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Patrice Rushen – Before the Dawn
Patrice Rushen
Before the Dawn
Style: Jazz
Label: Prestige
Catalog Number: P-10098
Released: 1975
Long before she became an R&B singer, the Los Angeles-born jazz pianist Patrice Rushen was cutting up electric jazz records on Prestige with synthesizers, clavinet, electric piano. The followup to her debut album Prelusion, Before the Dawn expands Rushen’s palette into deeper fusion territory R&B, pop, rock, and funk elements incorporated into her sound. Much like her first record, this album features a monster assemblage of Fantasy jazz players like Hubert Laws, Lee Ritenour, Hadley Caliman, and Harvey Mason. In many ways, the album can be seen as a transitionary album as it showed signs of Rushen’s later R&B style, especially “What’s the Story,” which featured singer Josie James.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Fusion / Jazz-funk / R&B
Tracklist:
A1 Kickin’ Back
A2 What’s The Story
A3 Jubilation
B1 Before The Dawn
B2 Razzia
Credits:
Art Direction – Phil Carroll
Bass – Charles Meeks (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Tony Dumas (tracks: A3)
Composed By, Electric Piano, Piano, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Tambourine, Cabasa, Arranged By, Remix [With] – Patrice Rushen
Engineer [Recording], Remix – Skip Shimmin
Featuring, Drums – Harvey Mason (tracks: A3, B1, B2), Ndugu* (tracks: A1, A2)
Featuring, Flute – Hubert Laws
Featuring, Guitar – Lee Ritenour
Flugelhorn – Oscar Brashear (tracks: A1, A2, B1)
Flute [Alto] – Hubert Laws (tracks: A3, B1)
Handclaps – Brenda White* (tracks: A2), Charles Meeks (tracks: A2), Charles Mims* (tracks: A2), Evelyn Wesley (tracks: A2), Jimmie Lee Wesley (tracks: A2), Martha Young (tracks: A2), Nate Alfred (tracks: A2), Reggie Andrews (tracks: A2), Thelette Bennett (tracks: A2)
Mastered By – David Turner (2)
Music By, Lyrics By, Handclaps – Patrice Rushen (tracks: A2)
Percussion – Kenneth Nash (tracks: A3, B1), Nate Alfred (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Photography By – Phil Bray
Producer – Reggie Andrews
Producer [Special Production Assistance] – Charles Mims*
Remix [With] – Reggie Andrews
Saxophone [Tenor] – Hadley Caliman (tracks: A1, A2)
Trombone – George Bohannon* (tracks: A1, A2, B1)
Trumpet – Oscar Brashear
Vocals, Handclaps – Josie James (tracks: A2)
