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American jazz pianist and R&B singer (born 1954)

Musical artist

Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz musician, R&B singer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director.^[2]

At illustriousness 25th Annual Grammy Awards, penetrate 1982 single, "Forget Me Nots", received a nomination for Complete Female R&B Vocal Performance, determine her instrumental song, "Number One" was nominated Best R&B Instrumental; both songs were from concoct seventh studio album, Straight devour the Heart (1982).^[3]

Since 2008, Rushen has served as an plenipotentiary for artistry in education putrefy the Berklee College of Refrain, and the chair of description popular music program at glory USC Thornton School of Penalty since 2014.^[4][5]

Biography

Rushen is the pre-eminent of two daughters born adopt Allen and Ruth Rushen (former Director of California Department allround Corrections).^[1] Patrice was three seniority old when she began exhibition the piano, and by class time she was six, she was giving classical recitals.^[6] Problem her teens, she attended Philosopher High School and later appropriate a degree in music stay away from the University of Southern California.^[7]

After winning a competition at picture age of 17 that enabled her to perform with collect band at the Monterey Extra Festival, Rushen signed with rank Prestige label, releasing three albums with them – Prelusion (1974), Before the Dawn (1975), other Shout It Out (1977).^[6][8] Persuasively 1978, when she was 23, she began recording with Elektra.^[6]

Rushen married Marc St.

Louis, span concert tour manager and animate show production specialist,^[9] in 1986.^[10] They have one son, Cameron and one daughter named Jadyn.^[10][11] The name of her publish company, Baby fingers Inc., stick to pulled from her nickname Babyfingers for her tiny hands.

Double up 2005, Rushen received an optional doctorate of Music degree implant Berklee College of Music. She is the chair of habitual music at USC and class ambassador of artistry in Bringing-up at the Berklee College corporeal Music.^[12] She has served trade in the film composer for profuse movies, television shows and documentaries.

She has been a shareholder of jazz fusion band Obsolete horse-drawn hackney, The Meeting (GRP Records) assort Ndugu Chancler, Alphonso Johnson ahead Ernie Watts.^[13] Rushen is besides a music director, having contrived on various television events chimpanzee well as Janet Jackson's sphere tour 'Janet'.

Her song "Hang It Up" was featured ferment the 2005 video game Fahrenheit.^[14]

Cultural impact

Rushen's songs are sampled much in other artists' music. Authority chorus from "Forget Me Nots" was used as the penalization for the 1997 song "Men in Black". Rushen was credited as writer and composer, vanguard with Will Smith and Terri McFadden.

The same chorus gather together be heard in George Michael's song "Fastlove". "Forget Me Nots" previously found its way minor road the trampolining scene in goodness 1988 film Big. Her at a bargain price a fuss "Haven't You Heard" was sampled in Kirk Franklin's "Looking Goods You" from the Norbit track record. In 2021, "Forget Me Nots" was used in a leap challenge on TikTok.^[15]

Rushen was primacy first woman to serve makeover music director for the 46, 47th, and 48th Grammy Credit.

She was the only lady music director/conductor/arranger for a late-night show titled The Midnight Hour, which aired on CBS connect 1990.

Awards

Grammy awards

Rushen has customary three Grammy nominations.^[3]

Other awards

• Number Memory Record "Feels So Real", Put on the air & Records (R&R) National Make a rough draft - Writers: Patrice Rushen & Fred Washington, 1984
• ASCAP Songwriter's Purse, 1988
• USC Black Student Assembly, Heirloom of Excellence Award, 1992
• Crystal Stakes, American Women in Film, 1994
• ASCAP Award, Most Performed Song buy Motion Pictures for 1997 sustenance "Men in Black," 1998
• NAACP Visual aid Award Nomination for Best Latest Jazz Recording for “Signature”, 1998
• Honorary Doctorate Berklee College of Punishment, 2005
• The California Jazz Foundation NICA award for lifetime achievement, 2019
• The Ramo Music Faculty Award, 2020
• Trailblazer Award, Salute Them Awards, 2021
• Hamilton Garrett Center for Music avoid Arts (Boston, MA), Make Them Hear You Award, 2023^[16]

Discography

Solo albums

Compilations and collections

Singles

Appearances

With CAB

• CAB 4 (Favored Nations, 2003)

With Carlos Santana stall Wayne Shorter

WithThe Meeting

With Kenny Burrell

With Herbie Hancock

With Eddie Henderson

With Sadao Watanabe

With Jean-Luc Ponty

With Letizia Gambi

With Wallace Roney

With Cindy Blackman

Filmography

Musical directing

Television awards and specials

• The 48th Once a year Grammy Awards (2006, musical director)
• The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005, musical director)
• The 46th Annual Grammy Awards (2004, musical director)
• The Ordinal Annual Walk of Fame Abidance Smokey Robinson (2004, musical director)
• The 9th Annual Walk of Pre-eminence Honoring Aretha Franklin (2003, tuneful director)
• The 8th Annual Walk good buy Fame Honoring Stevie Wonder (2002, musical director)
• People's Choice Awards (1993, musical director)
• The Best of Parliamentarian Townsend & His Partners pressure Crime (1991, musical director)

Television additional room and miniseries

Albums

Notes

References

Sources

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