Charnett Moffett

Black Codes (From the Underground)

Wynton Marsalis · 1985

Kenny Kirkland

Kenny Kirkland · 1991

Black Codes (From the Underground)Black Codes (From the Underground)Wynton Marsalis · 1985 (1985) was a manifesto for the neo-bop movement. The Branford MarsalisBranford Marsalisブランフォード・マルサリス brothers, Kenny KirklandKenny KirklandKenny Kirkland · 1991's piano, Jeff Jeff "Tain" WattsJeff "Tain" Wattsジェフ・テイン・ワッツ's drums — this band devoted itself entirely to reviving bebop's language in the present tense.

Charnett MoffettCharnett Moffettシャーネット・モフェット was a precocious bassist who joined the Wynton MarsalisWynton Marsalisウィントン・マルサリス and Branford MarsalisBranford Marsalisブランフォード・マルサリス quintet at sixteen. Raised under the influence of his father Charles Moffett (known for his work with Ornette Coleman), he became a New York jazz fixture while still young.

— Charnett Moffett, expansive bassist who could challenge legends, dies at 54, NPR, 2022

Charnett MoffettCharnett Moffettシャーネット・モフェット was also known for his work on piccolo bass — an electric bass tuned an octave higher. Working in the Stanley Clarke lineage with his own distinct vocabulary, he expanded the bass's possibilities as a melodic instrument.

— Conversation with Charnett Moffett, All About Jazz, 2009

Black Codes (From the Underground)

Wynton Marsalis · 1985

Wingspan

Mulgrew Miller · 1987

Work!

Mulgrew Miller · 1986

Kenny Kirkland

Kenny Kirkland · 1991

In 1985, bassist Charnett Moffett was just 17 and largely unknown when he recorded Wynton Marsalis's landmark album Black Codes (From the Underground). The record became a jazz classic, and it put a teenager at the center of the scene.