Patrice Rushen was born in Los Angeles, on 30 September 1954. The child prodigy swapped classical for jazz when she was a teenager in the late 1960's. She recorded three albums for the Prestige label and took her first steps into dance. During the mid 1970's, Rushen appeared on albums by the likes of Lee Ritenour, Blackbyrds and Minnie Riperton, before she re-estabished her solo career in 1978. She returned to the charts with her second album for Elektra, called 'Pizzazz' and peaked with 'Straight from the heart' in 1982. That album featured her biggest hiot ever: 'Forget me nots'. Much of her subsequent work was in jazz field, although she also toured with Soul II Soul. Her track 'Haven’t you heard' provided a hook for Zhane's 1994 hit 'Groove thang'. Patrice Rushen's official website is at www.patricerushen.com.

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D i s c o g r a p h y

Prelusion	1974	Prestige
Before the Dawn	1975	Prestige
Shout It Out	1976	Prestige
Patrice	1977	Elektra
Posh	1979	Elektra
Pizzazz	1980	Elektra
Forget me nots (12 inch)	1982	Elektra
Straight from the heart (12 inch)	1982	Elektra
Straight from the heart	1982	Elektra
Get off	1984	Elektra
Feels so real (won't let go)	1984	Elektra
Now	1984	Elektra
Watch out! (12 inch)	1987	Arista
Watch out!	1987	Arista
The Meeting	1990	GRP
Anything But Ordinary	1994	Sindrome
The best of	1996	Rhino
Signature	1997	Discovery
Piano, Bass and Drums	2002	Aix Entertainment