| Shaft | ||||
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| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | October 11, 1971 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs | |||
| Genre | Soul jazz, jazz-funk | |||
| Length | 31:13 | |||
| Label | Prestige PR 10038 | |||
| Producer | Bob Porter | |||
| Bernard Purdie chronology | ||||
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Shaft is an album led by jazz drummer Bernard Purdie which was recorded for the Prestige label in 1971.[1][2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Stewart Mason of Allmusic states, "these limp retreads, apparently aimed at a middle-of-the-road audience that was reaching for hipness but didn't want to be confronted with anything too out there, are utterly unnecessary. There are a handful of good tunes here; although it's unclear what the genial funk groove "Attica" has to do with the 1971 prison riot of the same name, it's got some hot tenor sax solos and a rollicking electric piano solo by composer Neal Creque. Similarly, the mellow and soulful "Summer Melody" has some exquisite electric piano and trumpet over its gentle conga-led groove. An album' s worth of variations on these two themes would have been a minor soul-jazz classic, but unfortunately, Bernard Purdie's overreaching ends up giving him the, um, Shaft".[3]
Track listing
- "Shaft" (Isaac Hayes) - 5:52
- "Way Back Home" (Wilton Felder) - 5:30
- "Attica" (Neal Creque) - 4:12
- "Changes" (Buddy Miles) - 4:52
- "Summer Melody" (Harold Ousley) - 6:35
- "Butterfingers" (Willie Bridges) - 4:12
Personnel
- Bernard Purdie - drums
- Danny Moore, Gerry Thomas - trumpet
- Willie Bridges, Charlie Brown, Houston Person - tenor saxophone
- Neal Creque - electric piano
- Billy Nichols, Lloyd Davis - guitar
- Gordon Edwards - electric bass
- Norman Pride - congas
Production
Sample use
- "Changes" has been sampled in "Block Rockin' Beats" by The Chemical Brothers, from their 1997 album Dig Your Own Hole,[5] and in "Chiron" by Four Tet, from his first album Dialogue (1999).[6]
References
- ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed July 3, 2013
- ↑ Bernard Purdie discography accessed July 3, 2013
- 1 2 Mason, S. Allmusic listing accessed July 1, 2013.
- ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 164. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ "The Chemical Brothers's 'Block Rockin' Beats' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled.
- ↑ "Four Tet's 'Chiron' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled.