I absolutely LOVE this woman! An amazing, underrated talent.

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I once had the cassette version of Straight from the Heart. But it was "Haven't You Heard" (from Pizzazz) that piqued my interest in her. Oh, did I mention she has lots of sex appeal?

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I love her!!! (though I must admit mainly the albums she recorded for Elektra in the late 70's/early 80's. She will be on tour with Lee Ritenour in Europe very soon.

So underrated and an unrecognized fiercely talented musician....

love her!!!! got braids back in the day because of her. really liked her style.

Lots of great songs from Patrice. My favorites are:

Haven't You Heard

Never Gonna Give You Up

I Was Tired Of Being Alone

Forget Me Nots

All We Need

Look Up

Don't Blame Me

Number One

The Funk Won't Let You Down

Break Out

Get Off (You Fascinate Me)

I Need Your Love

Remind Me

"Babyfingers"? RU kidding? Always been a legend round here. Her catalog OWNS.

I love what little tracks from Patrice that I've heard, but her back catalogue is very hard to find ( a greatest hits cd on Play.com is going for nearly 100 pounds!!!) on Play, Amazon, file sharing sites.

It's a shame as I'd like to hear her LP's.

I've seen her in a seminar with Brenda Russell. It was SO cool, they ended the discussion with a piano duet(each of them on one) playing a flourishing version of Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady".

I already how much of a beast Babyfingers is when it comes to keys, but I didn't expect Miss Russell to be so great as well.

When I heard that she & her then ex-boyfriend Charles Veal were playing in Prince' "Baby", I played the song a million times even though I didn't really care for it,,,,just because Trice was on the keys.

BTW, her jazz fusion records with Fantasy was just as great as her Funk/R&B stuff

SuperFunk59 said:

I love what little tracks from Patrice that I've heard, but her back catalogue is very hard to find ( a greatest hits cd on Play.com is going for nearly 100 pounds!!!) on Play, Amazon, file sharing sites.

It's a shame as I'd like to hear her LP's.

Her discography is relevantly small though it wasn't hard for me to get them all on CD(except for "Shout It Out" which I bought on LP, mint condition, and like you said, with the price of pearl!!).

Also worth saying that she has an impeccable rep (I've NEVER heard of somebody saying even one disparaging word about Patrice) on top of being stellar talent.

Pretty darned special lady, all in.

Harlepolis said:

BTW, her jazz fusion records with Fantasy was just as great as her Funk/R&B stuff

her back catalogue hard to find ... this below was just one search-click on amazon

most copies above are generally priced payable, with a few exceptions : Amazon.com: patrice rushen

and another few dozen of her back catalogue elsewhere online : patrice rushen cds on eBay

and if that expensive greatest hits cd is this one : which is indeed priced for $ 141.02, then that seller isn't really wise to do so

because about 26 other copies of the same cd are available for less than the half of $ 141.02 lol

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Just an amazing talent. My band does a cover of her early tune, "Haw Right Now".

Shango said:

her back catalogue hard to find ... this below was just one search-click on amazon

most copies above are generally priced payable, with a few exceptions : Amazon.com: patrice rushen

and another few dozen of her back catalogue elsewhere online : patrice rushen cds on eBay

and if that expensive greatest hits cd is this one : which is indeed priced for $ 141.02, then that seller isn't really wise to do so

because about 26 other copies of the same cd are available for less than the half of $ 141.02 lol

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Also...

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Solid album from 2006.

Harlepolis said: Also...

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Solid album from 2006.

Awesome ... first time i see it. Wow, already out about 4 years. Wasn't aware of this album. Thanks Harlepolis !

Huge fan! I have several of her albums.My favorite songs by her is "Look Up" from 1980.I also like "Remind Me" (1982),"Haven't You Heard" (1979) and "High In Me"(1984).

Why hasn't she received the recognition she deserves?

uPtoWnNY said:

Why hasn't she received the recognition she deserves?

Lets see, a black woman who's in complete control of her music and livelihood, and lives a sane life,,,thats the counter image of how the music industry view its black divas, I'm afraid.

Harlepolis said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Why hasn't she received the recognition she deserves?

Lets see, a black woman who's in complete control of her music and livelihood, and lives a sane life,,,thats the counter image of how the music industry view its black divas, I'm afraid.

She has also been asked a number of times as Musical Director for the Grammy's. She was there on the recent one when Sly Stone suddenly appeared on stage.

The use of her "Forget Me Nots" sample in "Men In Black" might've helped her recognition in recent years too,

and she is a well recognized artist in the jazz-genre where she mainly focusses her attention these days.

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uPtoWnNY said:

I heard this a while back and lost my mind, because it had been so long since I heard it.

Patrice is the real deal.

LOVE HER!!!

Shango said:

her back catalogue hard to find ... this below was just one search-click on amazon

most copies above are generally priced payable, with a few exceptions : Amazon.com: patrice rushen

and another few dozen of her back catalogue elsewhere online : patrice rushen cds on eBay

and if that expensive greatest hits cd is this one : which is indeed priced for $ 141.02, then that seller isn't really wise to do so

because about 26 other copies of the same cd are available for less than the half of $ 141.02 lol

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Damn i didn't know her catalog was that deep. May have to check some of these.

Patrice is playing a Rhodes on this song.

phunkdaddy said:

Shango said:

her back catalogue hard to find ... this below was just one search-click on amazon

most copies above are generally priced payable, with a few exceptions : Amazon.com: patrice rushen

and another few dozen of her back catalogue elsewhere online : patrice rushen cds on eBay

and if that expensive greatest hits cd is this one : which is indeed priced for $ 141.02, then that seller isn't really wise to do so

because about 26 other copies of the same cd are available for less than the half of $ 141.02 lol

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Damn i didn't know her catalog was that deep. May have to check some of these.

Good thing I have a lot of that stuff on vinyl.

uPtoWnNY said:

Harlepolis said:

BTW, her jazz fusion records with Fantasy was just as great as her Funk/R&B stuff

Yep. I have plans to post some of Rushen's jazz cuts on my U-Tube Channel.

^ very enjoyable album ^

missing from that album on youtube : "Perfect Love" / "Superstar" / "To Each Their Own"

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