Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Tony Monaco Trio & Joey DeFrancesco Trio: A New Generation

208

Tony Monaco Trio & Joey DeFrancesco Trio: A New Generation

By

View read count
Tony Monaco Trio & Joey DeFrancesco Trio: A New Generation
Recently there has been a glut of trendy organ jazz records. All have been capably conceived and performed. Most have been cutting edge, expanding the role of organ jazz with in the music. The majority of this music has steered away from standards and blues and focused on original compositions as vehicles. While, this is what keeps this music alive and growing, it does make it a bit low fat.



Listening to organ jazz is a bit like eating collard greens after the first frost, one longs for a bit of grease in the mix. And the keepers of the flame, Tony Monaco and Joey DeFrancesco can always be counted on to supply that Jimmy Smith salt pork. These two giants join forces on A New Generation—Paesanos on the New B3, celebrating two facts—one, that they are a new generation and are playing the newly transformed Hammond B3. Briefly, the classic Hammond B3 has been out of production since the mid-1970s. Fast-forward 25 years and digital technology has provided Hammond a new way of producing that unique sound. The new B3 is coupled with the newly designed Leslie 122xb (tube) and 771 (solid state). This analogue/digital hybrid produces a rich organ sound.



Monaco and DeFrancesco wax nostalgic on the Groove Holmes / Jimmy McGriff dyad and their Masters of the Organ series. Each man, armed with his trio, breeze through a series of Monaco originals (blues and ballads) and Nat’s "Mona Lisa" and Edoardo Dicapua’s & quot;Oh Marie." Both organists’ trios are also included in the festivities. And Festive they are. This is straight-ahead organ jazz performance that makes no demands on the listener. That makes this a very enjoyable recording to listen to.



For more information, see Tony Monaco , Joey DeFrancesco , and Summit Records .

Track Listing

Pasta Faggioli; Homily; Katerina

Personnel

Tony Monaco
organ, Hammond B3

Tony Monaco

Album information

Title: A New Generation Paesanos on the New B3 | Year Released: 2006 | Record Label: Summit Records

Tags

Comments


PREVIOUS / NEXT



Tony Monaco Concerts


Support All About Jazz

Get the Jazz Near You newsletter All About Jazz has been a pillar of jazz since 1995, championing it as an art form and, more importantly, supporting the musicians who make it. Our enduring commitment has made "AAJ" one of the most culturally important websites of its kind, read by hundreds of thousands of fans, musicians and industry figures every month.

Go Ad Free!

To maintain our platform while developing new means to foster jazz discovery and connectivity, we need your help. You can become a sustaining member for as little as $20 and in return, we'll immediately hide those pesky ads plus provide access to future articles for a full year. This winning combination vastly improves your AAJ experience and allow us to vigorously build on the pioneering work we first started in 1995. So enjoy an ad-free AAJ experience and help us remain a positive beacon for jazz by making a donation today.

More

Tramonto
John Taylor
Ki
Natsuki Tamura / Satoko Fujii
Duality Pt: 02
Dom Franks' Strayhorn
The Sound of Raspberry
Tatsuya Yoshida / Martín Escalante

Popular

Old Home/New Home
The Brian Martin Big Band
My Ideal
Sam Dillon
Ecliptic
Shifa شفاء - Rachel Musson, Pat Thomas, Mark Sanders
Lado B Brazilian Project 2
Catina DeLuna & Otmaro Ruíz

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.