Soul Drums Explained

Soul Drums
Type:	Album
Artist:	Pretty Purdie
Cover:	Soul Drums.jpg
Released:	1967
Recorded:	1967 New York City
Genre:	Jazz, funk
Length:	55:14
Label:	Date TEM-3006/TES-4006
Producer:	David Kapralik and Ken Williams
Chronology:	Pretty Purdie
Next Title:	Purdie Good!
Next Year:	1971

Soul Drums is the debut album by drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, recorded for the Date label in 1967.^[1] ^[2] The single "Funky Donkey" reached No. 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.^[3]

Reception

The review by Jason Ankeny of AllMusic states:

All compositions by Bernard Purdie except where indicated

"Soul Drums" – 3:33
"Bee 'N' Tee" (Purdie, Richard Tee) – 2:56
"Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 2:41
"Soul Bossa Nova" (Purdie, Tee) – 2:46
"Jimmy's Back" (Purdie, James Tyrell) – 2:37
"Funky Donkey" – 3:01
"Bill's Groove" – 2:44
"On the Outskirts of Minitown" – 3:19
"Testifyin'" (Purdie, Tee) – 2:37
"Modern Jive" (Purdie, Tee) – 2:46
"Blow Your Lid (But Watch Your Cool)" – 2:40
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) – 4:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Fickle Finger of Fate" (Billy Jackson, Richard Rome, James Wisner) – 1:53 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Genuine John" (Cornell Dupree, Chuck Rainey) – 2:44 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Soul Clappin'" (Purdie, Tee) – 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Groovin'" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) – 3:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
"If You Never Cried" (Jerome Jackson) – 3:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Stop" (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman) – 2:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr., Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper) – 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue