Joey DeFrancesco
Joey DeFrancesco comes from a musical family and began sitting in on his father’s gigs when he was 5. At 17, DeFrancesco released his first record, All of Me, credited for the resurgence of the Hammond sound in popular music, and joined Miles Davis on tour throughout Europe. DeFrancesco, plays about 200 shows a year with various musicians, has been selected as Down Beat’s top jazz and organist in the critics and readers poll every year since 2003. Joey DeFrancesco performs at Chris’ Jazz Cafe.
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