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For the Love of Peace

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Answers the question " Can a bass player anchor a concept album /" with a resounding yes. Charnett Moffett is one of the most creative bassists on the jazz scene today as evidenced by his work with Mcoy Tyner and others. This very fine CD is full of wonderfull music with Moffett's bass always in the forefront. Using a small group that includes family member (wife, daughter, sister ? ) I'm not sure but the results are very much worth checking into. I loved Charnett's performance on Land of The Giants and at a recent live performance that I was lucky enough to catch. This cd has some incredible moments. Check out track # 7 and the scorching bassline that drives that tune. Very well done. Deserves a large audience.

Back in the 1980s, I was fortunate to see Charnett Moffett in a variety of live settings--with Tony Williams, the Moffett Family Jazz Band, Ornette Coleman, Wynton Marsalis. His virtuosity, intensity and powerful rhythmic drive were highlights in any setting. This recording is utterly superb, varied, virtuosic, driving, lyrical, and highlights Moffett as among the most compelling musicians in jazz today.

Personally I think this CD is worth getting for "The Calling" and "Movement of Freedom" alone. The other pieces are good also, especially the 1st and last ones. I also like 1st the spoken word tune, which another reviewer disliked because it seemd out of place. To me it fit right in with the spiritual theme of the entire CD. Charnett Moffett does have an honesty about his playing and a simple beauty of his melodies that I really like.

This is a great album, all the musicians on it sound fantastic, Charnett in particular is amazing. But the spoken word pieces on tracks 5 and 9 just killed the album for me, just painfully bad. I made myself a copy of the CD, skipping those two tracks, and that way it's perfect. Track 7, The Shepherd, has an irresistible playful dancing quality.

Highly recommended, but beware the spoken word pieces...!

The trio work of the virtuosi featured
on this fine CD, Charnett, Codaryl and
Mondre Moffett (bass, drums and trumpet
respectively) is among the most innovative,
tight, lyrical and swinging I have heard
in almost a half century of listening to
The Music. Combine this with masterful
technique, and in the case of Charnett a
unique, precise percussive attack and
eastern drone, and the result is a recording
that is not to be missed. Can one plus one
plus one equal one? Rarely, but happily for
anyone with ears, it does here.