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Charnett Moffett: New Love
by Jerome Wilson
If one thing is obvious from this CD, it is that electric bassist Charnett Moffett is a happy man these days. His playing leaps out of the speakers on these tracks with joy and high spirits. That may be because he works here in the company of his “new love," his wife, guitarist Jana Herzen. The two of them bounce, dance and wiggle their instruments together on twelve wide-ranging tracks which take in funk, reggae, folk, and psychedelia, always exuding ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Jana Herzen è un'artista raffinata che nella vita ha fatto tante cose. Figlia di due professori di Stanford (il padre e la madre, Leonard e Leonore Herzemberg, sono due celebri genetisti ed immunologi), Jana ha iniziato a frequentare la scena artistica newyorkese negli anni Ottanta durante il periodo universitario (studi in arte drammatica ed intensa attività teatrale d'avanguardia). Produttrice, talent scout, artista-viaggiatrice e naturalmente musicista, una decina di anni fa ha fondato una coraggiosa piccola etichetta che da qualche tempo ...
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by Dan Bilawsky
Numerous artists, both famous and relatively obscure, have found a recording home on the Motéma Music imprint. Every musician on the roster, from pianist extraordinaire Monty Alexander and veteran bassist Rufus Reid to newcomer-turned-vocal star Gregory Porter, has benefited from head honcho Jana Herzen's attention to detail, tireless promotional efforts and label largesse; every artist, that is, except for Herzen herself. Motéma was initially born as an outlet for Herzen's own music, but she had to hang up her guitar ...
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