Soul Is... Pretty Purdie is an album led by R&B drummer Bernard Purdie which was recorded for the Flying Dutchman label in 1972.

Bernard Purdie – drums, vocals
Danny Moore, Ernie Royal – trumpet (tracks 2 & 5)
Garnett Brown – trombone (tracks 2 & 5)
Jimmy Powell – alto saxophone (tracks 2 & 5)
Charlie Brown (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7), Harold Vick (tracks 2 & 5), Seldon Powell (tracks 2 & 5) – tenor saxophone
Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone (tracks 2 & 5)
Cornell Dupree (tracks 2 & 5), Jay Berliner (tracks 2 & 5), Billy Nichols (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7), Lloyd Davis (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7) – guitar
Horace Ott – electric piano, piano, arranger, conductor
Paul Griffin (tracks 1, 4 & 6), Richard Tee (Tracks 2 & 5) – organ
Jerry Jemmott (tracks 2 & 5), Paul Martinez – electric bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7)
Norman Pride – congas, bongos
Gayle Dixon, Julien Barber, Noel DaCosta, Sanford Allen – violin (tracks 2 & 5)
Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke – viola (tracks 2 & 5)
Kermit Moore, Ronald Lipscomb – cello (tracks 2 & 5)
Ralph MacDonald – bongos (track 2 & 5)
Gordon Powell – percussion (tracks 2 & 5)
Barbara Massey, Carl Hall, Eileen Gilbert, Hilda Harris, Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals (track 5)
Bob Thiele – producer
Bob Simpson and Tony May – engineer