A brilliant bassist,
Charnett Moffett shares a fault with
Ron Carter: their own records have a great excess of bass solos.
Moffett's debut as a leader features him with diverse groups ranging from duets to quartets and including such fine players as tenor saxophonist
Michael Brecker, keyboardist
Kenny Drew Jr, guitarist
Stanley Jordan, drummer
Al Foster,
Kenny Kirkland on keyboards and several of his relatives (including his father, drummer
Charles Moffett). Unfortunately,
Charnett (who wrote all eight songs except "Mona Lisa" and "Softly As In a Morning Sunrise") dominates the solo space, and most of his improvisations, although technically impressive, are just not all that interesting. ~ Scott Yanow