Joey DeFrancesco, who brought the richly enveloping sound of the Hammond B-3 organ roaring back into the jazz mainstream in the early 1990s, reigning as its preeminent ace for more than 30 years, died ...

Jazz great Joey DeFrancesco is dead at 51, his wife and manager Gloria DeFrancesco announced Friday. “The love of my life is now in peace with the angels. Right now I have very few words. Thank you ...

Joey DeFrancesco, a driving force behind bringing the Hammond organ back into jazz music, died Thursday, his wife said on social media. He was 51. Gloria DeFrancesco posted news of his death on Friday ...

is enjoying some time home in Arizona. The jazz man has cut back on his road shows, from the staggering total of 200 to 250 to a more manageable number of about 100 concerts a year. “I still love ...

Jazz Times once hailed Joey DeFrancesco as "the best B3 player on the planet." For obvious reasons. DeFrancesco died Thursday. He was 51. His label Mack Avenue confirmed the news on its website and ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with music critic Nate Chinen about the legacy of iconic jazz Hammond organ player Joey DeFrancesco, who died on Thursday. The jazz world has lost its preeminent specialist of ...

“March 1, 2020 — a day I’ll never forget,” began trumpeter Étienne Charles’ Instagram post. “Creole Soul opened for Joey DeFrancesco, part of the ‘We Always Swing’ Jazz Series’ 25th Anniversary ...

In the 1970s, before he became a famed performer, Joey DeFrancesco was already at the prodigious age of 10 (!) playing gigs with the likes of Philly Joe Jones, Shirley Scott, and Hank Mobley at local ...

The jazz world has lost its preeminent specialist of the Hammond organ. Joey DeFrancesco turned heads for decades, starting with his major label debut at age 17. (SOUNDBITE OF HAMMOND ORGAN PLAYING) ...