Bernard "Pretty" Purdie Funky Groovy Jam Session

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TheSoundMen

13 жыл бұрын

U can't Deny, this dude is just funky & fun. Respect the most recorded drum player in history :D Enjoy people!!

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@Drumfusions 10 жыл бұрын

"Ah One... two... You know what to do..." Best count in ever! :)

@alfaholic3 7 жыл бұрын

João Figueiredo the coolest ive ever heard was "we've done 4 already but now we're steady and then they went 1 2 3 4" this is 2nd though:p

@michaelkimble7367 6 жыл бұрын

João Figueiredo facts lol

@petermills542 5 жыл бұрын

@@alfaholic3 That would be Zep ! ' The Ocean' !? & on the same album " D'you wanna take it away John? ..... if you like. yeah.. then launches headlong into 'The Crunge' weird funk !

@Smoove_J 4 жыл бұрын

This was the intro to Elevator Music by Beck. Nice deep groove on that one too, with a 16th note hi-hat. I always wondered where he stole that from.

@dhldt1021 3 жыл бұрын

The best.

@newspaperlightbulb 8 жыл бұрын

0:33 That groove could end a fucking war.

@jedimastersmoochie308 7 жыл бұрын

I think the groove at 1:25 ends the wars. But I understand completely what you mean.

@Thisisahandle701 3 жыл бұрын

End's the war by winning it, but in a way that causes the world to question whether it was the right course of action, due to the ungodly devastation which it caused. Generation's raised without parents in the shadow of the event which continues to rattle and divide people years later.

@richhenderberganshiestenha1375 3 жыл бұрын

@@Thisisahandle701 Jesus dude...

@campbellparker 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me a lot of Nappy Dugout by Funkadelic

@Frank7489 7 жыл бұрын

I don't think this man has ever done anything off rhythm in his life

@JonHop1 3 жыл бұрын

Because the timing is all in his head.. He uses like grunts and noises to keep timing. And it works. He's always back there bebopping to himself and this is why he is always in perfect time. And he has the ability to keep in running in his head.

@jacklanham9642 3 жыл бұрын

he either went from the most awkward kid in school to this or he was just born with a metronome in his chest

@mroctober3657 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Grimey (as you like to be called).

@fernandomartin9190 3 жыл бұрын

When he was born, the doctor slapped him on the butt to make him cry. Purdie slapped him back because he was dragging.

@happycreations4736 2 жыл бұрын

@@fernandomartin9190 then he told the doctor, "ah one, ah two, now you know ah what to do!"

@placidcasual9872 8 жыл бұрын

When Mr Purdie wakes in the morning he sits up and stretches his arms then swings his legs out of bed. As soon as his foot makes contact with the floor this groove starts playing.......

@chrismercado4429 7 жыл бұрын

jajaja

@moistness 5 жыл бұрын

His foot hitting the floor reminds the world where 1 is!

@kayhall9834 5 жыл бұрын

Placid Casual like my 10 year old daughter....beats on everything! 😂

@kayhall9834 5 жыл бұрын

“Placid casual” 😂😂

@sierratrey 5 жыл бұрын

moistness Now that was good!

@undefined6947 2 жыл бұрын

0:45 bap bap bap (space) The space he leaves before the 1 of the next measure there is masterful. So many people leave this out, they think you gotta lead up to a new verse or whatever with sound, but the absence of sound is often much more powerful. If you can't figure out what fill to use in a spot, consider leaving more space. Empty space is not a bad thing, use it.

@thedood9403 Жыл бұрын

Well said. (PP) 'play the rest as you do the note'. Don't recall where I heard/read that. It shifted my perception as a young bass player significantly. Does the term rest leave many with the impression that the silence isn't as much a part of the music?

@undefined6947 Жыл бұрын

@@thedood9403 I think people just don't think about it. Only the really good teachers seem to mention that the end of a note is as important in rhythm as the beginning.

@Soadium 5 ай бұрын

So true

@benjamingaray5660 25 күн бұрын

My favorite fill ever

@closertotheheart 10 жыл бұрын

He's not even trying, he drums the way most of us just breathe or walk.

@julieb2968 10 жыл бұрын

yes, it's loose and effortless playing!

