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Kerry Moffit
As a band leader, I co-led the "Dave Huber - Kerry Moffit Quintet" and the "Capital Jazz Society" big band. Since joining the United States Air Force bands and music program as an enlisted musician in 1991, I have performed as a member of various ensembles including concert bands, jazz ensembles, and pop/rock ensembles. In 1996, I was appointed the Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge of the "Dixie Players" - a component ensemble of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band based at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. In 2003, the Heritage of America Band released a CD recording by the "Dixie Players" titled "Dixie Parade" which received widespread critical acclaim.
In January 2010, I was re-assigned to the "SHAPE International Band", a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) unit based in Mons, Belgium. From March 2010 to September 2011 I served as the Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge and Music Director of "The NATO Jazz Orchestra" and led that organization in more than 20 missions throughout five Western European countries. I consider the highlight of my time as leader of this ensemble to be performances at the "2010 Imatra Big Band Festival" in Imatra, Finland and the final planning and coordination of the upcoming "NATO Jazz Orchestra" CD titled "A Taste of NATO, Part II". The NATO Jazz Orchestra performs at the Imatra, Finland, big band festival in July 2010.
To date I have appeared on approximately 45 recordings of various genre including the Grammy winning "Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion" by P.D.Q. Bach and jingles too numerous to count. I am currently composing and arranging music for "The NATO Jazz Orchestra" and my debut recording as a civilian band leader.
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Kerry Moffit: What Goes Around Comes Around
by Richard J Salvucci
Kerry Moffit's reputation in trumpet circles preceded him long before this recording. Like so many “you ought to hear this guy" types, one discounts friendships, hangs, boosters, and all the rest. Moffit, however, is “as advertised." There are quite a few people with underground reputations. Moffit's should be above ground. Listening to him, you might think, “ok, Tom Harrell," but then nobody is Tom Harrell except Tom Harrell. So, you are stuck for superlatives. As a player and composer, Moffit ...
read moreKerry Moffit: What Goes Around Comes Around
by Nicholas F. Mondello
The karmic reference of the subtitle of this recording gives the impression that there's a surprise lurking somewhere in trumpeter/composer/arranger Kerry Moffit's jazz bag of tricks. The album, Moffit's first release after his spending decades starring in a U.S. Air Force band, is a superb presentation of jazz classics and originals. With this fine offering the perfect circle is formed--old and new, flowing in both directions. Moffit and crew launch things tastefully vintage with a cool take ...
read moreIan Charleton Big Band: A Fresh Perspective
by Jack Bowers
After earning a master's degree in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas, saxophonist Ian Charleton thought it might be a good idea to join a service band for a short time. He wound up in the Navy and, as of 2020, had spent two decades leading, playing in, touring the world and writing for various Navy bands. Then he thought it might be a good idea to release a big-band album under his own name. Like that other ...
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