Giants (CD)

$15.00

Giants, the 2026 album from John “Papa” Gros, is a groove-deep tribute to the giants who shaped his musical DNA—Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, The Meters, Levon Helm, and Billy Preston. Giants captures Gros at full throttle: reverent but fearless, steeped in tradition yet unmistakably present. This is New Orleans music as a living thing—meant to move, sweat, and breathe.

Drop the needle. Turn it up. These giants still walk among us.

With support from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation and the Threadhead Cultural Foundation, the album captures classic songs honed night after night onstage—jammed, stretched, and refined in front of live audiences—before being recorded live at Silent S Recording Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Drop the needle. Turn it up. These giants still walk among us.

Side A
Quitters Never Win 5:57
Hurricane 6:39
All That I’ve Got 6:43

Side B
Yes We Can Can 7:27
Ain’t No Use 10:58

Total Time: 37:44

Produced by John Gros
Mixed by Tracey Freeman
Recorded by David Farrell at Silent S Studio, New Orleans, LA January 12-14, 2024
Additional recording by John Gros at Silent S Studio, New Orleans, LA
Edited by John Gros

JPG: vox, piano, wurly, organ, arangements, horn arrangements
Alex Mallet: guitars
Matt Booth: bass
Russ Brousard: drums
Michael Christie: trumpet
Ian Bowman: tenor saxophone
Terrance Taplin: trombone
Yolanda Robinson: backing vocals
Kiki Chapman: backing vocals
Mark Carson: backing vocals
Danny Abel: rhythm guitar, track 3