I Met Patrice Rushen!

Tonight I had the honor of hearing and meeting the legendary Patrice Rushen!

She is performing all week at Yoshi’s with Christian McBride, Dave Ellis and DJ Jahi Sundance. The show was incredible! They’re playing through Sunday, so if you get a chance, I highly recommend you check it out!

The music is fully improvised and SUPER funky! Patrice played beautifully. Her rhythmic ideas, technical prowess and soulfulness kept me and my fellow pianists (the raucous Rushen cheering section) on the edge of our seats! The music was purely organic in its ebb and flow, wandering from church romp to hip hop groove to esoteric jazz with sprinkles of electronica. I, for one, had a hard time keeping still in my seat.

Once again, I’m truly inspired, and despite my exhaustion am about to put in some more practice time tonight before passing out.

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