1984 · Decoy and 1 more
Charnett Moffett's 1987 debut Net Man, recorded at age 20, turned out to be a family affair — his father Charles Moffett and brother Cody Moffett both played on it — with veteran drummer Al Foster also sitting in.
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Al Foster
1 album as leader and 27 as sideman (1978–2021), each listed chronologically.
As Leader · 1
As Sideman · 27
Notes on these albums · 6
1989 · Amandla
Garrett joined Miles Davis
Kenny Garrett1983 · Star People
When John Scofield joined Miles Davis's band in November 1982, it left two guitarists standing in the lineup. By Scofield's account, Miles liked putting two players of the same instrument together to make them compete — deliberately building the kind of redundancy most bandleaders take pains to avoid.
— Statement stmt-john-scofield-on-miles-davis
John Scofield1987 · Net Man
Charnett Moffett released his debut as a leader, Net Man, in 1987 — but two years earlier, at just seventeen, he'd already played on Black Codes, a landmark modern-jazz record. His own debut turned into a family session, joined by his father Charles Moffett, his brother Cody Moffett, and percussionist Mino Cinelu.
1989 · Tenderly
By 1989 George Benson was known for pop and R&B hits, but Tenderly was an acoustic standards date. The drum chair went to Louis Hayes, a hard bop drummer who had been working the same way since the late 1950s.
1989 · Mood Indigo
In 1969, Buster Williams played bass under a full orchestra on Herbie Hancock's The Prisoner. In 2005, the same bassist turned up on Native Lands, an album led by the drummer of a rock band — a jazz veteran quietly crossing into rock territory.