{"id":72021,"date":"2021-02-15T14:55:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=72021"},"modified":"2021-02-15T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T14:47:01","slug":"francisco-mora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/francisco-mora\/","title":{"rendered":"Francisco Mora Catlett\u2019s Pan-American and Afro-futurist music returns on reissue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Far Out Recordings has re-released <em>Mora I<\/em> and <em>Mora II <\/em>on vinyl, albums by the percussionist Francisco Mora Catlett. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Washington in 1947, Catlett grew up in Mexico City, where he became one of the foremost avant-gardist artists in the country. He attended a Sun Ra Arkestra performance and ended up becoming their percussionist for seven years before moving to Detroit, where he embarked on a solo career. Soon after he composed his album <em>Mora I<\/em>, a mix of irresistible batucada and samba rhythms, before <em>Mora II<\/em>, which presented a sound augmented by the trumpeter Marcus Belgrave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div><div><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2805535740\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscomora.bandcamp.com\/album\/mora-i-ii\">Mora! I&amp;II by Francisco Mora Catlett<\/a><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This last album has never been released on vinyl before now. A blend of jazz and soul from Detroit, but also melodies from various African and South American backgrounds, Francisco Mora defines his music as follows: \u201cA manifesto of the presence of African heritage on the American continent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Pre-order these two albums<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.faroutrecordings.com\/products\/francisco-mora-catlett-mora-i-ii-2021?_pos=1&amp;_sid=8c8b17bfb&amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>, before their release on April 16, via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.faroutrecordings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Far Out Recordings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7557099b-mora-iii-par-francisco-mora-catlett-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7557099b-mora-iii-par-francisco-mora-catlett-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7557099b-mora-iii-par-francisco-mora-catlett-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7557099b-mora-iii-par-francisco-mora-catlett-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7557099b-mora-iii-par-francisco-mora-catlett-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7557099b-mora-iii-par-francisco-mora-catlett-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7557099b-mora-iii-par-francisco-mora-catlett-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7557099b-mora-iii-par-francisco-mora-catlett-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7557099b-mora-iii-par-francisco-mora-catlett-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7557099b-mora-iii-par-francisco-mora-catlett-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7557099b-mora-iii-par-francisco-mora-catlett.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Far Out Recordings has re-released Mora I and Mora II on vinyl, albums by the percussionist Francisco Mora Catlett. Born in Washington in 1947, Catlett grew up in Mexico City, where he became one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":72017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[32988,1395,29069],"location":[8146,7976],"yst_prominent_words":[8403,20302,9172,10752,32981,32979,16361,32985,32986,8932,8414,32976,32987,32983,32984,8402,8435,32982,8400,14269],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72021"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=72021"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=72021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}