Ring in the new year with one of the greatest organists around as The Joey DeFrancesco Trio returns to the B3-loving Andy’s Jazz Club in Chicago. Joey DeFrancesco is the undisputed king of the B3, the best jazz organist in the world. If you dig Joey, you’re not alone and you’re in pretty good company.

He wowed Jack McDuff as a child and Miles Davis dug him and took him on the road when he was only 17 years old. What a great artists to hear on New Year’s – anytime you have the opportunity to hear a virtuoso like this, you should take it. Joey is joined by another accomplished organist, Pat Bianci, vocalist Colleen McNabb and long time musical partner Byron Landham on drums. They Will perform at Andy’s on New Years Eve and on Friday, January 2nd and Saturday, January 3rd.

Joey DeFrancesco has come a long way from All of Me, his recording debut as a leader made in 1989 as a fresh-faced 17-year-old. From the get-go, the Philadelphia native established his credentials with virtuoso technique and an innate soulfulness that he brought to bear on the hulking Hammond B-3 organ which belied his young age but spoke of his deep Philly roots under the tutelage of his father, Papa John DeFrancesco, a B-3 burner in his own right.

Through the 1990s, Joey was widely recognized as spearheading a renewed interested in the Hammond organ, an instrument that had fallen out of favor among musicians and the public since its golden period during the 1960s and early 70s.

Joey’s latest recording, Joey D!, features Joey with Jack McDuff alumnus Jerry Weldon on tenor and long time trio member Byron Lanham on drums. On his previous Concord release, Live: The Authorized Bootleg, Joey features tenor titan George Colman on a burning live outing with his trio at Yoshi’s.

Location:
Andy’s Jazz Club & Restaurant
11 E. Hubbard St.
Chicago, IL 60611
312-642-6805
http://www.andysjazzclub.com

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