bernard Purdie

    19. Mister Magic

      Composer: Ralph MacDonald, William "Salty Bill" Salter

      Performer: Bernard Purdie, Hank Crawford, Cornell Dupree, George Naha, Stanley Banks, Benny Green, Pancho Morales

    20. Shaft: Theme

      Composer: Isaac Hayes

      Performer: Bernard Purdie, Vincent Herring, Jack Walrath, Howard Johnson, George Naha, Cornell Dupree, Benny Green, Stanley Banks, Pancho Morales

    21. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Bernard Purdie, Cornell Dupree, Vincent Herring, Hank Crawford, George Naha, Stanley Banks, Pancho Morales


When Bernard Purdie is not helping some big star the likes of Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes, Donny Hathaway and B.B. King to create a fantastic studio sound, the drummer pursues his own projects such as "Soul to Jazz", two albums he recorded in 1996 and 1997. Released on CD back then (and now out of print), the two recordings have a cult factor today and sound as fresh as they did back then. Now both albums are released together for the first time as a 3-LP Set. These recordings are peppered with lots of prominent star guests from jazz and soul, from Eddie Harris, Michael Brecker and Nils Landgren to Hank Crawford, Stanley Turrentine and Cornell Dupree. Purdie's "Soul to Jazz" project takes two different approaches: The first part focuses on the renowned WDR Big Band led by Gil Goldstein. Soul classics such as Stevie Wonder's "Superstition", "When a Man Loves a Woman", Eddie Harris' "Freedom Jazz Dance" and Lee Morgan's famous groove tune "Sidewinder" are interpreted in large-scale sound. One discovery of these recordings amidst all the renowned guest soloists is the New York-born singer Martin Moss. The great success of this first album released under "Soul to Jazz" led to "Soul to Jazz II", a more intimate record, but one that picks up where the first recording left off by exploring similar themes. Again Purdie has called together a notable band of kindred spirits, including saxophonists Hank Crawford (B.B. King, Ike & Tina Turner, Ray Charles), Stanley Turrentine (Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott) and Vincent Herring, as well as guitarist Cornell Dupree (King Curtis) to pianists Benny Green and Junior Mance. Bernard Purdie's "Soul to Jazz" is a timeless classic and a blueprint of the soul-jazz genre in all it's facets. Above all, it is a portrait of one of the most influential and best drummers in the world, who made jazz groove with his inimitable funky soul beat.