Charette has recorded and performed with music artists such as George Coleman,[3] Oz Noy, Jaimoe, Michael McDonald and Cyndi Lauper.

Charette was often employed as a pianist for established jazz artists like Lou Donaldson,[4] Houston Person, Charles McPherson, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, and Gregg Bissonette.

His first professional engagements were in Hartford, Connecticut where he became a member of Street Temperature, a jazz fusion group that played regularly at the 880 Club.

After finishing high school, Charette toured Europe with Czech trumpeter, Laco Deczi[5] and upon returning to the United States moved to New York City in 1994.

[6] Throughout the 2000s Charette continued to record and play with many artists from all genres including David Hidalgo and Cougar Estrada of Los Lobos and singer Laura Branigan.

In a New York Times jazz review of his sextette Nate Chinen wrote, "The Hammond B-3 organist Brian Charette weighs the ageless objective of soul-jazz with a trace of restless modernity".

From 1983 to 1985, Charette was a member of the gifted and talented program at Talcott Mountain Science Center in Avon, Connecticut, where he studied computer music and aeronautics.