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Joey DeFrancesco: Joey DeFrancesco's Goodfellas

Read "Joey DeFrancesco's Goodfellas" reviewed by Ed Kopp


You can just imagine a pitchman trying to sell this concept to the suits: “OK, everybody, here's the plan: We find us three Italian jazzers. We have 'em play tunes popularized by famous Italian Americans -- Old Blue Eyes and a couple more. We even throw in some old-country favorites -- “O Solo Mio" and such. ...

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Joey DeFrancesco: Goodfellas

Read "Goodfellas" reviewed by Jim Santella


When you spend your youth growing up in South Philadelphia, the music of Frank Sinatra and the earlier music that influenced him has to have a major lasting impact on you. The timeless nature of standards such as “Young At Heart," “Fly Me to the Moon" and “All The Way" cannot be ignored. Other significant crooners ...

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Joey DeFrancesco: Goodfellas

Read "Goodfellas" reviewed by John Sharpe


Joey DeFrancesco, who was heavily influenced by organ maestro Jimmy Smith, is one of the most energetic and expressive Hammond B-3 players on the scene today. His sound combines huge slabs of swirling block chords with nimble, fleet-fingered keyboard runs. While the concept behind Goodfellas may seem a bit obvious and kitschy -- three Italian-Americans working ...

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Storyboard

Label: Dreyfus Jazz
Released: 1996
Track listing: Thought Of A First Spring Day; Back To Big Apple; En Quittant Kidonk; Mathilde; Tableau D'une Exposition; “Serie B”; Storyboard; Irremediablement; Spirits Of The Forest;

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Scorcher

Label: Milestone (4)
Released: 1996
Track listing: Hot House; Sidewinder; The Everywhere Calypso; Is That Jazz?; You And I; 81; How High The Moon; Red Clay; Blue Collar; The Pulse;

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It's About Time

Label: Concord Jazz
Released: 1996
Track listing: Pork Chops & Pasta; Please Send Me Someone To Love; Secret Love; Our Delight; Yesterdays; The Most Beautiful Girl In The World; Rock Candy; Funk Pie; Black Jack;

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Stardust

Label: SteepleChase
Released: 1995
Track listing: Things Ain't What They Used To Be; You Go To My Head; I'll Take Romance; Stardust; Eastern Standard Time; Blues On 45th; You And The Night And The Music; Nancy With The Laughing Face; Cotton Tail;

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Little Girl Blue

Label: Disques Dreyfus
Released: 1995
Track listing: We Will Meet Again; My Funny Valentine; On Fire; Besame Mucho; Prologo Comienzo; Little Girl Blue; Quizas, Quizas, Quizas; Volcano For Hire; Turn Out The Stars; Summertime; La Comparsa;

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All About My Girl

Label: Muse Records
Released: 1994
Track listing: Grilled Cheese And Bacon; Polka Dots And Moonbeams; Donna Lee; Alone Together; Save Your Love For Me; Blues For Joe F.; When Sonny Gets Blue; All About My Girl;

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The Scene Is Clean

Label: Milestone (4)
Released: 1994
Track listing: The Scene Is Clean; Adoracion; Song For Pharoah; Arroz Con Pollo; Mezambo; Fajardo; Tee's Bag; Flamingo;


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