An Evening with PATRICE RUSHEN & Special Guests The Jazz Sanctuary rd 6700 W. 83 Street Los Angeles, CA 90045 Saturday, September 22nd auction at 5 pm and concert at 7:30 pm Tickets are $30 for one and $50 for two ~ For Tickets click on http://trinitywebconsulting.com/holynativityparish/music-and-the-arts/ faithfully-jazz/ For more information and future offerings "Like" The Jazz Sanctuary on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/jazzsanctuary
Multi-Grammy nominated artist, Patrice Rushen, is fashioning her career after the legacy of her long-time friend and mentor, Quincy Jones. Composer...Producer...International Recording Artist...Rushen has definitely earned the respect she has been awarded by her peers in the music industry. Admired by many for her groundbreaking achievements, Rushen has amassed an impressive list of “firsts”. She was the first woman to serve as Musical Director for the 46th, 47th & 48th Annual Grammy Awards, the first woman in 43 years to serve as Head Composer/Musical Director for television’s highest honor, the Emmy Awards and the first woman Musical Director of the NAACP Image Awards, an honor she held for 12 consecutive years. Rushen has also been the only woman Musical Director/Composer for the Peoples Choice Awards and HBO’s Comic Relief. She was the only woman Musical Director/Conductor/Arranger for a late-night television talk show. The show was The Midnight Hour, which aired on CBS. In addition, Rushen was named the Musical Director/Composer for Newsweek’s first American Achievement Awards, broadcast from the Kennedy Center and she served as the Musical Director for Janet Jackson’s World Tour, “janet.” As the Musical Director for the award shows, she composed and performed special musical tributes to Michael Landon, Ted Turner, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, The Temptations, James Garner and Leonard Bernstein to name a few. Rushen was named Composer in Residence during the August 2004 sessions at the Henry Mancini Institute. In addition to her success as a recording artist and musical director, Rushen is also an accomplished composer providing musical scores for Emmy-nominated television movies and series among which include Showtime's “The Killing Yard” starring Alan Alda and directed by Euzhan Palcy; “Just A Dream”, Danny Glover's directorial debut; the Sundance Film Award winning “Our America”, directed by Ernest Dickerson; “Fire and Ice" starring Kadeem Hardison for the BET Network; HBO's “America's Dream”, starring Danny Glover and Wesley Snipes; the critically acclaimed Wonderful World of Disney telefilm, “Ruby Bridges”; Masterpiece Theater's “Cora Unashamed” starring Regina Taylor and C.C.H. Pounder; “Brewster Place” starring Oprah Winfrey; the PBS documentary, “A. Phillip Randolph” and Lifetime’s “For One Night” starring Raven-Symone. Rushen also composed the theme song for the hit TV sitcom, “The Steve Harvey Show.”
Special Guest Actor/Vocalist TC Carson TC Carson is a rarity in the entertainment business. His versatility as an actor is well known but sometimes overshadows his singing. “I am a vocalist who happens to be an actor.” Says Carson. Born and raised in Chicago he studied architecture and fine arts at the University of Illinois before moving to Los Angeles, he started performing in plays and musicals such as The Wiz, Dreamgirls, and Ain't Misbehavin'. He starred in the films Livin' Large and Firehawk before landing the role of Kyle Barker on the sitcom Living Single. Carson reprised his role of Kyle Barker, along with Living Single costar Erika Alexander, on show Half & Half. He provided the voice of Samuel (Charlie's father) in the PBS Kids animated series Clifford the Big Red Dog. As a voice actor, he portrayed Mace Windu in the animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars; he reprised his role as Mace Windu in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series. He appeared as Eddie Carson, a cook aboard a World War II submarine in U-571, and Route 23 survivor & schoolteacher Eugene Dix in Final Destination 2 (2003). He has provided the male voice of Guillo in the Gamecube RPG Baten Kaitos Origins and the voice of Kratos, the main character of the God of War video game series. He has also provided Kratos's voice where Kratos is a downloadable character in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds and a guest character in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny and Mortal Kombat. He is also the voice of Touchstone in the PSP shooter Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror. His voice is featured on The Bible Experience. In 2002, Carson released a Jazz/Funk CD called "Truth".
Special Guest Vocalist/Trombonist Aubrey Logan Aubrey Logan is a sensational, award-winning young singer, songwriter and musician. Audiences love her. She's been on American Idol. She won the Audience's Choice Award and the Jury's First Place Award at the 2009 Shure-Montreux Jazz Voice Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Aubrey was working with Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee,Solomon Burke as a manager just prior to his death in October 2010. Recently Aubrey has been working with Grammy nominee, Patrice Rushen, who has served as producer for Aubrey. When Aubrey auditioned for Berklee School of Music in Boston, the faculty immediately recognized that her vocal talent exceeded their best teachers so they asked if she played another instrument. She pulled out her trombone and ripped out solos that earned her a full-ride scholarship on the spot. Aubrey is exceptional: she's sophisticated yet very approachable. Her vocals range from deep and roof-tearing to delicate and vulnerable. She breaks through traditional genre barriers, combining jazz with pop, neo-soul, rock and a touch of R&B. You've simply got to hear her.