Bernard Purdie is one of the best. Very professional, yet so relaxed and at ease with his craft. Never losing a moment of timing. The inventor of the famous 'Purdie Shuffle'.
Always in pocket like a finely made watch and out the way for all the musicians he's playing with great dynamics color accents and hits and he never loses the one all while keeping is smiling composer
4:29 Gotta appreciate when he brings the pick away and just carries on the riff via the frets, because not even arthritis could impede this immense flex!