- Prince's "I Feel For You", successfully covered by Chaka Khan, was purported to be intended for Patrice as Prince had a crush on her at the time of writing!
- She plays a variety of musical instruments, including piano, percussion, clarinet, and flute.
- She served as the musical director for Janet Jackson's "Janet" world tour.
- Quincy Jones is her long time friend and mentor.
- Also known for her 1982 classic R&B hit "Forget Me Nots" that Will Smith sampled for the hip-hop song Men in Black (1997), which served as that film's theme song.
- Is a much sought after session player who has an impressive resume, having worked with Stanley Turrentine, Jean-Luc Ponty, Donald Byrd, Lee Ritenour, Flora Purim, Hubert Laws, Herbie Hancock, Dianne Reeves, Sheena Easton, Natalie Cole, Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke and many, many more.
- She has been the only female musical director/composer for the Peoples Choice Awards, HBO's Comic Relief, and the only female musical director-conductor-arranger for a late-night television talk show, The Midnight Hour, which aired on CBS.
- Musical Director for the 46th, 47th and 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2004, 2005, 2006).
- Occasionally performs in a duo setting with actor/singer T C Carson
- Sister of Angela Ross.
- She was the first woman to serve as musical director for the NAACP Image Awards broadcast, an honor she has held for ten consecutive years.
- She is a lifelong Democrat.
- Musical prodigy who was enrolled in music classes at USC by her parents at the age of three.
- Won a solo competition at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1972.
- She was also named musical director/composer for Newsweek's first American Achievements Awards, broadcast on CBS in the USA from the Kennedy Center
- She was the first woman in 43 years to serve as head composer/musical director for television's highest honor, the Emmy Awards.
- Awarded Honarary Doctorate of Music from Berklee for outstanding contribution to contemporary music (Sept 2005)
- Patrice works closely with the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, NARAS's Grammy In The Schools program and other organizations dedicated to establishing music education for inner-city youth.
- May 2006 - has joined forces with Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuna & Justo Almario in the new jazz quarter Canela!, making their debut in Santa Monica.
- Performs regularly on the LA jazz scene with the jazz-fusion ensemble CAB, alongside Tony McAlpine (g), Bunny Brunel (b) & Virgil Donati (dr)
- Also performs on the international jazz scene at concerts in Europe, Asia and South America.
- Performing a variety of dates on the West Coast with Lee Ritenour, Alex Acuna & Brian Bromberg (August 2007)
- Touring SE Asia and Australasia with Lee Ritenour, Will Kennedy & Melvin Davis (March 2008)
- Currently performing with a new jazz quartet "Canela", with Abraham Laboriel, Justo Almario & Alex Acuna (May 2006)
- She is a member of the United Methodist Church.
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