John DeFrancesco

{{Short description|American jazz organist and vocalist (1940–2024)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = "Papa" John DeFrancesco

| image = PapaJohnDeFrancesco.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name = John Jasper DeFrancesco

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=y|1940|9|12}}

| origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=y|2024|6|25|1940|9|12}}

| instrument = Hammond B3

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician

| years_active = 1960s–2024

| label = Savant Records

| associated_acts =

| website =

}}

"Papa" John DeFrancesco (September 12, 1940 – June 25, 2024) was an American jazz organist and vocalist, and father of Joey DeFrancesco and Johnny DeFrancesco.[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/papa-john-defrancesco-mn0000009657 Allmusic] DeFrancesco died on June 25, 2024, at the age of 83.{{cite web |access-date=2024-07-05 |author=Shaun Brady |date=2024-07-01 |language=en |title="Papa" John DeFrancesco, Philly patriarch of the Hammond B-3 organ, is dead at 83 |url=https://www.wrti.org/wrti-spotlight/2024-07-01/papa-john-defrancesco-philly-patriarch-of-the-hammond-b-3-organ-is-dead-at-83 |website=WRTI90.1}}