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Refimprove|date=April 2009Infobox musical artist| name = Patrice Rushen| image = Patrice Rushen 2010.jpg| caption = Patrice Rushen performing on March 2, 2010| landscape = yes| background = solo_singer| alias =| birth_name = PatriceLouise Rushen| birth_date = Birth date and age|1954|9|30|birth_place = Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California , United States | death_date =| genre = Jazz , jazz fusion , contemporary R& B|R& B , jazz-funk , Pop music|pop , Soul music|soul , post-disco , Urban contemporary|urban | instrument = Singing|Vocals , piano , Keyboard instruments|keyboardist , flute , clarinet , percussion | associated_acts =| occupation = Musician , composer , record producer , music director , educator | years_active = 1972& ndash;present| label = Prestige Records|Prestige , Elektra Records|Elektra , Arista Records|Arista , GRP Records|GRP , Aix Entertainment, Discovery| website = http://www.patricerushen.com/ www.patricerushen.comPatrice Rushen (born PatriceLouise Rushen , September 30, 1954, Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California ) cite web|url= http://www.ancestry.com |title= California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (database on-line) |publisher= The Generations Network |location= United States |year=2005 |accessdate=2009-10-06 is a Grammy Award -winning Contemporary R& B|R& B and jazz singing|vocalist , composer and Piano|pianist .
Biography
Rushen is the elder of two daughters born to the late Allen Rushen and the former Ruth Harris. She demonstrated her musical potential at a young age; she was regarded as a child prodigy . In her teens, she attended south LA's Locke High and went on to earn a degree in music from the University of Southern California .cite web |url= http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/alumni/scenter_stage/prushen.html/|title=Patrice Rushen MM ’76 |accessdate=2008-10-06 |publisher=University of Southern California
Rushen has many ground-breaking achievements. She became the first woman to serve as head composer/musical director for the Grammy Awards and the Emmy Awards , and the first woman to serve as musical director for the NAACP Image Awards ' broadcast, an honor she held for twelve consecutive years. Additionally, Rushen has been the only woman to be a musical director/composer for the People's Choice Awards , Comic Relief (charity)#In the United States|HBO's Comic Relief and the only woman musical director/conductor/arranger for a late-night television talk show , The Midnight Hour .
In addition, Rushen was named musical director/composer for Newsweek 's first American Achievement Awards, broadcast on CBS Broadcasting Inc|CBS from the Kennedy Center and she served as the musical director for Janet Jackson 's janet. World Tour .
In 2008, Rushen accepted a professorship at the Berklee College of Music , in Boston . The course is "Patrice Rushen: The Value of Music Education."
She also continues to play Keyboard instruments|keyboards and has played in the touring bands of Lee Ritenour and Wayne Shorter in recent years.
Solo career
Rushen has also achieved great success as a singer. A classically trained pianist, Rushen has spent a great deal of time channeling her skills musically. Winning a competition at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival gained Rushen national attention, which earned her a recording contract with Prestige Records in 1973.
After recording three albums and becoming an in-demand session musician|session player , with artists that included Jean-Luc Ponty , Rushen signed with Elektra Records in 1978. Forging jazz / R& B / Funk music|funk fusion , her signature sound from the melding of these styles gave her success with a string of Top Ten R& B hits, including "Haven't You Heard," " Forget Me Nots ," "Feels So Real," "Watch Out," "You Remind Me," and "Never Gonna Give You Up" from her first five solo albums ( Patrice, Pizzazz, Posh, Straight From the Heart, and Now ). Rushen guested on Soul Train , where she performed her single "I Need Your Love" in 1981. She also penned the opening theme for The Steve Harvey Show . Her mentor and friend is Quincy Jones . Rushen also plays multiple instruments including the flute , clarinet and various kinds of percussion.
Her 1982 hit song " Forget Me Nots " has been sampling (music)|sampled several times. The most notable has been its inclusion as the driving musical element in Will Smith 's " Men in Black (song)|Men In Black ", the theme to the 1997 film of the same name. The song won a Grammy Award , which co-writers Freddie Washington (bassist)|Freddie Washington and Terry McFaddin also shared. Also in 1996, "Forget Me Nots" was featured prominently in the bridge of George Michael 's #1 hit " Fastlove ."
The 1998 hit " Strawberries (song)|Strawberries " by female rapper Smooth samples "Where There Is Love" from Rushen's 1982 album Straight from the Heart (Patrice Rushen album)|Straight From The Heart .
"Haven't You Heard" was sampled prominently into gospel artist Kirk Franklin 's 2005 hit "Looking For You," with gospel lyrics written by Franklin. The song was also interpolated into Zhane 's early 1990s hit "Groove Thang." It was also prominently featured in House track "I feel good things for you" by Daddies favourite.
Musiq Soulchild covered Rushen's "Settle For My Love", as a duet with sibling group Aaries on 2000 debut album Aijuswanaseing .
"Remind Me" from her 1982 album, Straight from the Heart, was sampled by 9th Wonder on the remix of "The Cross", from the 9th Wonder remix album, '' God's Stepson .
On her 1995 debut album Faith (Faith Evans album) , singer-songwriter Faith Evans used a sample from "Remind Me" on the song "Fallin' In Love".
The 1995 single " Temperature's Rising (Mobb Deep song)|Temperature's Rising " from Mobb Deep sampled "Where There Is Love".
In 1994 Long Beach rapper Lil' ½ Dead released the album The Dead Has Arisen . Track #2 "12 Pacofdoja" contained a sample of "Where There Is Love", modified into the G-Funk style of the era.
Rapper Danny! sampled "When I Found You" on Danny Is Dead 's "Press Conference", "The Dream" on "Lucky Me" from Dream, Extinguished , and "Yolon" from Dream, Fulfilled 's "Le Pamplemousse".
On their final album '' Nuttin' But Love in 1994, Heavy D & The Boyz sampled "You Remind Me" on their song "Take Your Time".
In 1992, R. Kelly featuring group Public Announcement used a sample of "Remind Me" for the song "Born into the 90's" from Kelly's debut collaboration album Born into the 90's|of the same name .
Producer Clark Kent uses a sample of "Remind Me" for the Junior M.A.F.I.A. song "I Need You Tonight" featuring Aaliyah .
Sacramento rapper Brotha Lynch Hung sampled "Remind Me" on his 1992 ep 24 Deep , for the track "Walkin 2 My Funeral".
The gangsta rap group RBL Posse also sampled "Remind Me" on their 1992 album, A Lesson to Be Learned , on their track also titled "Remind Me".
Intelligent Hoodlum sampled "Remind Me" on his 1993 single "Grand Groove."
Rapper Skee-Lo sampled "Remind Me" on his song "Top Of The Stairs".
Keith Sweat 's discovery group, Kut Klose used a sample "Remind Me" on their song "Keep On" on the 1995 acclaimed album, Surrender (Kut Klose album)|Surrender .
Rapper Shyheim sampled "Settle for my Love" on his song Shaolin Style feat. Method Man
Swedish DJ Eric Prydz and Australian producer Daniel R Muller released his single Pjanoo in 2008, which contains a piano riff inspired by Rushen's "I Was Tired Of Being Alone"
Mary J. Blige's "You Remind Me" contains excerpts of Rushen's "Remind Me."
SWV's "I'm So Into You" contains excerpts of Rushen's "Remind Me."
Awards
# ASCAP Songwriter's Award, 1988 #USC Black Student Assembly, Legacy of Excellence Award, 1992 #Crystal Award, American Women in Film, 1994 #ASCAP Award, Most Performed Song in Motion Pictures for 1997 for "Men in Black," 1998
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