◇ image via WikipediaBernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Galt Macdermot, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa and Art Blakey. Those roots explain a lot about how Bernard Purdie arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jack McDuff, Johnny Hammond, Billy Cobham, Idris Muhammad and The Crusaders, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Herbie Mann, Led Zeppelin, The Police, Toto and Steely Dan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Bernard Purdie, reaching back through Galt Macdermot and forward to Herbie Mann. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul, funk and jazz musician. He is known for his precise time-keeping and his signature use of triplets against a half-time backbeat: the Purdie shuffle. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Bernard Purdie connections
Bernard Purdie grew out of Galt Macdermot, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa and Art Blakey, shares an orbit with Jack McDuff, Johnny Hammond, Billy Cobham and Idris Muhammad, went on to shape Herbie Mann, Led Zeppelin, The Police and Toto. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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