Papa John Defrancesco

[mr jazz]

I've been listening to a couple of his cds lately-Jumpin' and Walkin' Uptown. Really enjoyable. Anyone else into this guy?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I GREATLY prefer him to his son.

And Bootsie Barnes on "Hip cake walk" (and "All in the family" with Joey) is a particularly welcome bonus.

Papa John sounds to me as if he's lived the chitlin' circuit, in the same way as Gene Ludwig, Pat Martino and Randy Johnston do and have. And Joey never needed to. And doesn't. Perhaps he isn't as great an organist as some, but he's a convincing person on that instrument. I think he's got a new one out, which I'll have to get soon.

MG