Recorded August 1975 Studio Fantasy (Berkeley, California) Patrice Rushen – acoustic piano, electric piano, clavinet, synthesizers, tambourine, cabasa Lee Ritenour – guitars Charles Meeks – bass (1, 2, 4, 5) Tony Dumas – bass (3) Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (1, 2) Harvey Mason – drums (3, 4, 5) Nate Alfred – percussion (1, 2, ...(展开全部) Recorded August 1975 Studio Fantasy (Berkeley, California) Patrice Rushen – acoustic piano, electric piano, clavinet, synthesizers, tambourine, cabasa Lee Ritenour – guitars Charles Meeks – bass (1, 2, 4, 5) Tony Dumas – bass (3) Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (1, 2) Harvey Mason – drums (3, 4, 5) Nate Alfred – percussion (1, 2, 5) Kenneth Nash – percussion (3, 4) Hadley Caliman – tenor saxophone (1, 2) George Bohanon – trombone (1, 2, 4) Oscar Brashear – trumpet, flugelhorn (1, 2, 4) Hubert Laws – flute, alto flute (3, 4) Josie James – vocals (3) Handclaps on "What's the Story" – Nate Alfred, Reggie Andrews, Thelette Bennett, Josie James, Charles Meeks, Charles Mims, Patrice Rushen, Evelyn Wesley, Jimmie Lee Wesley, Brenda White and Martha Young Before the Dawn is the second album by jazz/R&B musician Patrice Rushen; while 1974's Prelusion was essentially a straight-ahead record with fusion references, 1975's Before the Dawn was essentially a fusion album. With this album, Rushen brings a fusion of R&B, pop, and rock elements to her jazz foundation. The album included the song "What's the Story," which was the only song that did not have a jazz artist's sound; it had a more funk tune which featured singer Josie James. This would later be compared with songs from her follow-up albums as it showed great resemblance to her work as an R&B singer with Elektra Records. However, everything else on the album, is instrumental jazz — although instrumental jazz is mindful of R&B, pop, and rock. The album was a clear step for Rushen as it showed her entrance to R&B music and exit from jazz music. Her next album was Shout It Out, her last with Prestige Records. Patrice Rushen was never a jazz snob or a jazz purist. The pianist/keyboardist grew up listening to R&B and rock, and even her debut album, Prelusion -- which was the most straight-ahead thing she ever recorded -- used electric instruments. So for Rushen, the fusion orientation of her second album, Before the Dawn, was a logical progression. While 1974's Prelusion was essentially a straight-ahead record with fusion references, 1975's Before the Dawn is essentially a fusion album. This generally excellent LP is more commercial than its predecessor, and Rushen doesn't hesitate to bring R&B, pop, and rock elements to her jazz foundation. Purists weren't crazy about Before the Dawn, but the fact is that most of the material gives Rushen and her sidemen (who include flutist Hubert Laws and guitarist Lee Ritenour) enough room to stretch out and improvise. The only track that doesn't have a jazz artist's sense of spontaneity is the funk tune "What's the Story," which features singer Josie James and is exactly the sort of thing that Rushen herself would be singing when she signed with Elektra in 1978. Everything else on Before the Dawn, however, is instrumental jazz -- although instrumental jazz that's mindful of R&B, pop, and rock.
0 有用 苗苗子 2023-12-29 23:06:04 河南
最后一首有点惊人
0 有用 丛 明 2020-08-27 18:59:55
jazz-funk
0 有用 时青 2022-11-11 23:54:45 湖南
8.5
0 有用 Overflow 2022-12-30 11:31:52 日本
小才女,玩得很规范
0 有用 nile 2016-03-25 22:36:11
最后一曲如同惊鸿一瞥,让人忘掉她的女乐手身份。Rushen不是灵魂乐和R&B圈子里常见的野路子,竟是伯克利音乐学院名誉博士
0 有用 美洲象 2022-08-17 21:34:31
我命中註定的大媽
0 有用 丛 明 2020-08-27 18:59:55
jazz-funk
0 有用 Overflow 2022-12-30 11:31:52 日本
小才女,玩得很规范
0 有用 蕉 2015-06-10 21:12:51
forget me not 之前的大妈…弹琴和herbie hancock 一样…让我跪着听完/ll
0 有用 慕祺海Perkira 2023-11-30 20:07:19 江西
五首单曲仅有一首是有人声的,整体听来还是精彩的,最后一首确实是最好的一首,其他歌曲觉得有点平淡,但大部分节奏还是很清爽干净的,反正蛮好听的。PS:全部。