Artiste: Patrice Rushen
Album: Prelusion
Spotlight Track: Puttered Bopcorn
Label: Prestige Records
Catalog: P10089
Credits: Arranged By, Composed By Patrice Rushen
I made a resolution to save money this year. Saving money means buying less records means having to dig back old ones to tangkap. I found this dusty copy of Prelusion, the first album by child prodigy Patrice Rushen. This is the first album from Patrice Rushen, who will later sing R&B for Elektra Records and cause Will Smith to dance like an alien.
Released in 1974 on Prestige Records, Prelusion is mainly an instrumental jazz album. This is number 1 of 3 albums on Prestige for Patrice, the others are Before The Dawn and Shout It Out. I really wished she had continued making Jazz albums, cos she certainly has the flair for it. I mean, she’s barely an adult and already she wrote and produced all the songs! Truly hats off! She’s also dem good at the piano, on this album she flexes her finger muscle to play a range from acoustic to the ARP synths.
All the tracks are mighty good! Side 1 covers 2 lengthy tracks Shortie’s Portion and 7/73, both wonderfully composed with that deep soul jazz vibe. Side 2 is no-bullshit funky Headhunters style, just to show you that she can. I chose Puttered Bopcorn to spotlight because of its Moog sound popish flavour. It’s sample friendly too, I hope someone out there reading this might get inspired in some way.
Please respect Patrice Rushen, she’s covered all grounds in her long career, including musical director for the Emmys and composing movie soundtracks to name a few. She also nailed a lot of wonderful hits like Number One, Forget Me Nots and Remind Me. May 2008 be a year of quality not quantity for most!
Tangkap This!!!
-Kenny
