Joey WAS videotaping his father with David "Fathead" Newman. But Papa John would deny that Joey could learn anything from him at this point. He calls Joey "the wizard, with the little pointy hat and everything."
It's hard to deny that one! Papa John is a great organist... but Joey... Wow!
Yeah, I know. Joey is the best living jazz organ player right now when it comes to handling the keyboard. Regarding foot pedal work I would say that Barbara Dennerlein is the best without question.
Anyhow, there are a number of players that have mastered the difficult art of making the organ swing without a bass player, and 'Papa' is for sure one of them :-)
Nice! Papa John has such a great groove.
And it sure does look like son Joey is sneaking up behind his back with a camcorder at around 8 min. Maybe Joey is trying learning a few licks? :-)
rounder2u 3 years ago
Joey WAS videotaping his father with David "Fathead" Newman. But Papa John would deny that Joey could learn anything from him at this point. He calls Joey "the wizard, with the little pointy hat and everything."
It's hard to deny that one! Papa John is a great organist... but Joey... Wow!
TotallyJazzed 3 years ago
Hi TotallyJazzed
Yeah, I know. Joey is the best living jazz organ player right now when it comes to handling the keyboard. Regarding foot pedal work I would say that Barbara Dennerlein is the best without question.
Anyhow, there are a number of players that have mastered the difficult art of making the organ swing without a bass player, and 'Papa' is for sure one of them :-)
Keep swinging,
Rounder
rounder2u 3 years ago