Luther François – Castries Underground

Saint Lucian saxophonist Luther Francois is one of the region’s most widely acclaimed composer, arranger and music educators. Recorded in the Helen of the West Indies (St. Lucia) Luther François shares tenor saxophone duties with American music academic Dr. William E. Smith, and is aided and supported by Vincentian keyboardist Frankie McIntosh, Trinidadian drummer Sean Thomas, Guadeloupian percussionist Charly Chomereau-Lamotte, and American acoustic bassist Corcoran Holt. Castries Underground is rich jazz improvisation, refracted through the prism of uniquely West Indian rhythms.