Remind Me: The Classic Elektra Recordings 1978-1984

Description

Joining Elektra after three albums with jazz label Prestige, Patrice had shown prodigious talent at an early age and had first broken through after winning a competition to perform at the Monterrey Jazz Festival of 1972. By the time of the recordings on this collection, she had become a prolific and in-demand session musician and arranger on the West coast, appearing on over 80 recordings for other artists. She joined the Elektra/Asylum roster in 1978 as they launched a pop/jazz division alongside visionaries like Donald Byrd and Grover Washington, Jr. ‘The idea was to create music that was good for commercial radio/R&B’, Patrice explains. ‘We were all making sophisticated dance music, essentially’.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Music of the Earth – Patrice Rushen
2. Let’s Sing a Song of Love – Patrice Rushen
3. When I Found You – Patrice Rushen
4. Haven’t You Heard (12″ Version) – Patrice Rushen
5. Givin’ It Up Is Givin’ Up (With DJ Rogers) – Patrice Rushen
Disc 2
1. Forget Me Nots (12″ Version) – Patrice Rushen
2. Look Up! (Long Version) – Patrice Rushen
3. Where There Is Love – Patrice Rushen
4. Never Gonna Give You Up (Won’t Let You Be) [long Version] – Patrice Rushen
5. Number One (12″ Version) – Patrice Rushen
Disc 3
1. All We Need – Patrice Rushen
2. Remind Me (LP Version) – Patrice Rushen
3. Settle for My Love – Patrice Rushen
4. Feels So Real (Won’t Let Go) [12″ Version] – Patrice Rushen
5. To Each His Own – Patrice Rushen