From 1978 to 1984, Patrice Rushen recorded a series of hits for Elektra Records that helped define the sound of late-era disco and R&B. The Los Angeles singer and keyboard player's Elektra years were ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Joining Elektra after three albums with jazz label Prestige, Patrice had shown ...

Soul, jazz and disco star Patrice Rushen will collect her most memorable recordings from her days on Elektra in a new compilation, Remind Me: The Classic Elektra Recordings 1978 – 1984, out July 19th ...

If you were at all conscious in the early ’80s, you wanted Patrice Rushen’s disco-tastic waterfall of brilliantly beaded braids. The California-born R&B and jazz vocalist was famous for chart-topping ...

Playing on two facing Steinway Grand pianos, Kennedy Center favorite Geri Allen shares the stage with R&B hitmaker Patrice Rushen (“Forget Me Nots”), and they are joined by in-demand drummer Terri ...

The jazz and R&B legend's songs have been sampled by everyone from Will Smith to Prince Paul. This compilation shows her immaculate work on its own. Depending on how Melvin “Wah Wah Watson” Ragin’s ...

It requires more than two jazz festivals to take the measure of Patrice Rushen, but this week offers a good start. A composer with a symphony under her belt and commissions from leading orchestras and ...

We caught up with the educator, who will be in Boston on Feb. 26 to receive the Make Them Hear You 2023 award at a fund-raiser with the Grammy Award-winning group Take 6, to talk about all things ...

Patrice Rushen's years singing for Elektra Records in the 1970s and '80s helped define late-era disco and R&B. Now, a collection of her classic... Forget Her Nots: Patrice Rushen Compilation Captures ...