1974 Patrice Rushen – Prelusion

Prelusion was 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”.