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Papa John DeFrancesco

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Aliases
"Papa" John DeFrancesco
Real name
John DeFrancesco
Born
September 12, 1940
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz Hammond B3 organist. At one time a fixture in the Philadelphia jazz world, he quit playing to supervise his son Joey, who was still eight years old when he turned professional. Papa John returned to playing jazz full-time in the 1990s.
Family
Joey DeFrancesco Son
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Covers by Papa John DeFrancesco

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i December 1992 Miles Davis
i 2001 The Incredible Jimmy Smith
i 1998 The Milt Jackson Quintet
i March 2011 Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz All Stars
i 1995 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i March 2011 Johnny Rivers
i August 2006 Les McCann and Eddie Harris
1995 The Dave Bailey Quintet, Mel Tormé
i December 1992 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i December 1992 Horace Silver Quintet
December 1992 Bobby Freeman
i 2001 Miles Davis
i December 1992 Dolores Gray
i 2001 Don Patterson with Booker Ervin
1995 Southern Tones, Ray Charles and His Band
i August 2006 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
i March 2011 The Isley Brothers
i 2001 Miles Davis
i   February 2003 Stanley Turrentine, Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood REL, The Incredible Jimmy Smith REC
i 2001 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
i August 2004 Booker Ervin
1998 Henry Burr
i March 2011 The Undisputed Truth
i August 2004 The Impressions
i March 2009 Gene Ammons and His Sextet
i March 2009 The Doors
i 1995 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1995 Benny Goodman Sextet, Ernie Andrews
i 2001 The Horace Silver Quintet
i December 1992 Sonny Rollins
i March 2011 Cream
i   1995 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1998 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
i August 2004 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
i 2001 Jimmy Smith [US] - Arr. & Cond. by Lalo Schifrin
i August 2006 Ashley and Foster
i March 2011 Lou Donaldson
i March 2009 Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
i Tune 88 Papa John DeFrancesco August 2006 Unverified
i 1998 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
i 1995 Herbie Hancock
i August 2006 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard
i 1998 (unknown)
i March 2011 The Pine Ridge Boys
i February 2003 Billy Preston