@aru2089 5 жыл бұрын

@@julieb2968 but still extrem good

@sierratrey 5 жыл бұрын

Jasper Yangchareon we could only wish to breathe or walk that smoooooth

@rxonmymind8362 4 жыл бұрын

It's called rhythm.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 4 жыл бұрын

No, it's what you get after 50 or 60 years playing. I know a few of these.

@Danaction87 10 жыл бұрын

Met bernard two nights ago. He was playing a gig at a venue I was at for a wedding. Stayed and hung out with us all night after. Really cool, humble dude and his playing was fantastic as always. Was awesome.

@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 2 жыл бұрын

Humble? Bernard Purdie? LOL Great guy and amazing drummer.

@giovanna722 3 ай бұрын

@@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 Many exceptional people are humble. I doubt that Bernie walks around patting himself on the back.

@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 3 ай бұрын

@@giovanna722 Just go and read some interview with him, there are so many stories. There were those signs he would put on his drum kit etc. BTW you don't have to be humble to be great. Like Jaco Pastorius said: it ain't bragging if you can back it up.

@scottmatheson2390 8 жыл бұрын

As a guitarist I'm going to enjoy using this as a jam track. Deep deep down in the pocket with Pretty.

@knightbrolaire526 8 жыл бұрын

+Scott Matheson ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@moxiemusic3739 8 жыл бұрын

Cm my friend!

@gabrieh7049 7 жыл бұрын

"Well, as you can see, we were following one another." Thats THE most overlooked thing when people jam. Bernard thank you for existing in this world.

@lizardskin8594 4 жыл бұрын

Between two criminal cases, inspector Pirdie have solved the mystery of groove

@mhomenow1 3 жыл бұрын

Drummer so in the pocket his "you know what to do" count off feels so good and laid back it actually helps the bass player grove on beat one.

@myoman1977 7 жыл бұрын

i lost my damn mind when he started to groove on that ride

@victorespino5650 3 жыл бұрын

Half time!

@kchez5586 2 жыл бұрын

The phrasing with that bell accent was a thing of beauty. Less is more.

@elkwoodarrow 8 жыл бұрын

This guy could jam the devil outta hell.

@jaydeng7118 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else absolutely taken away by that transition at 1:50, You can feel him build you up and then bring ya right back down just to tease ya a bit ;) My God watching this man jam is nothing short of an addiction ♡♡

@illbehaviour9785 9 жыл бұрын

Wow man, just watching this guy play is such a treat.. you can almost feel the love he has for those drums.

@giantkiller56 8 жыл бұрын

A couple visited their doctor because they weren't able to have children. The doctor played this video for them. They're now the parents of 15 healthy children.

@jaycrall69 8 жыл бұрын

so the wife cheated?

@jpuglisi6865 7 жыл бұрын

maybe? maybe not

@pantzhammer6924 7 жыл бұрын

15 FUNKY children! Amen.

@nandogroovemachine823 7 жыл бұрын

Yoo hahah

@SilvertortoisePiano 7 жыл бұрын

Some good comments on this video, I'm impressed

@teddysalad8227 7 жыл бұрын

He's got a NASCAR driver playing bass for him.

@waynewojnarowski3697 8 жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of taking about a 2 hr. private lesson with this GIANT of a drummer at a now defunct venue RICKS CafeAMERICANA in Chicago in the HOLIDAY INN on LAKE SHORE DRIVE he was performing with THEE DIZZY GILLESPIE on New Years Eve . What a gentleman we bumped into each other as we were checking into the hotel I don't know who was nicer the Dizz or Bernard he came to our table and talked , thats when I asked how long he was in town for, I drove to the club a few days later and it was MAGIC I played HOME AT LAST for him off of STEELY DAN "S AJA album, check that one out if you want to hear what the definition of groove is. Not many people know this but he recorded tracks for the Beatles, as we all know he was Aretha Franklin's heart beat, as well as the late great HANK CRAWFORD on alto sax. May he live on forever!! Wayne Wojnarowski

@changstein 8 жыл бұрын

Did he show the shuffle??

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to bet it was REALLY expensive.

@westa8427 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning the Aja album, it literally just saved my day.

@00O000OO 5 жыл бұрын

Bassist looks like he just got off tour with Mac Demarco

@djshumon 5 жыл бұрын

too sick,the bass player killing it.

