GROOVE ADDICT: BERNARD PURDIE SHAFT

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Read an article on a post Bob Stanley on Guardian

"In the summer, the scene would move en masse to Ostend, Belgium's equivalent to Blackpool. DJ Freddy Cousaert played at the Groove, a late night downstairs bar frequented by US marines, lovers of blues and soul music and tourists, it was Cousaert who later looked after Marvin Gaye during his 80s sejourn in Ostend. The music he played at the Groove included ska, Latin jazz and even Broadway songs such as Stranger in Paradise, or Whatever Lola Wants from Damn Yankees...."

mardi 26 janvier 2016

BERNARD PURDIE SHAFT

Publié par mrsoul

PRESTIGE RECORDS 1973 PR 10038

credits:

    Bass [Fender] – Gordon Edwards
    Congas – Norman Pride
    Drums – Bernard Purdie
    Electric Piano – Neal Creque
    Guitar – Billy Nichols, Lloyd Davis (tracks: A1)
    Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Brown (9),

Houston Person (tracks: A1), Willy Bridges*
Trumpet – Danny Moore, Gerry Thomas

recorded at:

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 11, 1971

Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder

tracks list:

A1 Shaft
A2 Way Back Home
A3 Attica
B1 Changes
B2 Summer Melody
B3 Butterfingers

Shaft

Way Back Home

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