Joey DeFrancesco

2022 - 8 - 26

Joey DeFrancesco, driving force on the Hammond organ, dies at 51 (NPR)

DeFrancesco played in Miles Davis's band as a teenager, brought the sound of the Hammond B-3 organ roaring back to the jazz mainstream in the 1990s and ...

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Joey DeFrancesco: 10/04/1971 – 25/08/2022 (Jazzwise magazine)

The world-renowned Hammond organist and multi-instrumentalist has died aged 51 – Alyn Shipton remembers his talent and extraordinary career that has been ...

The band of his own that made the biggest impression on me, when I heard them live at the Iridium in Manhattan was his trio with guitarist Randy Johnson and drummer Billy Hart, paying tribute to Jimmy Smith with music from their 1998 album, The Champ. While attending the Philadelphia High School for Creative Arts, Joey was spending his evenings playing in a band that from time to time included Hank Mobley and Philly Joe Jones. Yet McGriff had been an early influence on DeFrancesco, along with Jimmy Smith, and – something of a child prodigy – the ten-year-old Joey then played for and was mentored by Groove Holmes and Jack McDuff, meaning that even before he won third place in the Thelonious Monk Competition at 16, and was signed by Columbia, he was moving confidently among the greatest jazz organists on the planet.

'The best jazz organ player on the planet': Joey DeFrancesco dies at ... (AZCentral.com)

Hailed as "the best B3 player on the planet," DeFrancesco played keyboards and trumpet and performed with Miles Davis. He lived in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Thank you for the outpouring of love and support coming in from everywhere. "The love of my life is now in peace with the angels," she wrote. [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or 602-444-4495. That tour with Davis led to playing keyboards for Davis on the 1989 release, "Amandla." "Right now I have very few words. Jazz Times once hailed Joey DeFrancesco as "the best B3 player on the planet."

Hammond B3 Giant Joey DeFrancesco Dies at 51 - Glide Magazine (Glide Magazine)

The jazz world lost another titan the morning of August, 25th as Joey DeFrancesco passed away at the young age of 51. Generally considered the best.

Also in 2020, DeFrancesco recorded with his best friend, Christian McBride, both of whom attended Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. DeFrancesco was an inaugural member of the Hammond Hall of Fame, inducted in 2013 along with other musicians that included Brian Auger, Billy Preston, Steve Winwood, and his mentor Jimmy Smith. Joey DeFrancesco was a 9-time winner of the Down Beat Critics Poll (organ) and won the Down Beat Readers Poll every year since 2005.

Joey DeFrancesco, organist and popular entertainer, has died at 51 (knkx.org)

The 1980s wunderkind who is credited with reviving the soulful jazz of the Hammond organ, Joey DeFrancesco, died August 25. He was 51.

A typical night with Joey DeFrancesco in performance would include soulful blues, a few trumpet showpieces, a Frank Sinatra tribute, and plenty of fast-burning Hammond B-3. Occasionally he would sing, and most recently, he'd started playing the saxophone. He was the opening act for many notable jazz musicians who came through Philadelphia.

Joey DeFrancesco, masterful jazz organist, dies at 51 (njarts.net)

The great, Grammy-nominated jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco has died at the age of 51. He also played trumpet and saxophone.

Its continued existence depends on support from members of that scene, and the state’s arts lovers. McBride concluded by writing, “I’ve never had a problem saying that Joey DeFrancesco was hands down the most creative and influential organist since Jimmy Smith. DeFrancesco played organ on McBride’s Grammy-winning 2020 album, For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (a tribute to organist Jimmy Smith, guitarist Wes Montgomery and saxophonist Oliver Nelson). You can watch some of the set on the video below, starting at the 4:35 mark. Since launching in September 2014, NJArts.net, a 501(c)(3) organization, has become one of the most important media outlets for the Garden State arts scene. And today, McBride released an in-depth statement on DeFrancesco, starting with the fact that he considered DeFrancesco “my oldest friend in music.” (The two both attended Settlement Music School in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts when they were teenagers).

Joey DeFrancesco, Reigning King of the Jazz Organ, Dies at 51 (The New York Times)

A prodigy whose playing had drawn raves since he was a teenager, he helped bring the Hammond B3 back into the jazz lineup.

Mr. “The joy of it, the fun of it, is something that jazz has lost. The veteran jazzman was impressed, and Mr. Happenstance helped propel his career: As a teenager he was performing on a local television show in Philadelphia when Miles Davis was the featured guest. “You can’t be better off than having a dad who plays the same instrument that you do,” he said. “Joey DeFrancesco was hands down the most creative and influential organist since Jimmy Smith,” he said in a statement. A 2004 album was called “Joey DeFrancesco Plays Sinatra His Way.” His “Never Can Say Goodbye” in 2010 reimagined the music of Michael Jackson. DeFrancesco’s first album, “All of Me,” was released in 1989, and dozens more followed, with his musical interests ranging far and wide. DeFrancesco was a multi-instrumentalist; he also played trumpet, saxophone, piano and synthesizer. Along the way he brought the organ back into fashion in jazz. DeFrancesco was an example of hopes on the way to realization.” “The distinct impression was that Mr.