Sad to hear of the death of the great bassist Charnett Moffett of a heart attack at the age of 54. Son of famed avant drummer Charles Moffett, Charnett studied at the Julliard and in the 1980s appeared on Wynton Marsalis' acclaimed album Black Codes and recorded with Ornette Coleman the following decade. In recent years he has worked in duo with his wife guitarist Jana Herzen.
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A treat in store for jazz-vocals fans released at the end of this month this from American singer Heidi Martin full of original, involving compositions with some very sensitive accompaniment by among others guitarist Paul Bollenback, bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Eric Harland recorded in a New York studio last summer. At times you land as if in Joni Mitchell territory time-travelling as the record dips and darts into unexpected areas and sharing the same oblique poeticism of Mitchell and a certain spirit of adventure musically and lyrically that lifts the spirits. If you're into Dena DeRose, Patricia Barber or Tierney Sutton step this way.