Joey Defrancesco Death - Legendary Jazz
Musician, Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer, Radio
Personality, Grammy Nominated Artist Joey
DeFrancesco has passed away. Joey Defrancesco
died Thursday, the 25th of August 2022. He was 51
years old. His cause of death has not been
released. Joey DeFrancesco was an American jazz
organist, trumpeter, saxophonist, and occasional
singer. He has released more than 30 albums under
his name and has been recording extensively as a
side musician with such leading performers as Miles
Davis, Houston Person, and John McLaughlin early in his career

Joey DeFrancesco was born in Springfield
Pennsylvania in 1971. He grew up in a musical family
with three generations of jazz musicians. He was
named after his grandfather, jazz musician Joseph
DeFrancesco, who played the saxophone and
clarinet. His father,
"The Papa" John DeFrancesco,
was a nationally touring organist who received the
Living Legend Award from the Oklahoma Jazz Hall
of Fame in 2013. DeFrancesco began playing the
organ at the age of four and by the age of five was
performing songs by Jimmy Smith verbatim.

From the age of five, his father, John, began taking
him to gigs and allowing him to sit in on sets.
DeFrancesco joined a band in Philadelphia at the
age of ten, which included jazz musicians Hank
Mobley and Philly Joe Jones. He was a regular at
local jazz clubs, opening for Wynton Marsali
B.B. King. Joey DeFrancesco attended the Creative
and Performing Arts High School in Philadelphia.

performing Arts High School in Philadelphia. He
studied music there, specializing in piano and
organ. DeFrancesco received numerous awards in
high school, including the Philadelphia Jazz Society
McCoy Tyner Scholarship. He was a finalist in
Thelonious Monk's first International Jazz Piano competitions

Joey DeFrancesco was 16 when he signed with
Columbia. Next year, he released All of Me. His
performance on All of Me helped revive the organ in
1980s jazz. That same year, DeFrancesco toured
Europe with Miles Davis. He played keyboard on
Davis' album Amanda, which hit No. 1 in 1989.
Inspired by Davis, DeFrancesco began playing
trumpet around the same time. Davis spotted
DeFrancesco on Time Out. Davis asked the show's
host,
"what's your organ player's name," referring to
DeFrancesco. DeFrancesco recorded 5 albums for
Columbia. Where Were You, Part Ill, Reboppin, and
Live at the 5 Spot followed All of Me?

Rest in power king

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