Soul Is... Pretty Purdie

Soul Is... Pretty Purdie
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Studio album by Pretty Purdie
Released	1971
Recorded	March 10 & June 23, 1972; New York City
Genre	Funk, Soul, Soul jazz
Length	32:54
Label	Flying Dutchman; FD-10154
Producer	Bernard Purdie & Bob Thiele
Bernard Purdie chronology

Soul Is... Pretty Purdie is an album led by R&B drummer Bernard Purdie which was recorded for the Flying Dutchman label in 1972.^[1]^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.^[3]

"What's Going On/Ain't No Sunshine" (Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye/Bill Withers) - 3:58
"Don't Go" (Bernard "Pretty" Purdie) - 3:15
"Good Livin' (Good Lovin')" (Horace Ott) - 3:35
"Day Dreaming" (Aretha Franklin) - 5:05
"Song for Aretha" (Ott, Purdie, Bob Thiele) - 7:30
"Put It Where You Want It" (Joe Sample) - 5:15
"Heavy Soul Slinger" (Ott) - 4:16

Bernard Purdie - drums, vocals
Danny Moore, Ernie Royal - trumpet (tracks 2 & 5)
Garnett Brown - trombone (tracks 2 & 5)
Jimmy Powell - alto saxophone (tracks 2 & 5)
Charlie Brown (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7), Harold Vick (tracks 2 & 5), Seldon Powell (tracks 2 & 5) - tenor saxophone
Arthur Clarke - baritone saxophone (tracks 2 & 5)
Cornell Dupree (tracks 2 & 5), Jay Berliner (tracks 2 & 5), Billy Nichols (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7), Lloyd Davis (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7) - guitar
Horace Ott - electric piano, piano, arranger, conductor
Paul Griffin (tracks 1, 4 & 6), Richard Tee (Tracks 2 & 5) - organ
Jerry Jemmott (tracks 2 & 5), Paul Martinez - electric bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7)
Norman Pride - congas, bongos
Gayle Dixon, Julien Barber, Noel DaCosta, Sanford Allen - violin (tracks 2 & 5)
Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke - viola (tracks 2 & 5)
Kermit Moore, Ronald Lipscomb - cello (tracks 2 & 5)
Ralph MacDonald - bongos (track 2 & 5)
Gordon Powell - percussion (tracks 2 & 5)
Barbara Massey, Carl Hall, Eileen Gilbert, Hilda Harris, Maeretha Stewart - backing vocals (track 5)