I just traded my Catalina Club jazz kit, so I'll give you my impressions:
the bass drum is the best feature, but don't expect it to hear or feel it acoustically (although the audience might hear it better than you) if you have electric guitar or bass in your group.
the snare drum is the worst part of this kit. the snare bed is effectively missing and the result is a snare that could sound like a toy drum.
the 12 & 14 toms are ok, nothing special going on there.
the shells are most likely mahogany from the Philippines. I'm no wood freak, but there's a considerable amount of low end missing. 'Where's the beef?' came to mind a lot.
after about 6-7 years, the chrome begins to age and even rust a little. The wrap on my floor tom even began to yellow.
It's a decent kit for gigging very small jazz stuff and maybe folk/pop stuff, yes. But I wouldn't buy one brand new again.
I traded this kit in to 'upgrade' to a kit that had more 'beef' to it. I ended up with a Catalina Birch in the Euro style shell pack (10, 12, 16, 22 & 14 snare). And while it was an upgrade, it was what I'd call a minimal upgrade. Right off the bat, the stock heads need to go. And I may have someone give the snare a proper bed. Although, the Birch series does retain the 35 degree bearing edge and it's 7ply. The catalina maple is 45 degree bearing edge and doesn't have as many ply as birch. I'm still breaking this new kit in though and my opinion may change.
I'd get a 20" BD too, you won't regret it.
I'm still tweaking the Birch kit, but I was expecting more fundamental tone difference in birch and I can't qualify it yet. There's a full review on my blog if you really want my opinion on the birch kit.
I know this kit probably isn't what you're after, but here's a pic of what I just purchased:
