kh1958 Posted February 19, 2005 Report Posted February 19, 2005 (edited) Charnett Moffett appeared last night at the Clarence Muse Theater in Dallas and is also there tonight. Mr. Moffett performed on accoustic bass, bass guitar, and piccolo bass guitar. His band consisted of his sister Charisse on vocals, wife Angela spoken word, Amareia Moffett (who appeared to be 10 or 11) on keyboards, and Charnett Max Moffett (also a youngster) on drums. Mr. Moffett performed primarily songs from his outstanding latest CD, For the Love of Peace, along with a few new pieces. The concert was simply terrific in every way. Mr. Moffett to my mind is the preeminent bassist in jazz today, and this skill was fully on display last night. The varied sounds and textures he achieved during a two hour concert, primarily featuring the bass as the lead instrument, was simply amazing. The theater had a good sized crowd but was not overflowing as should have been the case given the quality of the music. The whole affair had a very pleasing atmosphere, as if one were invited to the home of the Moffett family for a private concert given by its now grown-up child prodigy bassist. Anyone who loves jazz and is located in Dallas is making a mistake if they don't attend this concert tonight. Edited February 19, 2005 by kh1958 Quote
Soul Stream Posted February 19, 2005 Report Posted February 19, 2005 I wondered where he was last night. He was suppose to be in McCoy Tyner's band last night here in Austin. Was dissappointed he wasn't there. Quote
JSngry Posted February 19, 2005 Report Posted February 19, 2005 Didn't catch any advance notice of this. Probably my fault, don't look at the papers much anymore. But nothing on KNTU that I heard (no surprise, really...). I'm gigging tonight, but could/would have made last night's show if I had known in advance. Oh well... Interesting to see that he's carrying on the "family band" thing that his father had going. Beautiful. Moffett's last CD is pretty damn good. Quote
kh1958 Posted February 19, 2005 Author Report Posted February 19, 2005 It wasn't well publicized at all, just a small note in the back of the Morning News entertainment guide. The concert is put on by the Dallas Black Academy of Arts and Letters, with a very reasonable ticket price of only $15. They apparently put on another concert I missed and would have liked to have seen last November, Texas tenors with Marshal Ivery, Shelley Carroll and Rachella Parks. The hardest part was finding the small theater in the gigantic (and virtually deserted) Dallas Convention Center. Quote
kh1958 Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Posted February 20, 2005 Mr. Moffett was just as good the second night. Quote
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