River Drum, the recent album by Francisco Mora Catlett, is a welcome change between the more traditional jazz and Latin jazz albums and with the Amazona Suite there’s an inspiring and moving piece of music that would be worth the price of the album alone.
In his jazz-not-jazz interview Francisco talks about the afore mentioned Amazona Suite, his work with Carl Craig’s Innerzone Orchestra and Outer Zone Band and much more.
Q: Your album River Drum has been released some months ago. How content are you with the responses it’s got so far?
Francisco Mora Catlett: This is an album with great significant meaning for me. It was on the shelf for sometime, and at one point it was almost lost (the celluloid in the “2′inch 24 tracks”, where it was originally recorded, decayed and it had to be baked, restored and transfer into a digital format). It is out now and has brought about the opportunity to manifest one of the most important works I have done in Detroit, with some it’s best musical talent. I am also very happy with the audience response; it should have been out a while ago.
Q: Please tell me how you’ve hooked up with Premier Cru Music who released River Drum.
Francisco Mora Catlett: George Katsiris the CEO of the label is an old student of mine from MSU. We have stated to work on his projects in NYC, when he heard the digital master he said it would be a crime to let it sit any longer so he took the initiative to master it and released. I thank him for that his courage and his musical sensitivity.
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