Joey DeFrancesco - The Best of Joey Defrancesco (2014)

Tracklist

CD1
01. How Little We Know
02. Twisted Blues
03. Incognito
04. Stop Leading Me On
05. Black Nile
06. The Street of Dreams
07. Puttin' on the Ritz
08. Moanin'
09. I Wish You Love
10. A Real Goodun'
11. What's New

CD2
01. All or Nothing at All
02. I Concentrate on You
03. Just Squeeze Me
04. Yes or No
05. Young Love
06. On the Street Where You Live
07. I'm Confessin'
08. Cobalt Blue



Joey DeFrancesco comes from a musical family. His grandfather, Joseph DeFrancesco (his name sake), was a reed man who played with the Dorsey Brothers. And of course his father "Papa" John DeFrancesco is a fine jazz organist in his own right. At the age of 4 Joey began taking a strong interest in the organ. By the time he was five, he was playing Jimmy Smith solos verbatim. As the years went on his interest and love for the organ and music grew stronger. During his pre-teen years, his father would bring him to his own gigs and let him sit in. At 10 years of age he began to play in a band in Philadelphia, which featured legendary players Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, and "Philly" Joe Jones on the drums. By the time Joey was16 he signed an exclusive recording contract with Columbia Records, releasing his first record "All Of Me" the following year. This record was single-handedly responsible for the great resurgence of the Hammond sound in popular music. At that time he was called on by Miles Davis to join his band, and toured all over Europe. From his stint with Miles, Joey began touring with his own quartet. By the time Joey was barely into his 20s, John McLaughlin called him along with drummer Dennis Chambers, to form the group the "Free Spirits". This band toured extensively for 4 years.

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