Papa John DeFrancesco - Jumpin' - Jazz Organ

Papa John DeFrancesco - Jumpin'

Jumpin’ is a great soul-jazz collection of tasty, late-night blues and earthy, soulful grooves with 'Papa' John DeFrancesco at the Hammond B-3 organ.


Tracklisting:
01. 24/7 (Johnson) 6:14
02. Jumpin' (DeFrancesco) 7:46
03. GF's Attitude (DeFrancesco) 8:32
04. Latin Groove Duce (DeFrancesco) 8:09
05. J.E. for You (DeFrancesco) 6:48
06. You Are So Beautiful (DeFrancesco) 6:35
07. Minor Chant (Turrentine) 6:37
08. China (DeFrancesco) 5:53

Total Time: 56:34


Personnel:
- Glenn Ferracone - drums, percussion
- Johnny DeFrancesco - guitar
- 'Papa' John DeFrancesco - Hammond B-3 organ
- Jacques Johnson - tenor saxophone
- Marlon Simon - percussion


Recorded at The Music Centre, Exton, Pennsylvania in June 2002.
Label: Savant 2046.

Format: MP3 320 kbit/s. All songs are tagged by the book.

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Review by Scott Yanow
Papa John DeFrancesco, the father of organist Joey DeFrancesco, is a fine organist himself. The weakness to his otherwise enjoyable set is that the tunes (with the exception of the pop song "You Are So Beautiful") are all either blues or near-blues, generally taken at similar tempos. The sameness to the individual tunes is unfortunate (better planning should have gone into the date), but the playing is first-rate throughout. In addition to DeFrancesco, the large-toned tenor saxophonist Jacques Johnson is a major asset and John DeFrancesco Jr. is a fine guitarist. The music is solid soul-jazz with appealing grooves, but it is a pity that most of the songs do not stand out by themselves.

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