CD ‘Le Coq Rouge/Baba Fururu’
Mark Lotz
This album brings together three Cuban Batá drums and a jazz quintet in a fusion, marking Mark Lotz’s first collaboration with Cuban master drummer Javier Campos Martinez. It serves as the inaugural release in the Yoruba Trilogy, part of Lotz’s Cuban Roots Project, dedicated to exploring Afro-Cuban religious folklore music.
Originally included in the 2-CD box Le Coq Rouge (Via records), this album was released alongside CD1 (now titled Le Coq Rouge/D.J.S.), which highlights the quintet’s work.
"This is not just an exotic flirt but a real organic fusion.” (De Volkskrant, The Netherlands)
“This is no jazz with Cuban influences or vice versa but a beautiful amalgamation of two styles of music.” (Man, The Netherlands)
“This is no tasteless eclecticism or cheap excotism but classy Jazz music.” (Entr’acte, The Netherlands)
Mark Alban Lotz (flutes, tambourine, mouthharp, handclapping)
Maarten Ornstein (clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor sax, electric tenor sax)
Stefan Schmid (piano, handclapping)
Marius Beets (acoustic bass)
Stefan Kruger (drums, batá drums, handclapping)
Jos Machtel (valve trombone, tuba)
André Pet (trombone, bas trombone)
Javier Campos Martinez (batá drums, shekere, quinto)
Frank van Dok (batá drums, cow-bell)
Sjahin During (batá drums)
Jos De Haas (batá drums, shekere, guirro, quinto)
Sonic Squid Music
Catalogue number 2024.05
(Former VIA Records release, Digital release via Loplop records, Catalogue number 9920122, VIA Jazz)
Recorded January 17/18, August 20/21 and October 16/24 1996 at Kwetterhof Studio Wormerveer NL by Evert Woud
Produced by Mark Lotz
Photo by Susanne Zwart
Artwork by Frauke Erichsen
Mixed by by Evert Woud
Pianowereld, The Netherlands
“With Lotz Of Music, ‘World Music’ turns into something magical.”
Slagwerkkrant, The Netherlands
“The cultural diversity does not fall apart into a un-homogenous mixture of styles but is presented here as a consistent, organic whole, combined with a pretty sense of humor.”
De Gooi- en Eemlander, The Netherlands
“A boundless variety of inspiring polyphony and subtle swing. An impressive amalgamation of jazz, popular music and Afro Cuban folklore in almost symphonic arrangements.”
Cadence, USA
“Lotz Of Music ends up with a statement that is somewhat schizophrenic: at some point its wide ranging proclivities make it kind of diffuse but most of it is extremely fascinating. All the musicians play with great skill and energy throughout. Invigorating and fascinating.”
Nieuwsblad v.h. Noorden, The Netherlands
“After listening to Lotz Of Music the listener is left lots of joy.”
Entr’acte, The Netherlands
“Everything is performed with very natural musicality and playfulness. This is no tasteless eclecticism or cheap excotism but classy Jazz music.”
Man, The Netherlands
“This is no jazz with Cuban influences or vice versa but a beautiful amalgamation of two styles of music.”
Entr’acte, The Netherlands
“Their interpretations of the religious folklore differ much from common interpretations of Afro Cuban Music: Instead of demonstrating technical
powerplay in a tasteless show they manage to perform in a mystical, sacral sphere while the music still maintains the sound of jazz!”
De Volkskrant, The Netherlands
“This is not just an exotic flirt but a real organic fusion.”