@rxonmymind8362 4 жыл бұрын

I know people like drum speed now days but I'll take a groove like this 365/24/7. That's a beat.

@minilob 12 жыл бұрын

"A ONE, TWO...you know what to do..." epic count for an epic groove.

@SLURM187 2 жыл бұрын

You can tell he loves playing drums more than anything in the world.

@stevenwilliams9758 2 жыл бұрын

I saw Jeff Beck in Honolulu in the 70's...his drummer was the best I have ever seen and heard in in my life...it was Bernard Purdie.

@BONESTORM2501 3 жыл бұрын

Some musicians are on a whole other level. These guys are fire

@idonteatcheetos 9 жыл бұрын

delicious grooves. simple but efficient and very tasteful, this is what drumming is about. take notes

@Nissardpertugiu 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently Simple

@giovanna722 3 ай бұрын

@@Nissardpertugiu Not an extraneous note.

@sethmcbrown9492 3 жыл бұрын

Had to lick my speakers.... the sound coming out is too sweet

@kymlawrence6701 8 жыл бұрын

I am so honored to know him personally as a true friend. Such a gentleman! He has a book out now loaded with great pics. A master indeed!

@anandakumarsanthinathan4740 5 жыл бұрын

I watched the first 30 seconds of this video, like 3000 times.

@zachary_attackery 9 жыл бұрын

I actually had to turn this video off because it was too funky

@brenfen 9 жыл бұрын

Ha ha yeah I know what you mean! Sometimes the funk just gets too hot to handle! Purdie is the man.

@christelmayland 8 жыл бұрын

+ZachAttack84 especially when you've just been in an traffic accident, and your broken ribs needs rest!!!

@scottmatheson2390 8 жыл бұрын

+ZachAttack84 lol call the funk police

@SilvertortoisePiano 7 жыл бұрын

Me too

@labinthapa5957 7 жыл бұрын

I can feeeeeeeeel my afro hair growing with da funk.

@gorkarojasatares3367 8 жыл бұрын

A-one, two, a-you know what to do - then awesomeness comes to life as groove

@albitcapinigro1107 10 жыл бұрын

This guy is some character. This Purdie.

@albitcapinigro1107 9 жыл бұрын

But can he be any good he he doesn't rip on double bass?

@funkydrummer14 12 жыл бұрын

Huge HUGE thumbs up on that comment!! My taste in drummers, approach to playing the kit, and the sound I wanted completely changed when I discovered players like Purdie, Steve Jordan, Clyde Stubblefield, Charlie Watts, just to name a few....Playing in the pocket, focusing more on the groove,and making it feel good. It's a shame that there is still a great majority of drummers and musicians in general who are only impressed by technical chops.

@crila07 8 жыл бұрын

Quel plaisir de sentir toute la joie du partage musical qui émane de cet homme, un rire et un sourire contagieux, une attitude qui vous donne envie de continuer! merci

@jamesknight4784 8 жыл бұрын

funkier than grandpa's drawers!!!

@quagjuice45 12 жыл бұрын

It's great to see somebody who has played for years still love playing just like it was the first day they got their first kit. You can tell Bernard truly loves the music he creates and does so for that same love.

@eltibu9036 7 жыл бұрын

That bassist must have been in damn heaven with purdie laying the beat

@cbacon6734 5 жыл бұрын

Love that Purdie! Simple grooves from the soul that are sweet and he essentially built it all from listening to the trains rolling across the tracks where he grew up making a rhythm with their wheels riding on the rails. He never forces it but just lets it create itself into a beautiful funk swagger! He and that skilled brother on the bass were locked in nicely!

@southaonea Жыл бұрын

Mr. Purdue is a hometown hero in Cecil County, MD. He and the whole family are awesome people!❤

@drummer4u47 5 жыл бұрын

you can't be anything but excited and happy but to be around this man. God bless you Purdie

@TimWatsonDrums 8 жыл бұрын

Music and grooving is beautiful. Bernard is a reminder of this! All his grooves are flavor!

