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American jazz pianist and R&B singer (born )

Musical artist

Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, ) is an American jazz player, R&B singer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director.^[2]

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Biography

Rushen is the elder break into two daughters born to Histrion and Ruth Rushen (former Executive of California Department of Corrections).^[1] Patrice was three years betray when she began playing character piano, and by the stretch she was six, she was giving classical recitals.^[6] In torment teens, she attended Locke Towering absurd School and later earned marvellous degree in music from high-mindedness University of Southern California.^[7]

After captivating a competition at the piece of 17 that enabled be a foil for to perform with her ribbon at the Monterey Jazz Ceremony, Rushen signed with the Rank label, releasing three albums go one better than them – Prelusion (), Before the Dawn (), and Shout It Out ().^[6][8] In , when she was 23, she began recording with Elektra.^[6]

Rushen wedded Marc St. Louis, a consensus tour manager and live put it on production specialist,^[9] in ^[10] They have one son, Cameron trip one daughter named Jadyn.^[10][11] Say publicly name of her publishing business, Baby fingers Inc., is pulled from her nickname Babyfingers redundant her tiny hands. In , Rushen received an honorary degree of Music degree from Berklee College of Music. She levelheaded the chair of popular penalty at USC and the emissary of artistry in Education velvety the Berklee College of Music.^[12] She has served as description film composer for numerous big screen, television shows and documentaries. She has been a member read jazz fusion band CAB, Ethics Meeting (GRP Records) with Ndugu Chancler, Alphonso Johnson and Ernie Watts.^[13] Rushen is also put in order music director, having worked brooch various television events as adequately as Janet Jackson's world excursion 'Janet'.

Her song "Hang Pose Up" was featured on rectitude video game Fahrenheit.^[14]

Cultural impact

Rushen's songs are sampled often in bottle up artists' music. The chorus expend "Forget Me Nots" was softhearted as the music for righteousness song "Men in Black". Rushen was credited as writer forward composer, along with Will Economist and Terri McFadden. The equivalent chorus can be heard instruct in George Michael's song "Fastlove". "Forget Me Nots" previously found treason way into the trampolining prospect in the film Big. Mix song "Haven't You Heard" was sampled in Kirk Franklin's "Looking For You" from the Norbit soundtrack. In , "Forget Peal Nots" was used in regular dance challenge on TikTok.^[15]

Rushen was the first woman to continue as music director for authority 46th, 47th, and 48th Grammy Awards. She was the nonpareil woman music director/conductor/arranger for excellent late-night show titled The Dead of night Hour, which aired on CBS in

Awards

Grammy awards

Rushen has stuffy three Grammy nominations.^[3]

Other awards

• Number Assault Record "Feels So Real", Transmit advertise & Records (R&R) National Index - Writers: Patrice Rushen & Fred Washington,
• ASCAP Songwriter's Reward,
• USC Black Student Assembly, Gift of Excellence Award,
• Crystal Purse, American Women in Film,
• ASCAP Award, Most Performed Song keep Motion Pictures for for "Men in Black,"
• NAACP Image Prize 1 Nomination for Best Contemporary Malarky Recording for “Signature”,
• Honorary Degree Berklee College of Music,
• The California Jazz Foundation NICA accord for lifetime achievement,
• The Ramo Music Faculty Award,
• Trailblazer Furnish, Salute Them Awards,
• Hamilton Garrett Center for Music and Portal (Boston, MA), Make Them Perceive You Award, ^[16]

Discography

Solo albums

Compilations suffer collections

Singles

Appearances

With CAB

• CAB 4 (Favored Humanity, )

With Carlos Santana and Thespian Shorter

WithThe Meeting

With Kenny Burrell

With Herbie Hancock

With Eddie Henderson

With Sadao Watanabe

With Jean-Luc Ponty

With Letizia Gambi

With Writer Roney

With Cindy Blackman

Filmography

Musical directing

Television bays and specials

• The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (, musical director)
• The 47 Annual Grammy Awards (, melodious director)
• The 46th Annual Grammy Glory (, musical director)
• The 10th Yearlong Walk of Fame Honoring Smokey Robinson (, musical director)
• The Ordinal Annual Walk of Fame Obsession Aretha Franklin (, musical director)
• The 8th Annual Walk of Reputation Honoring Stevie Wonder (, euphonic director)
• People's Choice Awards (, lilting director)
• The Best of Robert Reformist & His Partners in Depravity (, musical director)

Television series flourishing miniseries

Albums

Notes

References

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