Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer and session musician from Elkton, Maryland. He moved to New York in 1960 and began to record with various well-known soul, rock, pop, and jazz musicians. He has toured with saxophonist King Curtis, seminal bop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and saxophonist Hank Crawford and was Aretha Franklin's musical director for five years in the 1970's. He has also performed in concert with seminal bop drummer Max Roach. Wikipedia
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