''The Meeting'' is the first album release from a collaboration of musicians R&B keyboardist/singer Patrice Rushen, saxophonist

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, bassist

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and drummer Leon "Ndugu" Chancler. The recording was the end product of several years of live interaction between the four, often backing other artists. The album is representative of early 1990s jazz fusion. The band recorded a follow-up entitled ''Update'' (without Johnson) which was released in 1995 on the Hip-Bop label. Rushen's next solo album was '' Anything but Ordinary'', released in 1994.

Track listing

# "Groove Now and Then" (Patrice Rushen) - 5:58 # "Walk Your Talk" (Rushen, Ndugu Chancler, Alphonso Johnson, Ernie Watts) - 4:28 # "Steppin' Out" (Chancler, Johnson) - 5:16 # "And I Think About It All the Time" (Watts, Ray Dewey) - 5:20 # "The Meeting" (Rushen) - 5:04 # " African Flower" (

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) - 5:20 # "Joyful Noise" (Watts,

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) - 5:20 # "Cherry Blossom" (Rushen) - 4:53 # "Lowness" (Chancler) - 4:38 # "Element of Mystery" (Chancler) - 4:53 # "Virgin" (Johnson) - 4:19 # "Tango" (Chancler) - 4:55

Personnel

The Meeting * Patrice Rushen – acoustic grand piano,

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, Yamaha DX7 II-FD, Yamaha KX-88, Yamaha KX-5, Yamaha TX816,

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, Yamaha RX-5 drum machine *

– 4-string and 5-string basses, fretless bass * Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums,

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s, percussion, timbales, rapping (3) *

– alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, Yamaha WX7

References

External links

* AllMusic: The Meeting Review {{DEFAULTSORT:Meeting 1990 albums Patrice Rushen albums