Joey DeFrancesco, reigning king of the Jazz organ, dies at 51
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 on Thursday. He was 51.
Gloria DeFrancesco, his wife and manager, announced his death on social media, but did not provide a cause.
Few jazz artists in any era have ever dominated the musical language and popular image of an instrument the way DeFrancesco did with the organ — as early as 17, when his head-turning debut was released on Columbia Records.
He exhibited supreme technical command at the keyboard, reeling off ribbons of notes with his right hand.
At: https://www.npr.org/2022/08/26/1119560655/joey-defrancesco-driving-force-on-the-hammond-organ-dies-at-51
Renowned Jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco, 1971-2022.
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