PURDIE, BERNARD. Studio drumset artist whose nickname is Pretty
,
Bernard Purdie
originated many of the rock and soul rhythmic grooves
from the 1960s to the present, including the Purdie Shuffle.
A former music director for Aretha Franklin, he teaches in New York and has recorded and/or toured with several pioneers in the genres of rhythm and blues, soul, and funk, including Johnny Hammond
Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Steely Dan, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, James Brown, Jimmy Smith,...
