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Joey DeFrancesco: The Champ (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Joey DeFrancesco is this era’s Hammond B-3 star, and rightfully so. He’s a master and a kindred spirit of Jimmy Smith...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TO B-3 OR NOT B-3 . . . A GUIDE TO JAZZ ORGAN TRIOS

Despite the undisputed genius of its most famous player, “The Incredible” Jimmy Smith, the organ has always had to fi...

Joey DeFrancesco: Fly Me to the Moon (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 29, 09

I can appreciate the nuances of chamber jazz or Third Stream experimentation even when the music is recorded in the s...

Danny Gatton & Joey DeFrancesco: Well You Needn't (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

Danny Gatton never achieved a modicum of the fame he deserved. He was a true phenomenon. His guitar style was a cross...

Joey DeFrancesco: Indiana (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

"Wow!" marveled Zoot Sims, watching the 1969 telecast as astronauts first set foot on the Moon. "Look at that! And I'...

Joey DeFrancesco: Sister Sadie (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Using Jimmy Smith's classic Hammond B-3 organ trio lineup, Joey DeFrancesco demolishes the myth that Horace Silver tu...

Joey DeFrancesco: Impressions (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 17, 08

To celebrate the reopening of Manhattan's 5 Spot nightclub, Joey DeFrancesco's band featured an alternating all-star ...

Joey DeFrancesco: I Thought About You (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 29, 09

Organ marvel Joey DeFrancesco is best known for carrying on the tradition of bebop, which was set forth by his mentor...

John McLaughlin: Mattinale (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 26, 08

In the late '60s, McLaughlin was an integral part of a very non-traditional jazz organ trio as a member of the trailb...

John McLaughlin: Thelonius Melodius (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 25, 09

John McLaughlin's Free Spirits featured Dennis Chambers on drums and Joey DeFrancesco on organ. It was the stand...

Jimmy Bruno: Pat's House (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music March 31, 09

About 10 years younger than Pat Martino, Jimmy Bruno is the "other" virtuoso Philadelphia jazz guitarist, if not near...

John McLaughlin: No Return (Rating: 71/100) posted in Music February 25, 09

I have been dreading writing this review. But the time has finally come. I must listen to "No Return" again. In ...

John McLaughlin: No Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 26, 08

McLaughlin's organ trio group The Free Spirits released its one and only album, Tokyo Live, in 1993. It is ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOHN MCLAUGHLIN ON STANDARDS

Editor's note: Guitarist extraordinaire John McLaughlin recently participated in a candid dialogue with jazz.com's W...

John McLaughlin: Afro Blue (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music January 26, 08

McLaughlin's energetic version of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue" from After the Rain is a fully realized treatment of...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOHN MCLAUGHLIN ON STANDARDS

Editor's note: Guitarist extraordinaire John McLaughlin recently participated in a candid dialogue with jazz.com's W...

Pat Martino: Oleo (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

The first thing that listeners will notice about "Oleo" is Joey DeFrancesco's organ sound, which is certainly a throw...

Pat Martino: Catch (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

Martino's medical history is well known. Having suffered a brain aneurysm in 1980 that left him with no memory of how...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JAZZ GUITAR

          The Guitarist, artwork by Suzanne Cerny They say t...

Terry Gibbs: What's New (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

When a superior jazz musician has played a particular standard as his ballad feature over many years, he can enhance ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: GREAT VIBES

Vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, in the notes to his 1989 Overview release, made the following observations about his in...

DeFrancesco, Joey (Joseph Frederick) posted in Encyclopedia December 18, 08

Organist Joey DeFrancesco has almost singlehandedly brought his instrument back into the jazz mainstream since the 19...

Monaco, Tony (Anthony Guy) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Monaco, Tony (Anthony Guy), organist; b. Columbus, OH, 14 August 1959. Monaco is a Hammond B3 Endorser, Clinician ...

McBride, Christian posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

McBride, Christian, bassist; b. Philadelphia, PA, 31 May 1972. His mother is Renee McBride and his father is Lee Smit...

Ludwig, Gene (David Eugene) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ludwig, Gene (David Eugene), Hammond B-3 Organ and piano; b. Twin Rocks, PA, 4 September 1937. His mother was Mary Ki...

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