Bernard Purdie - Soul To JazzWhen Bernard Purdie is not helping some big star the likes of Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes, Donny Hathaway and B. B. King to create a fantastic studio sound, the drummer pursues his own projects such as "Soul to Jazz", two albums he recorded in 1996 and 1997. Released on CD back then (and now out of print), the two recordings have a cult factor today and sound as fresh as they did back then. Now both albums are released together for the first time as

that made it almost impossible for him to develop a self-confident attitude to his own creative power

Jinpei the Sparrow and Ryu the Owl really overcome such overwhelming odds

plus selected other noted A&B sides on Decca from this era

with it's funeral march character

and features recordings with a startling variety of top names

"Sunny Road"

you can trust this team to unearth the evidence in BEAUTIFUL BONES: SAKURAKO'S INVESTIGATION

including Jimmy Dorsey

" Pianist Ladislava Vondrácková studied in the final class of Prof

Extensive footage shows the best and worst moments of his time in the public eye

With it's 1688 printed collection of the Hortus Musicus apparently quite confident Johann Adam Reincken (1643-1722) wanted his critics in the mirror of their own musical inadequacy

as well as other pseudonyms like Ramblin' Bob and Peetie's Boy