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Patrice Rushen - Patrice
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AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson
After recording three jazz-oriented albums for Prestige, Patrice Rushen
switched to Elektra and gave herself a major R&B/pop makeover with Patrice.
Even the funkiest parts of Shout It Out, the last of Rushen's three
Prestige/Fantasy albums, couldn't have prepared listeners for this LP, which
finds her taking the commercial plunge and successfully making the transition
from jazz instrumentalist to R&B/pop vocalist. As expected, jazz's hardcore
audience cried foul: Like Roy Ayers, George Duke, George Benson, and other
jazz instrumentalists who took up R&B singing, Rushen was called a sellout
and vilified in the jazz media. Patrice was trashed by jazz critics. Instead of
hating this album because it isn't jazz, however, they should have judged it by
R&B/pop standards. When those standards are applied, it becomes obvious
that Patrice is, in fact, a rewarding R&B/pop effort. Patrice demonstrated that
she could be an expressive, charming singer, and her writing or co-writing is
solid on cuts that range from the funky "Hang It Up" and the lovely ballad
"Didn't You Know?" to the socio-political "Changes (In Your Life)." With Patrice,
the Los Angeles native made it clear that she was as appealing as an R&B/pop
singer as she had been as a jazz pianist/keyboardist.
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Artist...............: Patrice Rushen
Album................: Patrice
Genre................: Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1978
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/patrice-mw0000021366
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 10/2/2016
Posted by............: Grad58 on 10/3/2016
Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: Front Back
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Tracklisting
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1. Patrice Rushen - Cha-Cha [03:23]
2. Patrice Rushen - Changes (In Your Life) [04:06]
3. Patrice Rushen - Didn't You Know [05:13]
4. Patrice Rushen - Hang It Up [05:11]
5. Patrice Rushen - It's Just A Natural Thing [03:19]
6. Patrice Rushen - Let's Sing A Song Of Love [03:30]
7. Patrice Rushen - Music Of The Earth [03:49]
8. Patrice Rushen - Play! [04:32]
9. Patrice Rushen - When I Found You [05:18]
10. Patrice Rushen - Wishful Thinking [05:11]
Playing Time.........: 43:37
Total Size...........: 100.76 MB
NFO generated on.....: 10/3/2016 5:04:57 AM
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