When talking about drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie’s impact on music, it’s tempting to merely list the sheer number of legendary artists he has performed with over the last 60 years including Aretha ...

Smiles and pure joy. Bernard Purdie has held the drummer’s chair behind a who’s-who of diverse music greats from B.B. King to Aretha Franklin, from Miles Davis to Paul Simon, from Louis Armstrong to ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In 1980, after nearly two years in the studio, Steely Dan emerged triumphant with ...

*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, ...

As part of Concord Music and Craft Recordings, the Jazz Dispensary line was developed in 2016 to mine some of the funkier and more soul-influenced music housed in the catalogs of Prestige, Milestone, ...

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 ...