| 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]
| Review scores | |
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| 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]
Earl Neal Creque was an American organist and jazz composer, born in the Virgin Islands; he was based in the Cleveland area, was a professor at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and played frequently around northern Ohio up until his death.
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