Prelusion Explained

Prelusion
Type:	Album
Artist:	Patrice Rushen
Cover:	Patrice-rushen-prelusion.jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	1973–1974
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	44:32
Label:	Prestige
Producer:	Reggie Andrews
Next Title:	Before the Dawn
Next Year:	1975

Prelusion is the debut album from jazz musician and later R&B recording artist Patrice Rushen. The first of three albums she would record with Prestige Records, the album was mainly instrumental jazz which was her main focus as an artist before focusing on popular R & B recordings four years later after signing with Elektra Records. Released in 1974, the album showed great promise for Rushen in the instrumental jazz genre with songs like "Haw-Right Now", "Shortie's Portion", and "Puttered Bopcorn".^[1]

The album only leaves people to speculate on where her career in jazz might have gone had she not switched to R&B singing in 1978. In 1998, Prelusion was reissued along with Rushen's second album, Before the Dawn, on a single 77-minute CD; unfortunately, "Puttered Bopcorn" was deleted due to space limitations.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Patrice Rushen.

1. "Shortie's Portion" - 8:42
2. "7/73" - 12:42
3. "Haw Right Now" - 8:00
4. "Traverse" - 10:53
5. "Puttered Bopcorn" - 4:15

Personnel

• • Patrice Rushen – vocals, acoustic piano, electric piano, ARP synthesizer, clavinet Tony Dumas – electric bass, "blitz" bass
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums, rhythm arrangement (5)
• Kenneth Nash – percussion
• Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
• Hadley Caliman – flute, alto flute, soprano saxophone
• Oscar Brashear – trumpet, flugelhorn
• George Bohanon – trombone

Production

• Producer – Reggie Andrews
• Recording Engineers – Eddie Harris and Skip Shimmin
• Remixing – Skip Shimmin
• Art Direction and Design – Phil Carroll
• Photography – Bruce Talamon
• Liner Notes – Gerald Wilson

Notes and References

1. Allmusic: Prelusion