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Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith: Legacy

Read "Legacy" reviewed by Ollie Bivens


Released one week after the sudden death of Jimmy Smith on February 8, the new album by organist Joey DeFrancesco was the last recording featuring Smith, the man who revolutionized the Hammond B-3 by creatively incorporating it into the jazz idiom. First playing the organ at age four and performing playing gigs at ten with Richard ...

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Jimmy Smith Tribute at Yoshi's

Read "Jimmy Smith Tribute at Yoshi's" reviewed by Forrest Dylan Bryant


It was supposed to be a happy occasion.When Yoshi's jazz club in Oakland booked Jimmy Smith and Joey DeFrancesco for a five-night engagement (February 16-20), it was supposed to be the first stop on a triumphal inter-generational tour to promote Legacy , the two organists' first album-length team-up. But just one week before the gig, ...

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One Take

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: My Romance; If I Were A Bell; My Funny Valentine; Someday My Prince Will Come; How Insensitive; Walkin

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Concord Jazz Super Audio CD Sampler Volume 2

Label: Concord Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: Raggae-Later; Nature Boy; The Real Blues; Seven, Come Eleven; Goodbye Mr. Evans; The Waters Of March; Whatcha Gonna Do; It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing; Funk Pie; No Moon At All; Elucidation; Silent Pool;

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Plays Sinatra His Way

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: I Get a Kick Out Of You, Teach Me Tonight, Pennies From Heaven, What's New, Witchcraft, What Now My Love, Don't Worry 'Bout Me, Falling In Love With Love, Angel Eyes

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Joey DeFrancesco/Guido Basso/Lorne Lofsky/Vito Rezza: One Take

Read "One Take" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Spontaneity and invention underline jazz. This recording provides an ideal situation for musicians to feel the mind waves of their collaborators, for, as the title indicates, the music was recorded in one take. The vibe was strong enough for some great music, even if most of the tunes are staples in the sheath of any worthy ...

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Joey DeFrancesco: Plays Sinatra His Way

Read "Plays Sinatra His Way" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Although he’s been on the Concord label for several years now, it seems that the well spring of material that Joey DeFrancesco cut for Joe Fields’ HighNote imprimatur continues to be harvested with the latest offering being this 1998 session recorded in 24-bit digital splendor by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder. Don’t look for the title ...

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Girl Talk

Label: Venus Records (5)
Released: 2003
Track listing: Gingi; Emily; Girl Talk; Have You Met Miss Jones?; Laura; Little Girl Blue; Nica's Dream; Ruby; Sophisticated Lady; Stella By Starlight;

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Goodfellas

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Speak Softly Love 2. Volare 3. Fly Me to the Moon 4. All the Way 5. Whack 'Em 6. Mala Femmena 7. Young at Heart 8. O Solo Mio 9. Evidence 10. Goodfellas 11. Ya See What I'm Sayin? 12. Whack 'Em [Reprise]/Tarentella


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