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Moffett began playing bass in the family band, touring the Far East in 1975 at the age of eight. In the mid-1980s, he played with Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis. In 1987, he recorded his debut album Netman for Blue Note Records.
Apr 15, 2022 · When he played on Branford Marsalis' debut 1983 recording, Scenes in the City, the bassist was 16 years old.
Apr 14, 2022 · Born on June 10, 1967, Moffett started young on the bass, after initially picking up drums. Playing music was in the family.
- Jonathan Horsley
Dec 28, 2022 · He began playing bass in the Moffett Family Jazz Band, led by his famous drummer father Charles. The four Moffett children were active in the group that toured the Far East in 1975 when Charnett was just eight years old.
- Carol Handley
Apr 18, 2022 · Charnett had turned 17 just three months earlier. And yet, having already put in time on the road with Wynton Marsalis’ quintet since December 1983 (replacing veteran bassist Ray Drummond in the lineup), he seemed savvy beyond his years; an old soul in a young man’s body.
Charnett Moffett. Born on June 10, 1967, Charńett Moffett grew up in a musically active household. His father, the renowned jazz drummer Charles Moffett Sr., was a member of Ornette Coleman’s trio of the mid 1960s as well as leader of the Moffett Family Band.
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Moffett’s career began as a child prodigy, appearing first on record in his father Charles Moffett’s band at age 8. In addition to his leadership career, he has collaborated as a ‘bassist to the stars’ on over 200 albums, many of them considered to be classics in jazz.
