John "Papa" Gros - Giants (2026)

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.