Franco D

Franco D: Kick Off

by C. Michael Bailey
March 1, 2000

The Family Way. Long before Joey Defancesco collected fellow Italian-Americans Joe Ascione and Frank Vignola there was Sergio Veschi and his entire stable of the genuine article. Veschi, RED’s founder and president, has made it his mission to document Italian jazz musicians. This has resulted in many fine recordings. Kick Off continues this trend and additionally shows the inexhaustible creative horizon of the piano trio. This trio is made up of RED stalwarts. D’Andrea plays a mean Bebop piano (witness ...