Threefer Thursday: It’s Bernard Purdie’s Birthday! By Mike V

Bernard “Pretty” Purdie - one of the greatest drummers ever - was born on this day in 1939. He’s 87 today. Purdie played with everyone over his long career - Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, Vulfpeck, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, and many, many more.

He developed what is known popularly as the Purdie Shuffle, which has been copied, imitated, sampled, and extolled for decades....

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