When Joey DeFrancesco was a teenager, Miles Davis took him on the road for a Europe tour. This is the moment Miles 1st noticed him on a Philly TV show

[basquebromance]

RIP to legendary jazz organ monster and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Joey DeFrancesco. He had an incredible knack for laying down the Funk in all the right places. He worked with so many incredible fellow musicians of diverse backgrounds. This loss is incalculable

Joey DeFrancesco, driving force on the Hammond organ, dies at 51

DeFrancesco played in Miles Davis's band as a teenager, brought the sound of the Hammond B-3 organ roaring back to the jazz mainstream in the 1990s and remained the instrument's most visible champion.

www.npr.org

 

[Synthaholic]

Joey died? Oh shit.

 

[basquebromance]

Joey died? Oh shit.

yea it just happened

 

[basquebromance]

Joey died? Oh shit.

Joey DeFrancesco, driving force on the Hammond organ, dies at 51

DeFrancesco played in Miles Davis's band as a teenager, brought the sound of the Hammond B-3 organ roaring back to the jazz mainstream in the 1990s and remained the instrument's most visible champion.

www.npr.org

 

[Synthaholic]

If you listen to the end, you will be richly rewarded.

(He's also kicking bass with his left foot.)