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Bernard Purdie
Soul to Jazz

VÖ: 26.05.2023

Genre: Vinyl, World Jazz

3-Vinyl

€39.90*

ACTLP 9242-1, 614427924216
Bernard Purdie / drums

WDR Big Band directed by Gil Goldstein
Eddie Harris / tenor saxophone
Nils Landgren / trombone
Michael Brecker / tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker / flugelhorn
Dean Brown / guitar
Dave King / bass
Martin Moss / vocals
Stanley Turrentine / tenor saxophone
Hank Crawford & Vincent Herring alto saxophone
Junior Mance & Benny Green / piano
Cornell Dupree & George Naha / guitar
Stanley Banks / bass
Pancho Morales / percussion
Jack DeJohnette / drums
and many more

Soul to Jazz I
LP 1 and LP 2, A 01 - 04
Originally released on CD: 01.09.1996
Recorded March 5 - 15, 1996 at WDR Studios, Cologne. Recording engineers: Thomas Sehringer & Reinhold Nickel. Technics: Ruth Witt. Editional recordings: Chateau du Pape & Peer Studios, Hamburg
Mix (WDR): Wolfgang Hirschmann, Siggi Loch, Reinhold Nickel & Ruth Witt
Mix (PUK Studio, Denmark): Charlie Jensen & Siggi Loch
Mastering: Radu Marinescu & Liquid Gold
Produced by Wolfgang Hirschmann & Siggi Loch
A Co-Production of ACT Music and WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk

Soul to Jazz II
LP 2, A 05 and LP 3
Originally released on CD: 01.07.1998
Recorded January 24 - 26, 1997 at Avatar Studios, New York City
Mixed March 2 - 4, 1997 at Chung King Studios, New York City
Recorded and mixed by James Anderson
Mastered by Achim Kruse
Produced by Bob Belden
Executive Producer: Siggi Loch

Lacquer Disc Cutting by Sidney Claire Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios Berlin

Now available for the first time on vinyl: Bernard Purdie's "Soul to Jazz" is a timeless classic and a blueprint of the soul-jazz genre in all its facets. Above all, the album is a portrait of one of the most influential and best drummers in the world, who brought groove to jazz with his incomparable funky soul beat.