Kind People,  A Life Celebration for the iconic jazz bassist Charnett Moffett will take place at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, California, on Monday, May 2nd at 11:30 am. 
The Ceremony is open to the public. Details are below. His official family obituary and a place to post photos and remembrances may be found at this link:
https://www.altamesafuneralhome.com/obituary/charnett-moffett  

Charnett Moffett Life Celebration // Monday, May 2nd
11:30 a.m. Chapel doors open
11:45 a.m. Service, Music, and Remembrances: 
1:15 p.m.  Procession to the Graveside 
1:30 p.m.  Graveside Prayers

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Alta Mesa Memorial Park
695 Arastradero Road
Palo Alto, California
(650) 493-1041
Kindly RSVP to charnettmax@gmail.com if you plan to attend.

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Peace and Blessings to All, 
from Motema, Jana Herzen and The Moffett Family

We are infinitely sad that a beloved pillar of Motema left us for another dimension this week. Charnett Moffett has been with our label since 2008, has released nine beautiful albums with us, and has for twelve years on and off been a musical collaborator of our founder, Jana Herzen, whom he married in 2020. We extend our deepest condolences to Jana and to Charnett’s immediate family: son Charnett Max, daughter Amareia, daughter-in-law Lily, grandchildren Cyrus and Danijela, mother Shirley, sister Charisse, and brothers Cody, Charles Jr., and Mondré. His talent was immense, his spirit larger than life, his joy infectious. We rejoice that his indomitable, vastly creative, high-flying spirit is now flying free in the higher dimensions from which he always drew his musical inspiration.

Thanks to Jeff Tamarkin and JazzTimes for this communication about his life and music read it here.

“The interplay of this trio is stupendous and breathtaking.” – JAZZ’N’MORE (Switzerland)

Renowned jazz bass virtuoso Charnett Moffett has released his first live trio recording, furthering an exciting, unpredictable, and richly artistic jazz journey featuring guitarist/vocalist Jana Herzen with drummer Corey Garcia. The chemistry of this trio has deep roots. Moffett has collaborated with Herzen for over 12 years now, and Garcia has joined them for many live performances since 2018 and recorded with them on Herzen’s 2021 Live quintet album produced by Moffett, and also on Moffett’s internationally acclaimed studio project, ‘NEW LOVE’, released by Motéma in June 2021.

Buy/Listen to the Album here!

Jazz bass legend, composer, and vocalist Charnett Moffett with guitarist/vocalist Jana Herzen perform an 18 set virtual album release tour, streaming live from Yoshi’s in Oakland in addition to a performance from Moffett’s Trio for a live-streamed concert in July to celebrate the release of Moffett’s internationally acclaimed new trio/quartet album NEW LOVE.

Don’t Miss Charnett’s Online Tour Streaming From Yoshi’s: 
THE CHARNETT MOFFETT DUO feat. JANA HERZEN
Dates: Wed, Thurs & Fri:  6/23, 24, 25 + 6/30, 7/1, 2
Sets Begin:  6pm • 7pm • 8pm PDT Each Night

BUY DUO LIVE- STREAM TICKETS HERE

THE CHARNETT MOFFETT TRIOfeat. Jana Herzen with Corey Garcia
Sunday, July 25th @ 7pm
Live + Streaming Live from YOSHI’s Club Stage in Oakland, CA

BUY YOSHI’s or LIVE-STREAM TRIO TICKETS HERE 

Big thanks to JAZZWISE Magazine in the UK for premiering LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE: 

FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2021

The renowned bassist shares the uplifting latest single from his forthcoming album, New Love, which is released on Motéma on 11 JuneInternationally acclaimed bassist-composer and bandleader Charnett Moffett further refines a virtuosic sound on New Love, his seventh leader release for Motéma Music, and his 17th album to date. An exploratory and vibrant follow-up to his 2018 recording Bright New Day, the album expresses Moffett’s deeply personal permutations of love and an embracing of change as part of life’s progression, as he explains: “Music is a universal language that speaks to all people. In life, human beings are in the constant process of change — whether an individual is conscious of this process or not.”

A melodious conversationalist and reflexive listener, Moffett features the fretless electric bass, often in its upper register, alongside fearless collaborators Jana Herzen on guitar and vocals, Corey Garcia and rising-star Malick Koly on drums and Irwin Hall on tenor and soprano saxophones and alto flute. Interplay among the artists is an album virtue.  

Read the full article here and hear three singles now when you pre-order/pre-save NEW LOVE ‘here’.  

CHARNETT MOFFETT, son of the legendary percussionist of Ornette Coleman, Charles Moffett, is releasing a new album “New Love” on MOTEMA MUSIC on June 11th…. This musician, who has associated his work for a few years with the exquisite vocalist JANA HERZEN, has played with the elite of US jazz from McCoy Tyner to Kenny Garrett via Ornette Coleman or Wynton Marsalis. It would seem that with this new recording, CHARNETT MOFFETT explores the meanders of his musical memory and gives us his most intimate influences which have marked his career until now. Note the subtle guitar accompaniment of JANA HERZEN and the saxophone and flute interventions of the excellent IRWIN HALL. With this 14th album including 7 from Motéma Music, he affirms that he is one of the best bassists on the American scene with musicians like Marcus Miller or Christian McBride …

My three favorite themes are: Higher Dimensions, Love for the People, ETQ
– Jean Luc Martin (JazzASeizHeur) – May 1, 2021

Read the full review here!

Pre-Save/Pre-Order the album and Stream New Love here!

Learn more about Charnett Moffett!

Out Now! A standalone single from bass master Charnett Moffett who sings the lead on the track in tandem with vocalist/guitarist Jana Herzen is a swinging, joyous jazz-meets-reggae song with an infectious groove and a deep spiritual message.

Buy/Listen to the single here!