Francisco Mora Catlett - World Trade Music

It's been twenty years since the release of this CD and Mora Catlett's first project ("Mora" on AACE.) In the interim the drummer/percussionist has worked with Max Roach's M'boom, Sun Ra, and his own band Amigo around the Detroit area. For this recording he employs fellow Detroiters as bassist Rodney Whitaker and pianist Craig Taborn as a core trio. The bulk of the material is piano-bass-drums in a jazz context, though the first four selections are based on traditional Yoruban themes. Read More