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Shaft

album by Bernard Purdie
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Shaft

Summary

Shaft is an album[1]. Shaft ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shaft's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Shaft's genre is soul jazz[4].
  • Shaft's genre is jazz-funk[5].
  • Shaft followed Stand by Me[6].
  • Shaft was followed by Soul Is... Pretty Purdie[7].
  • Shaft was performed by Bernard Purdie[8].
  • Shaft's record label is recorded as Prestige[9].
  • Shaft was published on 1973[10].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[11]

  • First release date: 1973[12]

  • Genre(s): jazz, jazz-funk[13]

  • Community tags: jazz, jazz-funk[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ab420f57-e53d-4175-adc4-43164689522c[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Shaft was Bernard Purdie[8].

Publication

Shaft was released on 1973[10]. Genres include soul jazz[4] and jazz-funk[5].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Shaft followed Stand by Me[6]. Shaft was followed by Soul Is... Pretty Purdie[7].

Why It Matters

Shaft ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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