''Signature'' is the twelfth album by R&B singer

Patrice Rushen Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist and R&B singer. She is also a composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director. Her 1982 single "Forget Me Nots" received a Grammy Awar ...

Track listing

All songs written by Patrice Rushen except where noted. #"Almost Home" - 4:26 #"Days Gone By" - 5:04 #"

The Sweetest Taboo "The Sweetest Taboo" is a song by English band Sade from their second studio album, '' Promise'' (1985). It was released on 12 October 1985 as the album's lead single. While the song peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart, it fared consid ...

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Sade Sade may refer to: People * Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, writer, and libertine * Sade (singer) (born 1959, Helen Folasade Adu), British Nigerian musician and lead singer of the eponymous band * Sade Baderinwa (born 1969), WAB ...

, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman,

Dexter Wansel Dexter Gilman Wansel (born August 22, 1950) is an American R&B/ jazz fusion singer, arranger, musician, composer, conductor, synthesist and A&R director. Early life Dexter Wansel began as an errand boy backstage at the Uptown Theater in Philad ...

) - 5:21 #"Sneaky Pete" - 4:12 #"Softly" - 6:11 #"Hurry up This Way Again" (Cynthia Biggs) - 6:03 #"L 'Ésprit de Joie (The Spirit of Joy)" - 4:40 #"Wise Ol' Souls" - 4:30 #"Oneness" - 5:00 #"Arrival" - 4:33

Personnel

* Patrice Rushen – synthesizer programming, drum programming, keyboards (1-6, 8-10), vocals (3, 6), acoustic piano (7) *

Doc Powell Doc Powell is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was born and raised in Spring Valley, New York. He attended college at University of Charleston. Career He has worked with Wilson Pickett, who chose him to be his musical director. He ha ...

– guitar (1, 2, 4, 8) * Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (3, 6, 10) * Freddie Washington – bass (4, 6, 8, 10) * Neil Stubenhaus – bass (7) *

Leon "Ndugu" Chancler Leon "Ndugu" Chancler ( ; July 1, 1952 – February 3, 2018) was an American pop, funk, and jazz drummer. He was also a composer, producer, and university professor. Biography Early life Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on July 1, 1952, Leon ...

– drums (1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10) * Alvino Bennett – drums (4, 8) * Munyungo Jackson – percussion (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 6, 10) *

Gary Bias Gary Bias is an American saxophonist, flutist and composer. Bias is a longtime member of the Earth, Wind & Fire Horns. Overview He born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Bias began playing the saxophone at the age of 11. He went on to attend ...

– soprano saxophone (5) *

Kirk Whalum Kirk is a Scottish and former Northern English word meaning "church". It is often used specifically of the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it. Basic meaning and etymology As a common noun, ''kirk' ...

– tenor saxophone (6) *

Gerald Albright Gerald Albright is an American jazz saxophonist. He earned Grammys for 24/7 in 2012 and Slam Dunk in 2014 and has been nominated for New Beginnings in 2008 and for Sax for Stax in 2009. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Albright grew up in its ...

– alto saxophone (7) * Raymond Lee Brown – muted trumpet (5) * Jeff Ramsey – vocals (3)

References

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