Bernard "Pretty" Purdie Funky Groovy Jam Session

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2010
  • 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
    @Drumfusions 10 лет назад +797

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

    • @alfaholic3
      @alfaholic3 7 лет назад +12

      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
      @michaelkimble7367 6 лет назад +1

      João Figueiredo facts lol

    • @petermills542
      @petermills542 5 лет назад +2

      @@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
      @Smoove_J 4 года назад +2

      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
      @dhldt1021 3 года назад

      The best.

  • @Frank7489
    @Frank7489 7 лет назад +484

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

    • @JonHop1
      @JonHop1 3 года назад +8

      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
      @jacklanham9642 3 года назад +7

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

    • @mroctober3657
      @mroctober3657 3 года назад +1

      Hey Grimey (as you like to be called).

    • @fernandomartin9190
      @fernandomartin9190 3 года назад +4

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

    • @happycreations4736
      @happycreations4736 2 года назад

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

  • @newspaperlightbulb
    @newspaperlightbulb 8 лет назад +163

    0:33 That groove could end a fucking war.

    • @jedimastersmoochie308
      @jedimastersmoochie308 7 лет назад +16

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

    • @Thisisahandle701
      @Thisisahandle701 3 года назад +2

      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
      @richhenderberganshiestenha1375 3 года назад +1

      @@Thisisahandle701 Jesus dude...

    • @campbellparker
      @campbellparker 2 года назад +1

      Reminds me a lot of Nappy Dugout by Funkadelic

  • @placidcasual9872
    @placidcasual9872 8 лет назад +685

    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
      @chrismercado4429 7 лет назад

      jajaja

    • @moistness
      @moistness 5 лет назад +26

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

    • @kayhall9834
      @kayhall9834 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @kayhall9834
      @kayhall9834 5 лет назад +2

      “Placid casual” 😂😂

    • @sierratrey
      @sierratrey 5 лет назад +2

      moistness Now that was good!

  • @undefined6947
    @undefined6947 2 года назад +55

    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
      @thedood9403 Год назад +2

      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
      @undefined6947 Год назад +1

      @@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
      @Soadium 5 месяцев назад

      So true

    • @benjamingaray5660
      @benjamingaray5660 25 дней назад

      My favorite fill ever

  • @closertotheheart
    @closertotheheart 10 лет назад +276

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

    • @julieb2968
      @julieb2968 10 лет назад +18

      yes, it's loose and effortless playing!

    • @aru2089
      @aru2089 5 лет назад

      @@julieb2968 but still extrem good

    • @sierratrey
      @sierratrey 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @rxonmymind8362
      @rxonmymind8362 4 года назад

      It's called rhythm.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 4 года назад +1

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

  • @Danaction87
    @Danaction87 10 лет назад +74

    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
      @klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 2 года назад +2

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

    • @giovanna722
      @giovanna722 3 месяца назад

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

    • @klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931
      @klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 3 месяца назад +1

      @@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.

  • @gabrieh7049
    @gabrieh7049 7 лет назад +6

    "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.

  • @scottmatheson2390
    @scottmatheson2390 8 лет назад +147

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

  • @mhomenow1
    @mhomenow1 3 года назад +14

    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.

  • @illbehaviour9785
    @illbehaviour9785 9 лет назад +40

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

  • @jaydeng7118
    @jaydeng7118 3 года назад +9

    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 ♡♡

  • @lizardskin8594
    @lizardskin8594 4 года назад +28

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

  • @myoman1977
    @myoman1977 7 лет назад +122

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

    • @victorespino5650
      @victorespino5650 3 года назад +2

      Half time!

    • @kchez5586
      @kchez5586 2 года назад

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

  • @waynewojnarowski3697
    @waynewojnarowski3697 8 лет назад +38

    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

  • @elkwoodarrow
    @elkwoodarrow 8 лет назад +98

    This guy could jam the devil outta hell.

  • @teddysalad8227
    @teddysalad8227 7 лет назад +75

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

  • @giantkiller56
    @giantkiller56 8 лет назад +654

    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.

