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Joey DeFrancesco at the Green Mill
Joey DeFrancesco at the Green Mill
Date Posted: April 28 2011
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JOEY DeFRANCESCO TRIO
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 6 & 7, 2011
"DeFrancesco is an energetic, unpretentious, soulful, swinging virtuoso who oozes confidence. His style, though heavily influenced by Jimmy Smith(whose settings on the organ he favors), comes across as personal and
intimate." - Paul de Barros, DownBeat
Hammond B-3 organist Joey DeFrancesco will return to the Green Mill, 4802 N.Broadway, to perform on Friday, May 6, from 9PM until 1AM and on Saturday, May 7, from 8PM until midnight. He will be accompanied by Fareed Haque on
guitar and George Fludas on drums.
Combining monstrous chops with a flair for showmanship and an unquenchable urge to burn, DeFrancesco almost single-handedly put the Hammond B-3 organ back in the public eye after it had fallen out of favor since its golden period during the 1960s and early 1970s.
Joey DeFrancesco has come a long way from "All of Me", his recording debut as a leader made in 1989 as a fresh-faced 17-year-old. From the get-go, the Philadelphia native established his credentials with virtuoso technique and
an innate soulfulness that he brought to bear on the hulking Hammond B-3 organ which belied his young age but spoke of his deep Philly roots under the tutelage of his father, Papa John DeFrancesco, a B-3 burner in his own
right.
Today DeFrancesco is regarded by organ aficionados as the baddest B-3 burner in the business (a claim supported by his 2010 Grammy nomination). No organist today plays with the skill, harmonic depth, and authority of this
phenomenon from Philly. With over 20 solo releases and historic associations with legends such as Miles Davis, Jimmy Smith, Bobby Hutcherson, Elvin Jones and John McLaughlin, DeFrancesco's place in the idiom's history is cemented.
PERFORMANCES:
FRIDAY MAY 6 9PM-1AM $15 COVER
SATURDAY MAY 7 8PM-MIDNIGHT $15 COVER
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