Bonus Track:
Roma Allstars - Al Ghetto – RBMA Various Assets 2004
On The Floor! - featuring DJ Kon
Bernard Purdie
New Jersey, USA
Whether it's James Brown or Aretha Franklin, Jazz heavyweights like Jimmy Smith or Galt MacDermot, firing Latin leaders like Pucho and Mongo Santamaria or even - controversially - The Beatles, Bernard Purdie's innate timekeeping has provided the foundation for innumerable hit tracks, and the Purdie break has become the stuff of drum folklore. But growing up in the '40s in a family of fifteen meant the young Purdie had to get out there and make some corn - and he took that work ethic from group to group, whether carrying 'water' for band leader Leonard Hayward, pestering people for whatever session work he could get, or putting up his 'If you need me, call me' hitmaker signs in the studio. This show features Bernard Purdie teaming up with NYC's DJ Kon - a special jam session recorded live at this year's RBMA workshop session in Boston.
Since you're already online, why not follow the trail of knowledge to this artist's personal website/s and other related web resources:
Bernard Purdie OnlineKon & Amir on MySpace
Click to watch the video of the artist's lecture session at the Red Bull Music Academy.
Bernard Purdie - Give The Drummer Some
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