  • @stevenwilliams9758
    @stevenwilliams9758 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @minilob
    @minilob 12 лет назад +8

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

  • @rxonmymind8362
    @rxonmymind8362 4 года назад +8

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

  • @00O000OO
    @00O000OO 5 лет назад +56

    Bassist looks like he just got off tour with Mac Demarco

  • @SLURM187
    @SLURM187 2 года назад +6

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

  • @djshumon
    @djshumon 5 лет назад +18

    too sick,the bass player killing it.

  • @kymlawrence6701
    @kymlawrence6701 8 лет назад +4

    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!

  • @BONESTORM2501
    @BONESTORM2501 3 года назад +9

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

  • @zachary_attackery
    @zachary_attackery 9 лет назад +747

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

    • @brenfen
      @brenfen 9 лет назад +16

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

    • @christelmayland
      @christelmayland 8 лет назад +5

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

    • @scottmatheson2390
      @scottmatheson2390 8 лет назад +20

      +ZachAttack84 lol call the funk police

    • @SilvertortoisePiano
      @SilvertortoisePiano 7 лет назад +1

      Me too

    • @labinthapa5957
      @labinthapa5957 7 лет назад +20

      I can feeeeeeeeel my afro hair growing with da funk.

  • @sethmcbrown9492
    @sethmcbrown9492 3 года назад +5

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

  • @idonteatcheetos
    @idonteatcheetos 9 лет назад +46

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

    • @Nissardpertugiu
      @Nissardpertugiu 3 года назад +1

      Apparently Simple

    • @giovanna722
      @giovanna722 3 месяца назад

      ​@@Nissardpertugiu Not an extraneous note.

  • @anandakumarsanthinathan4740
    @anandakumarsanthinathan4740 5 лет назад +9

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

  • @crila07
    @crila07 8 лет назад +1

    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

  • @gorkarojasatares3367
    @gorkarojasatares3367 8 лет назад +8

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

  • @lelandlee5008
    @lelandlee5008 9 лет назад +7

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

  • @quagjuice45
    @quagjuice45 12 лет назад +1

    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.

  • @cbacon6734
    @cbacon6734 5 лет назад

    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!

  • @funkydrummer14
    @funkydrummer14 12 лет назад +1

    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.

  • @TimWatsonDrums
    @TimWatsonDrums 8 лет назад

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

  • @drummer4u47
    @drummer4u47 5 лет назад

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

  • @DenSinyoIrwan
    @DenSinyoIrwan 5 лет назад +9

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

    • @philipm3173
      @philipm3173 11 месяцев назад

      2:50 was what really got me

  • @savmitch1798
    @savmitch1798 4 года назад

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

  • @eltibu9036
    @eltibu9036 7 лет назад +2

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

  • @albitcapinigro1107
    @albitcapinigro1107 10 лет назад +21

    This guy is some character. This Purdie.

    • @albitcapinigro1107
      @albitcapinigro1107 9 лет назад +1

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

  • @LanguageOfTheMind
    @LanguageOfTheMind 12 лет назад

    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.

  • @9monava
    @9monava 9 лет назад +1

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

  • @Brotherhood-pp4tf
    @Brotherhood-pp4tf 4 года назад

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

  • @jamesknight4784
    @jamesknight4784 8 лет назад +31

    funkier than grandpa's drawers!!!

  • @funkydrummer14
    @funkydrummer14 12 лет назад

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

  • @southaonea
    @southaonea Год назад

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

  • @sogandik
    @sogandik 12 лет назад +3

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

  • @lelandlee5008
    @lelandlee5008 9 лет назад +5

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

  • @PodOfHeat
    @PodOfHeat 9 лет назад +8

    No one feels the funk like Purdie!!!!

  • @Gravity_results_from_SpaceTime
    @Gravity_results_from_SpaceTime 4 года назад

    Right on. Love playing along.

  • @nexdrums
    @nexdrums 3 года назад +1

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

  • @Aleiuta75
    @Aleiuta75 10 лет назад

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

  • @grumblekin
    @grumblekin 5 лет назад +1

    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

  • @viewer5682
    @viewer5682 5 лет назад +1

    I love your vibe so much, every sense.

