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Joey DeFrancesco

Born: April 10, 1971

Joey DeFrancesco’s emergence in the 1980s marked the onset of a musical renaissance. Organ jazz had been a form of music that literally went into hibernation from the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties largely because of the introduction of high-tech, light-weight keyboards. It was Joey, however, that ignited the flame once again with the sound of his vintage Hammond organ and Leslie tone cabinet.

He not only illuminated this once dormant music form but brought back the many proponents of jazz organ who had been shuffled by record producers and club owners to lesser roles within the music industry. Befriending and supporting those who preceded him, Joey became the new-age proponent of an instrument that had been pushed aside in favor of the growing technology. Considered a child prodigy, Joey remembers as far back as age four, playing jazz tunes modeled by his father, Papa John DeFrancesco and memorizing music from the many jazz albums in their home. Papa John, a jazz organist himself, took young Joey under his wing and nurtured his rapidly developing skills, bringing Joey along with him to gigs, Joey would sit-in with as many seasoned Philadelphia musicians who were around.

Live at Keystone Korner

By Joey DeFrancesco

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Awake and Blissed; Vibrations in Blue; Free; Lady G; In Times of Reflection; Inner Being; Roll With It; One More Blues

Storyboard (Vinyl Reissue)

By Didier Lockwood

Label: Culture Factory Usa
Released: 2026
Track listing: Side A: Thought of a First Spring Day; Back to Big Apple; En Quittant Kidonk; Mathilde. Side B: Tableau D'une Exposition; "Serie B"; Storyboard; Irremediablement; Spirits of the Forest.

Joey DeFrancesco: Live at Keystone Korner

by Andrew Schinder
October 5, 2026

Joey DeFrancesco is one of the most tragic stories of 21st-century jazz. After the deaths of mid-twentieth-century organ greats Jimmy Smith and Larry Young, the Hammond B-3 became somewhat unfashionable until DeFrancesco's dynamic, virtuosic style helped reignite the jazz community's passion for the instrument. DeFrancesco was prolific and engaging and the perfect ambassador for the organ, until a ...

Cassandra Wilson Tribute (RIP); New Music from Joey DeFrancesco, Doug Webb, and Others

by David W. Daniels
September 15, 2026

Additional music in the show includes new music from Sullivan Fortner, Stella Cole, and More. Recognizing this week's jazz musician birthdays with music from Sonny Rollins, Brian Lynch, Hiram Bullock, and others.Playlist Cassandra Wilson} &#147;Autumn Nocturne" from <em> Blue Skies </em> (JMT) 00:00 </li> <li> {{m: Steve Coleman “Soul Melange" from Sine Die (Pangaea) ...

Miles the Composer: Jazz Musicians play Miles. Part 1: The early tunes

by Larry Slater
June 12, 2026

Miles Davis is justly celebrated for his harmonic sense, his tone, his style, and his ever-changing musical career, but we rarely hear about Miles the composer. In this hour, you'll hear jazz artists covering Miles' early tunes, including his bebop compositions and those from the early '50s.Miles certainly wasn't a prolific composer, but many ...

Miles Davis At 100: A Global Perspective

by Ian Patterson
May 26, 2026

Miles Davis' centenary has arrived. The second century begins. What changes jazz has undergone in the 100 years since Miles Dewey Davis was born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926! Davis was all about change, evolution, growth, and reinvention.  A driving force behind many of the changes in direction jazz took during his ...

Didier Lockwood: Storyboard (Vinyl Reissue)

by Artur Moral
April 23, 2026

You might sometimes wonder about the usefulness of reissues--and all the more so in these times when many past gems, though physically unobtainable, are just a click away on the various content platforms. Setting aside die-hard audiophiles, tactile purists and compulsive completists, the truth is that these new pressings represent a golden opportunity for those unfamiliar ...

Jazz Classics from Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine, Charles Mingus, and others; recent or pending releases from Emmet Cohen, Virginia MacDonald, and others

by David W. Daniels
April 14, 2026

In addition to the artists listed in the title, this show features classics from Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, the ad hoc group Old And New Dreams featuring Don Cherry and Dewey Redman, and others. A re-released album by Thelonious Monk is included. Newly released music from Adam O'Farrill, The Atlantis Jazz Ensemble, and April ...

End Of Month Keyboard Special including Chick Corea, Charles Earland, and Nina Simone Among Others

by David W. Daniels
March 31, 2026

End Of March 2026 Keyboard Special. Music from those named in the title plus Makoto Ozone, Hiromi, Doug Carn, and lots more!Playlist Chick Corea and Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian “Hot House" from Further Explorations (Concord Jazz) 00:00 Renee Rosnes “Amor Ate O Fim" from Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions) 8:30 Cecil Taylor “Port Of ...