Walking Uptown in Bloomington, MN

Papa John DeFrancesco
, the father of
Joey DeFrancesco
, is a talented organist himself. On this informal set with his quartet (which also includes tenor-saxophonist
Tim Warfield
, his other musical son, guitarist
Johnny DeFrancesco
, and drummer
Glenn Ferracone
),
Papa John
mostly sticks to the
blues
and bluish material. In addition to a swinging version of
"Sunny,"
the
gospel
-ish
"People Get Ready,"
the funky
"160 Million Dollar Chinese Man"
(from the remake of
Ocean's 11
), and a vamp piece (
"What Happened"
), there are four
at various tempos and levels of funk.
makes guest appearances on two tracks (one apiece on trumpet and piano) and bassist
Paul Klinefelter
is on one number but otherwise the basic quartet is showcased romping and stomping out their brand of soulful
. ~ Scott Yanow