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Joey DeFrancesco - The Champ: Round 2 (2000)

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Joey DeFrancesco - The Champ: Round 2 (2000)

Joey DeFrancesco - The Champ: Round 2 (2000)
Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 68 min | 155 MB
Label: High Note | Rel: 2000

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.

Tracklist:

01. Champ
02. Back At The Chicken Shack
03. Bayou
04. I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande)
05. Sermon
06. Boss
07. Oh No Babe
08. Hackenshack
09. Greensleeves
10. Champ