Joey DeFrancesco - The Philadelphia Connection - Jazz Organ torrent

Joey DeFrancesco - The Philadelphia Connection

The Philadelphia Connection, a tribute to organist Don Patterson, catches the jazz organ trio with virtuoso DeFrancesco at full throttle, burning most of the way. Swinging and solid!

Tracklisting:
01. S'bout Time (6:28)
02. Perdido (7:07)
03. Opus de Don (6:43)
04. Good Life (8:25)
05. Little Shannon (7:21)
06. Oleo (7:11)
07. Blue Don (5:54)
08. Blue N Boogie (4:07)

Total Time: 53:40

Personnel:
- Joey DeFrancesco (Hammond B-3 organ)
- Paul Bollenback (guitar)
- Byron Landham (drums)

Label: High Note
Recording Date August 12, 1998
Recording Location
Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

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

Review by Owen Cordle
The Philadelphia Connection, a tribute to organist Don Patterson, catches the group at full throttle, burning most of the way.
DeFrancesco’s tribute includes mostly standards and originals associated with the late organist. Except for “The Good Life,” where the leader shows off his dramatic orchestral approach to a ballad, and his slow blues, “Blue Don,” the tempos are medium and up. Dizzy Gillespie’s “Blue ‘n’ Boogie” flies at a death-defying pace, but the trio handles it with the same control and energy it brings to the other performances. DeFrancesco and Bollenback have become secure soloists with technique to spare, and the trio has become a well-integrated unit that thrives on the excitement of cooking together.

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