Bernard "Pretty" Purdie Funky Groovy Jam Session

U can't Deny, this dude is just funky & fun. Respect the most recorded drum player in history :D Enjoy people!!

[@Frank7489]

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

[@JonHop1]

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]

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

[@mroctober3657]

Hey Grimey (as you like to be called).

[@fernandomartin9190]

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

[@happycreations4736]

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

[@Drumfusions]

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

[@alfaholic3]

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]

João Figueiredo facts lol

[@petermills542]

@@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]

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]

The best.

[@newspaperlightbulb]

0:33 That groove could end a fucking war.

[@jedimastersmoochie308]

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

[@Thisisahandle701]

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]

@@Thisisahandle701 Jesus dude...

[@campbellparker]

Reminds me a lot of Nappy Dugout by Funkadelic

[@placidcasual9872]

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]

jajaja

[@moistness]

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

[@kayhall9834]

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

[@kayhall9834]

“Placid casual” 😂😂

[@sierratrey]

moistness Now that was good!

[@stevenwilliams9758]

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.

[@undefined6947]

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]

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]

@@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]

So true

[@benjamingaray5660]

My favorite fill ever

[@MissingNumb]

Why Gadd's solos never get old either... Can't have a "pocket" if it's stuffed full.

[@Danaction87]

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]

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

[@giovanna722]

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

[@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931]

@@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.

[@closertotheheart]

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

[@julieb2968]

yes, it's loose and effortless playing!

[@aru2089]

@@julieb2968 but still extrem good

[@sierratrey]

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

[@rxonmymind8362]

It's called rhythm.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

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

[@gabrieh7049]

"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.

[@jaydeng7118]

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 ♡♡

[@scottmatheson2390]

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

[@knightbrolaire526]

+Scott Matheson ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@moxiemusic3739]

Cm my friend!

[@illbehaviour9785]

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

[@mhomenow1]

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.

[@myoman1977]

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

[@victorespino5650]

Half time!

[@kchez5586]

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

[@djshumon]

too sick,the bass player killing it.

[@rxonmymind8362]

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

[@lizardskin8594]

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

[@waynewojnarowski3697]

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

[@changstein]

Did he show the shuffle??

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I'm going to bet it was REALLY expensive.

[@westa8427]

Thank you for mentioning the Aja album, it literally just saved my day.

[@teddysalad8227]

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

[@idonteatcheetos]

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

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Apparently Simple

[@giovanna722]

​@@Nissardpertugiu Not an extraneous note.

[@SLURM187]

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

[@minilob]

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

[@sethmcbrown9492]

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

[@BONESTORM2501]

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

[@zachary_attackery]

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

[@brenfen]

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

[@christelmayland]

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

[@scottmatheson2390]

+ZachAttack84 lol call the funk police

[@SilvertortoisePiano]

Me too

[@labinthapa5957]

I can feeeeeeeeel my afro hair growing with da funk.

[@elkwoodarrow]

This guy could jam the devil outta hell.

[@giantkiller56]

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.

[@jaycrall69]

so the wife cheated?

[@jpuglisi6865]

maybe? maybe not

[@pantzhammer6924]

15 FUNKY children! Amen.

[@nandogroovemachine823]

Yoo hahah

[@SilvertortoisePiano]

Some good comments on this video, I'm impressed

[@kymlawrence6701]

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!

[@funkydrummer14]

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.

[@crila07]

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]

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

[@anandakumarsanthinathan4740]

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

[@quagjuice45]

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.

[@albitcapinigro1107]

This guy is some character. This Purdie.

[@albitcapinigro1107]

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

[@drummer4u47]

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

[@LanguageOfTheMind]

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.

[@TimWatsonDrums]

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

[@cbacon6734]

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!

[@sogandik]

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

[@lelandlee5008]

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

[@southaonea]

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

[@funkydrummer14]

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

[@lelandlee5008]

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

[@grumblekin]

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

[@eltibu9036]

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

[@DenSinyoIrwan]

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

[@philipm3173]

2:50 was what really got me

[@steelstud7]

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

[@jamesknight4784]

funkier than grandpa's drawers!!!

[@savmitch1798]

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

[@Brotherhood-pp4tf]

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

[@drummer6219]

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 🙊🙉🙈🙏🏾🦈🥁

[@00O000OO]

Bassist looks like he just got off tour with Mac Demarco

[@funklover24]

His groove is amazing

[@donceldrums7917]

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

[@9monava]

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

[@nexdrums]

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

[@PodOfHeat]

No one feels the funk like Purdie!!!!

