Joey DeFrancesco Organist has died at 51

The jazz world lost one more titan the morning of August, 25th as Joey DeFrancesco died very early in life of 51.

For the most part thought to be the best Hammond B3 organ player on the planet, Joey DeFrancesco, brought up in Philadelphia,

worked from the get-go in his vocation with Miles Davis and later with such different craftsmen as Van Morrison, Pharoah Sanders,

furthermore, Diana Krall. His gifts ran past the organ; he was a connecting with multi-instrumentalist known for his trumpet playing and infrequent singing.

Late live exhibitions, including one only this previous Tuesday at Baltimore's popular Keystone Korner,

also, his most recent collection, More Music (2021) highlighted DeFrancesco on tenor saxophone. With a gregarious character and ground breaking melodic methodology,

DeFrancesco was a significant power that will be profoundly missed. He was an exception, for instance

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