Joey DeFrancesco&#;s father, &#;Papa John&#;, saw his career revived after his son&#;s success led to the revival of the Hammond organ. John&#;s father played reeds in various swing bands, including with the Dorsey brothers. John DeFrancesco started playing trumpet at the age of six. His wife purchased him an organ on his 23rd birthday. After months of practice, DeFrancesco was ready to start performing in clubs. DeFrancesco arrived in Philadelphia in and quickly became a part of the Philadelphia jazz scene. John quit his job to help his son Joey, who was eight years old, and began playing professionally in Johnny DeFrancesco was another son who became a great guitarist. John DeFrancesco began to return to active playing in the s. He recorded two solid sets for Muse (Doodlin&#;, Comin&#; Home) and gained a national reputation. &#;Papa John&#; plays organ with an infectious, hard bop style that is not unlike his son. He signed to Highnote in the 21st Century, then to its sister imprint Savant. There he released a string fine recordings, including Hip Cake Walk , Jumpin&#; , Walking Uptown and Desert Heat Papa John, after a five year hiatus in recording, returned to A Philadelphia
Raised in Philadelphia, this is where the foundation of his musical roots in Jazz, Blues and other musical art forms were born. To hear Joey DeFrancesco today, his music embodies the traditional art form infused with a distinct modern approach, just part of what makes his music unmistakably his own.
" He has dominated the instrument and the field as no one of his generation has.” – Chicago Tribune
“Mr. DeFrancesco is a deeply authoritative musician, a master of rhythmic pocket, and of the custom of stomping bass lines beneath chords and riffs.” - New York Times
Joey DeFrancesco's emergence in the s marked the onset of a musical renaissance. Organ jazz had all but gone into hibernation from the mid-'70s to the mid-'80s until DeFrancesco reignited the flame with his vintage Hammond organ and Leslie speaker cabinet. The son of "Papa" John DeFrancesco, an organist himself, the younger DeFrancesco remembers playing as early as four-years-old. Soon after, his father began bringing him to gigs in Philadelphia, sitting in with legendary players like Hank Mobley and Philly Joe Jones, who quickly recognized his talent and enthusiasm. With a natural gift for music, DeFrance
"Papa" John DeFrancesco, Philly patriarch of the Hammond B-3 organ, is dead at 83
Organist and vocalist “Papa” John DeFrancesco, a beloved longtime presence on the Philadelphia jazz scene who sidelined his own career to support his son, the late organ master Joey DeFrancesco, died on June 25 in Maricopa, Arizona. He was
His death was confirmed by his son, guitarist Johnny DeFrancesco, who did not provide a cause.
DeFrancesco, whose sobriquet places a fitting emphasis on his proud role as a family man, arrived on the thriving Philly organ scene in the late s and enjoyed a busy career in local clubs despite working long hours for the Boeing aircraft company. When youngest son Joey emerged as an organ prodigy, releasing his debut album and touring with Miles Davis at 17, “Papa” John devoted himself to supporting the rising star. The elder DeFrancesco didn’t make his own recording debut as a leader until the release of Doodlin’ in , when he was in his early 50s.
“Papa” John had been something of a prodigy himself. Born on Sept. 12, in Niagara Falls, New York, he picked up the trumpet at age 6 under the sway of Louis Armstrong and began gigging in local nightclubs
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Renowned jazz organist “Papa John” DeFrancesco is credited with bringing about the renaissance of the Hammond organ, and gained a national reputation for playing the organ in an infectious hard bop style. Though DeFrancesco began playing the trumpet when he was six, he did not begin playing the organ until his wife bought him one for his twenty-third birthday. After a few months of nearly nonstop practicing, he was ready to perform in clubs.
In , Papa John moved to Philadelphia and became part of the jazz scene there. In , when his son Joey turned eight and started playing professionally, John put his own career on hold in order to assist his son. Over the past decade he has issued a series of acclaimed recordings including his latest “A Philadelphia Story” in a classic B-3 trio setting, with his sons John Jr. and Joey. DeFrancesco received the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame’sLiving Legend Award in
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