@grumblekin 5 жыл бұрын

I had scoliosis but this groove fixed it and pulled the dent out of my car door. FUNK HEALS THE SICK AND MAKES THE BLIND SEE GET A PRESCRIPTION FROM DR. PRETTY PURDIE

@lelandlee5008 9 жыл бұрын

THIS BASS PLAYER IS THE SHIT...I DON'T CARE HOW HE STANDS...WOW..MAN...FUNKY

@lelandlee5008 9 жыл бұрын

NO DOUBT NO DOUBT AND THAT BASS IS JUST AS FUNKY....

@DenSinyoIrwan 5 жыл бұрын

1:46 - 1:50 Damn that fill in, authentic funky beat

@philipm3173 11 ай бұрын

2:50 was what really got me

@PodOfHeat 9 жыл бұрын

No one feels the funk like Purdie!!!!

@sogandik 12 жыл бұрын

literally feel the flow of this man. fantastic feel . i got goosebumps.

@savmitch1798 4 жыл бұрын

I love the Purdie funky grooves! One of my favorite drummers!

@9monava 9 жыл бұрын

A supreme mentor! Many thanks for the inspiration. What a tremendous drummer!

@LanguageOfTheMind 12 жыл бұрын

I find myself coming back to this video more than any other This just has too much flavor to leave alone I get butterflies listening to this.

@Leddrums 3 жыл бұрын

The man is pretty elegant as well. Playing funk wearing a tie is something that the oldies were often doing 🤟🏻

@lindsayartkop 10 жыл бұрын

Aaah I love this vid!!! Mr. Purdie my drum teacher and good friend.

@nobordersmiketheblacktrave5706 5 жыл бұрын

I have checked your channel. Wow you are a great drummer too. Well done girl :)

@Brotherhood-pp4tf 4 жыл бұрын

Bernard Purdie is such a G. Love watching him play the drums.

@mikesmith2586 6 жыл бұрын

Over-the-top, 'grandiose levels of funk' jokes will never get old.

@drummer6219 4 жыл бұрын

Yes sir I'm loving this that's what we need in 2020 God bless you hope all is well stay strong enough for your journey in life 🙊🙉🙈🙏🏾🦈🥁

@funkydrummer14 12 жыл бұрын

Drummers don't get any better than that!!!! The master of funk and grooove!!

@steelstud7 12 жыл бұрын

This drummer from Canada- me- wants to get down like that ! Mr. Purdie, you are just so cool !!!

@miketeeveedub5779 4 жыл бұрын

Most important words I've every heard in regards to groove: "Always know where the One is." Said by Mr. Purdie himself!

@tonydjangolopez 10 жыл бұрын

3:05 ... as purdie used to say (and probably told the bass player after this jam): "Always know where 1 is!"

@changein3d 3 жыл бұрын

I doubt that the bass player had any doubts on where the one is

@artistaloca4 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly... Does NOT get better than this ❣️👍👍😎❤️

@KingBratt 9 жыл бұрын

Time and Sound!!! That's the Big Deal! Years And Years to get that... Big Respect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@viewer5682 5 жыл бұрын

I love your vibe so much, every sense.

@Markko1986 12 жыл бұрын

One of the coolest videos I've seen on youtube ever!!

@roelie2104 9 жыл бұрын

Great session Bernard! Love your drumming style!

@tobydogloser3128 7 жыл бұрын

NO OTHER DRUMMERS personality comes out of thier playing more than Mr Purdie!

@Gravity_results_from_SpaceTime 4 жыл бұрын

Right on. Love playing along.

@lelandlee5008 9 жыл бұрын

OMG ALL THIS TIME WATCHING DRUMMERS AND YET TO FIND MY KIND UNTIL RIGHT NOW...JOHN BONHAM DEFINITELY WAS INFLUENCED BEHIND PLAYERS LIKE MY MAN HERE THANK YOU FOR POSTING

@alisonjohns3938 9 жыл бұрын

LELAND LEE i think you got that twisted. "“Sometimes on trips to Drum City, the Birmingham city-centre shop owned by BBC Light Jazz Orchestra drummer Mike Evans, I’d bump into Bonham, along with other fine drummers - offshoots of the cosmopolitan hordes who’d chosen Birmingham as home. Some visits turned into mini-clinics. I’d watch Mike do his ’Purdie.’ I think he turned everyone on to Bernard Purdie, whose hi-hat work was incomparable. Bonham would sit in and funk out, his bass drum playing that language everyone seemed to be speaking but still not applying as well as he did."

