Dennis Rushton relationship with the piano began at age 9. He was classically trained, but in later years studied other music styles with an emphasis on jazz. The founder/director of DenRush Productions, consisting of a music school and recording studio, is the executive producer of the concert series 'Creative Praise."
Rushton albums are Sail On (2002), The Star, a Christmas special, also in 2002, and Quiet Time released in September 2003. Active in the Jamaica Cultural Development Corporation (JCDC) national festival competition, his production The Extra-Ordinary God won the JCDC Gospel song competition.
He has opened for Kirk Franklin and CeCe Winans in Jamaica and in 1999 won the Best Instrumentalist category at the annual Tri-State Music Awards held in New York, has accepted distinguished service award from the Gospel Music Industry in Jamaica.
Dennis Rushton (piano), Dale Brown (bass)and Bobby Stewart (drums) made history being the first Jamaican Gospel Group to be featured on B.E.T. jazz channel. He performed for many Jamaican government officials, cocktail hour at the Prime Minister Independence Gala celebration, jazz series, weddings and corporate occasions.
A Dennis Rushton performance is greatly entertaining, highly theatrics with elbows, knees and feet smashing into the ebony and ivory of the keyboard. And, the fans love every moment.
Rushton albums are Sail On (2002), The Star, a Christmas special, also in 2002, and Quiet Time released in September 2003. Active in the Jamaica Cultural Development Corporation (JCDC) national festival competition, his production The Extra-Ordinary God won the JCDC Gospel song competition.
He has opened for Kirk Franklin and CeCe Winans in Jamaica and in 1999 won the Best Instrumentalist category at the annual Tri-State Music Awards held in New York, has accepted distinguished service award from the Gospel Music Industry in Jamaica.
Dennis Rushton (piano), Dale Brown (bass)and Bobby Stewart (drums) made history being the first Jamaican Gospel Group to be featured on B.E.T. jazz channel. He performed for many Jamaican government officials, cocktail hour at the Prime Minister Independence Gala celebration, jazz series, weddings and corporate occasions.
A Dennis Rushton performance is greatly entertaining, highly theatrics with elbows, knees and feet smashing into the ebony and ivory of the keyboard. And, the fans love every moment.