[@lelandlee5008]

OMG ALL THIS TIME WATCHING DRUMMERS AND YET TO FIND MY KIND UNTIL RIGHT NOW...JOHN BONHAM DEFINITELY WAS INFLUENCED BEHIND PLAYERS LIKE MY MAN HERE THANK YOU FOR POSTING

[@alisonjohns3938]

LELAND LEE i think you got that twisted. "“Sometimes on trips to Drum City, the Birmingham city-centre shop owned by BBC Light Jazz Orchestra drummer Mike Evans, I’d bump into Bonham, along with other fine drummers - offshoots of the cosmopolitan hordes who’d chosen Birmingham as home. Some visits turned into mini-clinics. I’d watch Mike do his ’Purdie.’ I think he turned everyone on to Bernard Purdie, whose hi-hat work was incomparable. Bonham would sit in and funk out, his bass drum playing that language everyone seemed to be speaking but still not applying as well as he did."

[@lelandlee5008]

WOW....THEN MY APOLOGIES....AND MUCH RESPECT TO BONZO HE WAS THE ONE AND ONLY REASON I WANTED TO PLAY....OH I BET HE DID "FUNK OUT" NO DOUBT WHEN I FIRST HEARD BONHAM I WAS BLOWEN AWAY BY THE WAY HE PUT FUNK INTO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING HE PLAYED YES?

[@lelandlee5008]

Alison Johns THIS COMMENT IS FOR ALLISON JOHNS

[@samarthgrover1996]

Definitely. Fool in the rain shuffle is def inspired off of Purdie shuffle

[@mikesmith2586]

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

[@vargavision]

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

[@lindsayartkop]

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

[@nobordersmiketheblacktrave5706]

I have checked your channel. Wow you are a great drummer too. Well done girl :)

[@philipmitchell6962]

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

[@jarhat]

This is what music, and life for that matter, is about to me. No matter what kind of music you are playing or listening to, if you aren't feeling this happy when playing or listening, what's the point?

[@midinerd]

1:30 the resolve thru all that got me giggling

[@tobydogloser3128]

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

[@Deadleg]

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

[@GaylordSmithJr]

Deadleg awesome :D

[@antoninoscannapieco5508]

God bless you Mister Purdie!!

[@cireirby5359]

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

[@BIG-NEPENTHA]

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

[@scumber56]

Straight funky.

[@artistaloca4]

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

[@KingBratt]

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

[@jpuglisi6865]

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

[@ZacSladePants]

MOST epic lyrics: Mmmm... mm mm mm.. alll right... mm yeah... ha ha.. oooh...

[@miketeeveedub5779]

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

[@tonydjangolopez]

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

[@changein3d]

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

[@averagejackmedia609]

My Girlfriend recently asked me who I want to sound like as a drummer.. I showed her Bernard Purdie.. she said.. "you can already do everything he can do.." My reply was.. but I don't sound like that.

[@Vintagegijoefreak]

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!

[@viewer5682]

I love your vibe so much, every sense.

[@frankburdodrums8984]

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

[@Mao-max454]

さすが、ドラムの名手 !!!!

[@Aleiuta75]

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

[@ipguyman108]

Awesome bass player. What is his name? What kind of bass head and speakers is he using here? Please..! Thanks guys..

[@MrTimthemellon]

Perhaps the best video in the world.

[@fishbones72]

The guy makes drumming fun. Love the smile

[@jonfcartwright479]

I just can't be denied

[@Gravity_results_from_SpaceTime]

Right on. Love playing along.

[@stonerdrums]

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

[@manojmcmillan4039]

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

[@TheZooNinjaS]

Pocket doesn't even begin to describe it.

[@chupeteguaya]

Groove + Metronome + Awesomeness = Bernard Purdie.

[@svefre85]

that's probably the most grooving thing we're all gonna to hear in our lifes... not kiddin...

[@Cheetohs77]

loved the video, thought the annotation about the bass player was un called for!

[@BenNewmanProductions]

Too right mate

[@Practical_impracticalities]

What annotation?

[@TopCutsAudio]

@@Practical_impracticalities video annotations were removed about 2 years ago, which deleted all of them, and explains this comment making no sence haha

[@punishedsnake6141]

I am a witness to the funk. I believe in the funk.

[@tomandryu123]

I love how the bassist is fighting back laughter at the very beginning of the video, because Bernard Purdie is so fucking funny.

[@markbutler5421]

Dude is amazing

[@MarcoBoneMan]

Absolutely love this man

[@mike.hidalgo]

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

[@dannadykto4862]

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

[@ericgaldamez]

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