Pizzazz (Remastered), by Patrice Rushen

Pizzazz (Remastered)

by Patrice Rushen

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A1 LET THE MUSIC TAKE ME
A2 KEEPIN’ FAITH IN LOVE
A3 SETTLE FOR MY LOVE
A4 MESSAGE IN THE MUSIC

B1 HAVEN’T YOU HEARD
B2 GIVIN’ IT UP IS GIVIN’ UP
B3 CALL ON ME
B4 REPRISE (Message In The Music)

C1 HAVEN’T YOU HEARD (12” version)

D1 LET THE MUSIC TAKE ME (12” version)
D2 GIVIN’ IT UP IS GIVIN’ UP (Instrumental version)

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1.	Let the Music Take Me 06:51	info	buy track
2.	Keeping the Faith in Love 04:09	info	buy track
3.	Settle For My Love 05:17	info	buy track
4.	Message in the Music 03:02	info	buy track
5.	Haven't You Heard 06:45	info	buy track
6.	Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up 05:00	info	buy track
7.	Call On Me 06:48	info	buy track
8.	Message in the Music (Reprise) 00:58	info	buy track
9.	Haven't You Heard (12" Version) 07:18	info	buy track
10.	Let the Music Take Me (12" Version) 06:41	info	buy track
11.	Givin' It Up Is Givin' It Up (Instrumental Version) 05:00	info	buy track

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Patrice Rushen’s all-time classic 1979 album for Elektra Records

This album marked another progression in Rushen’s solo career as she broke through with the huge club hit ‘Haven’t You Heard’ and also featured on her LP cover with her trademark braids for the first time courtesy of stylist Sibongile Bradley and top photographer Norman Seeff.

The album showcased Rushen’s famed talent for bringing the right musicians together, mixing more experienced players like drummer James Gadson and Bill Summers with younger talent including bassist Freddie Washington and drummer “Ndugu” Chancler. The tracks themselves were more spacious than on ‘Patrice’, released 18 months earlier. “It was the confidence of feeling that we didn't need quite as much in the arrangements,” Patrice explains, “and the times were also changing in terms of what we liked, what we danced to and the kind of grooves that people responded to. With ‘Pizzazz’, we had the advantage of a rapport with radio and black press, which were both very powerful at the time.”

Alongside ‘Haven’t You Heard’, the album features many tracks that have become fan favourites over the years - the upbeat, carefree single ‘Let The Music Take Me’, the sweet ballad ‘Settle For Me Love’ and a memorable duet with Roy Galloway, ‘Givin’ It Up Is Givin’ In’.

Strut’s expanded reissue of ‘Pizzazz’ is packaged in full original artwork and featuring loud cut bonus 12” versions of the album’s singles ‘Haven’t You Heard’ and ‘Let The Music Take Me’, alongside a previously unreleased instrumental version of ‘Givin’ It Up Is Givin’ Up’. Package includes rare photos by Bobby Holland and a new interview with Patrice Rushen. All tracks remastered from the original tapes by The Carvery.

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released September 30, 2022

2022, Strut Records - a division of K7 Music GmbH

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