Joey DeFrancesco - The Champ: Round 2

Styles: Jazz, Hard Bop
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:18
Size: 156,7 MB
Art: Front

(8:37)  1. The Champ
(5:37)  2. Back at the Chicken Shack
(5:04)  3. Bayou
(6:44)  4. I'm an Old Cowhand
(5:53)  5. The Sermon
(7:56)  6. The Boss
(6:56)  7. Oh No, Babe
(4:38)  8. Hackensack
(8:19)  9. Greensleeves
(8:29) 10. The Champ (The Rematch)

The Champ: Round 2 is the second volume of Joey DeFrancesco's tribute to mentor and Hammond B3 groove master Jimmy Smith. While 1999's The Champ was an entertaining and honorable tribute, Round 2 produces only patchy rewards even with the swinging camaraderie provided by guitarist Paul Bollenback and drummer Byron Landham. Compared to the first volume in which the initial freshness of the idea was more palatable, Round 2 suffers from slight stagnation (two versions of "The Champ" on this disc!) for the same reason. Following the late-'90s studio releases of The Champ, Goodfellas, and the live set Incredible, three discs that rely mainly on standards and jazz classics, this disc is ultimately disappointing, finding DeFrancesco repeating challenges we have already heard him acheive. ~ Al Campbell https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-champ-round-2-mw0000620309

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

The Champ: Round 2

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