@lelandlee5008 8 жыл бұрын

WOW....THEN MY APOLOGIES....AND MUCH RESPECT TO BONZO HE WAS THE ONE AND ONLY REASON I WANTED TO PLAY....OH I BET HE DID "FUNK OUT" NO DOUBT WHEN I FIRST HEARD BONHAM I WAS BLOWEN AWAY BY THE WAY HE PUT FUNK INTO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING HE PLAYED YES?

@lelandlee5008 8 жыл бұрын

Alison Johns THIS COMMENT IS FOR ALLISON JOHNS

@samarthgrover1996 5 жыл бұрын

Definitely. Fool in the rain shuffle is def inspired off of Purdie shuffle

@jpuglisi6865 7 жыл бұрын

Here's how it works. There is only a handful of exceptional studio musicians. You ask for the best, (this guy).

@donceldrums7917 3 жыл бұрын

This is musicality raised to the maximum power. Both of them.

@Aleiuta75 10 жыл бұрын

I love this man...sooooo funky inside...old school yes..

@frankburdodrums8984 4 жыл бұрын

There is just absolutely nothing wrong with that. Pure groove.

@MarcoBoneMan Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this man

@philipmitchell6962 4 жыл бұрын

Who's here in 2019? This beat is so funky......I had to go wipe my butt!

@cireirby5359 4 жыл бұрын

E from Nightowls studio NYC thanks for teaching me back in the 90s

@ROBYRH4 7 жыл бұрын

The funky big drum king played with everyone in the funky world

@fishbones72 11 жыл бұрын

The guy makes drumming fun. Love the smile

@Deadleg 9 жыл бұрын

At 1:50 going back to the groove...fucking sweet as.

@GaylordSmithJr 9 жыл бұрын

Deadleg awesome :D

@wYeL333 5 жыл бұрын

I bet Purdie's first footsteps were perfectly in the pocket.

@Superlifemania 7 жыл бұрын

God, you've got to love this man!

@scumber56 5 жыл бұрын

Straight funky.

@funklover24 7 жыл бұрын

His groove is amazing

@MrTimthemellon 12 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the best video in the world.

@XxStrongDrums1996xX 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving me my new response to drummers who favor speed over groove! You are brilliant, my friend.

@maddogmarc 5 жыл бұрын

This is what it means to "put some stank on it."

@vargavision 12 жыл бұрын

God. Purdie beats that drum like the Heart in your body. Amazing inuitivness and Love for the craft.

@ZacSladePants 12 жыл бұрын

MOST epic lyrics: Mmmm... mm mm mm.. alll right... mm yeah... ha ha.. oooh...

@dannadykto4862 12 жыл бұрын

The great man, me fovourite jazz, blues and fusion drummer!

@antoninoscannapieco5508 5 жыл бұрын

God bless you Mister Purdie!!

@themadmaddrummer 4 жыл бұрын

He just makes it sound so GOOOOOD !!!!!

@kyloken 8 жыл бұрын

One of the best!!!

@ronaldwaynevanzant3985 6 жыл бұрын

Man that was walkin the dog...butt packin!🤘😂🤘

@Fugettaboutit 5 жыл бұрын

Somethin's funky in here.....

@bruodowd 8 жыл бұрын

Bernard, you the funkiest! Love ya man!

@mike.hidalgo 12 жыл бұрын

Oh my god. Bernard Purdie has groove for miles and miles... So damn good.

@chupeteguaya 12 жыл бұрын

Groove + Metronome + Awesomeness = Bernard Purdie.

@gentiangaltier470 10 жыл бұрын

This is so funky it makes you turn your nose up. Who are the 20 people who gave this thumbs down. For real, people. Damn.

@tomandryu123 2 жыл бұрын

I love how the bassist is fighting back laughter at the very beginning of the video, because Bernard Purdie is so fucking funny.

@PNW_Sportbike_Life 12 жыл бұрын

pure soul...outstanding!

@ratulbanerjee8456 3 жыл бұрын

He is the favourite drummer of your favourite drummer’s favourite drummer

@Vintagegijoefreak 12 жыл бұрын

I had this on VHS as a kid, didn´t get it at all then...but now, oh man! This is the sh..right there!