  • @fishbones72
    @fishbones72 11 лет назад

    The guy makes drumming fun. Love the smile

  • @mike.hidalgo
    @mike.hidalgo 12 лет назад

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

  • @donceldrums7917
    @donceldrums7917 3 года назад

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

  • @tonydjangolopez
    @tonydjangolopez 10 лет назад +8

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

    • @changein3d
      @changein3d 3 года назад

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

  • @philipmitchell6962
    @philipmitchell6962 4 года назад +17

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

  • @artistaloca4
    @artistaloca4 3 года назад

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

  • @vargavision
    @vargavision 12 лет назад

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

  • @KingBratt
    @KingBratt 9 лет назад +2

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

  • @Superlifemania
    @Superlifemania 7 лет назад

    God, you've got to love this man!

  • @drummer6219
    @drummer6219 4 года назад +1

    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 🙊🙉🙈🙏🏾🦈🥁

  • @steelstud7
    @steelstud7 12 лет назад

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

  • @roelie2104
    @roelie2104 9 лет назад +1

    Great session Bernard! Love your drumming style!

  • @dannadykto4862
    @dannadykto4862 12 лет назад

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

  • @MarcoBoneMan
    @MarcoBoneMan Год назад

    Absolutely love this man

  • @XxStrongDrums1996xX
    @XxStrongDrums1996xX 12 лет назад

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

  • @mikesmith2586
    @mikesmith2586 6 лет назад

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

  • @lindsayartkop
    @lindsayartkop 10 лет назад +4

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

  • @funklover24
    @funklover24 7 лет назад +2

    His groove is amazing

  • @themadmaddrummer
    @themadmaddrummer 4 года назад

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

  • @Markko1986
    @Markko1986 12 лет назад

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

  • @antoninoscannapieco5508
    @antoninoscannapieco5508 5 лет назад +2

    God bless you Mister Purdie!!

  • @miketeeveedub5779
    @miketeeveedub5779 4 года назад

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

  • @Deadleg
    @Deadleg 9 лет назад +14

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

  • @jpuglisi6865
    @jpuglisi6865 7 лет назад +3

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

  • @MrTimthemellon
    @MrTimthemellon 12 лет назад

    Perhaps the best video in the world.

  • @manojmcmillan4039
    @manojmcmillan4039 8 лет назад

    Joy of music seen on drummer's face..good performer

  • @bruodowd
    @bruodowd 8 лет назад

    Bernard, you the funkiest! Love ya man!

  • @Vintagegijoefreak
    @Vintagegijoefreak 12 лет назад

    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!

  • @ericgaldamez
    @ericgaldamez 11 лет назад

    the best of the best right here. nobody has a better 1 2 punch then these guys right here

  • @stonerdrums
    @stonerdrums 5 лет назад

    What a fine example of playing the drums with texture and dynamics.

  • @ROBYRH4
    @ROBYRH4 7 лет назад

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

  • @jfmayer
    @jfmayer 11 лет назад

    the coolest jam of all times

  • @cireirby5359
    @cireirby5359 4 года назад

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

  • @chupeteguaya
    @chupeteguaya 12 лет назад

    Groove + Metronome + Awesomeness = Bernard Purdie.

  • @frankburdodrums8984
    @frankburdodrums8984 4 года назад +1

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

  • @SteveGayMusic
    @SteveGayMusic 13 лет назад

    This is nuts man! They have both dug into that pocket so hard man!

  • @express49
    @express49 13 лет назад

    Brilliant , a real pleasure ...

  • @tobydogloser3128
    @tobydogloser3128 7 лет назад

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

  • @TheZooNinjaS
    @TheZooNinjaS 7 лет назад +3

    Pocket doesn't even begin to describe it.

  • @markbutler5421
    @markbutler5421 8 месяцев назад

    Dude is amazing

  • @jonfcartwright479
    @jonfcartwright479 7 лет назад

    I just can't be denied

  • @wYeL333
    @wYeL333 5 лет назад +5

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

  • @PNW_Sportbike_Life
    @PNW_Sportbike_Life 12 лет назад

    pure soul...outstanding!

  • @didgeteria9068
    @didgeteria9068 12 лет назад

    no words for this man... funktastik!!!!!