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| 1. | Swing Street
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| 2. | The Celebration
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| 3. | The Things of Swing
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| 4. | Say La
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| 5. | Beam Me Up
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| 6. | Praise
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| 7. | Country Blues
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| 8. | Down Up Blues
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| 9. | Say La La
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| 10. | Treasure
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| 11. | Sound Healing I
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| 12. | Sound Healing II
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| 13. | The Making of Treasure [*]
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Jazz
Angela Moffett - Tamboura, Vocals
Anjana Roy - Sitar
Anthony Ruotolo - Engineer, Mixing
Carol Friedman - Art Direction, Design, Photography
Casimir Liberski - Piano
Charnett Moffett - Bass (Acoustic), Bass (Electric), Bass (Upright), Composer, Director, Fretless Bass, Narrator, Piccolo Bass, Producer
Denardo Coleman - Drums
Fernando Lodeiro - Second Engineer
Irwin Hall - Sax (Tenor)
Jana Herzen - A&R, Didjeridu, Executive
Josh Bonati - Mastering
Max Moffett - Drums, Tabla
Oran Etkin - Clarinet (Bass)
Raf Matthyssen - Graphic Production
RJ Avallone - Trumpet
Rodney Holmes - Drums
Scott Daoust - Graphic Production
Stanley Jordan - Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
Tomoko Sugawara - Harp
Vernon H. Hammond III - Management
Voted #11 most popular electric bassist in the 2009 DownBeat Readers Poll.
This CD follows up Moffett's critically acclaimed 2009 release The Art of Improvisation, which generated extensive reviews and interviews, and was included in Jazz Inside's Best of the Year list.
World-renowned for his impeccable "swing," Moffett's concept for this set was to channel that famous swing through original compositions drawing on a surprising array of styles: classic jazz, groove jazz, free jazz, East Indian, gospel, classical, and even country music. An important jazz release!
Moffett's innovative and pyrotechnic bass playing continues to earn an ever-growing fan base among the millions of jazz and jam band fans who have viewed him onstage and on extremely popular YouTube videos.
Moffett's popularity is on the rise, partly due to the wide exposure he gained during his participation on guitarist Stanley Jordan's 2008 Grammy-nominated State of Nature release and subsequent tour, as well as from his fiery presence on Jordan's strong-selling Live at The New Morning DVD (2009).
"Moffett is a hypnotic performer ... he mesmerizes with a series of propulsive minimalist grooves." -- Details, HHHH
"Moffett, a tireless virtuoso whose career has included lengthy stints in the bands of Ornette Coleman and Wynton Marsalis, has created a highly personal work that heads in several different directions but always manages to sound focused and spotlight the leader's staggering technique." -- JazzTimes
"The former teenage prodigy demonstrates his still-fierce playing, on both acoustic (arco and pizzicato) and fretless bass, and he offers an ambitious program--original compositions garnished with background vocals and spoken word." -- DownBeat
For Charnett Moffett's eleventh CD as a leader, he has chosen to play acoustic upright, but mainly electric bass guitar in settings that have a distinct Eastern Indian flavor. Surrounded by sitar, harmonium, and tabla, Moffett's popping, funky bass melds into an ethnic fusion that also taps on American jazz or rhythm & blues. The combination is very palatable, arresting, and captivating, considering the concept and high virtuosity the bassist has always employed. Moffett has always been curious and able to challenge himself outside conventional jazz, on this date, he occasionally goes into speed-demon mode, working with spoken word vocals and even a bit of country and eastern fusion. Bass clarinetist Oran Etkin is used effectively on a dense, Asiatic parallel to the famous Nat Adderley standard "Work Song" titled "Swing Street," and tapping guitarist Stanley Jordan guests on two tracks, specifically the quick waltz "The Celebration" aside a small horn section. Casimir Liberski is the sleeper sideman of the group, playing distinctly spare piano, while Moffett really digs into the raga arena during "Say La La" with the Kugo harp playing of Tomoko Sugawara. But it's clear that Moffett is the leader, playing main stem lines on every track, taking many solos, or forcefully pushing the envelope with his instrument. It's another bold statement from a fine instrumentalist who has always deserved wider recognition. ~ Michael G. Nastos, Rovi
Charnett Moffett
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Jun 10, 1967 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop
A virtuosic bassist who is equally skilled on acoustic and electric, Charnett Moffett has been a better sideman than leader. His own recordings (for Manhattan, Blue Note, and Evidence) have had an excess of bass features while failing to develop a group sound. The son of drummer Charles Moffett, Sr. and the younger brother of drummer Codaryl, singer Charisse, trumpeter Mondre, and tenor saxophonist Charles Jr. (all of whom have guested on his records), Charnett started on bass early and appeared at age eight on a family record in 1974 for LRS. He later studied at Juilliard and was in Wynton Marsalis' quintet when he was 16, playing with the trumpeter regularly during 1983-1985. Moffett, who appeared on 17 records before he turned 20, has worked with Tony Williams, Slide Hampton, Mulgrew Miller, Monty Alexander, Sonny Sharrock, Stanley Jordan, David Sanborn, Arturo Sandoval, and Diane Reeves, among many others, and played regularly with Ornette Coleman during 1993-1995.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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