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Title: Joey DeFrancesco passed away
Post by: andy_c on 27 Aug 2022, 08:53 pm

Sad news.  He was only 51.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/arts/music/joey-defrancesco-dead.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/arts/music/joey-defrancesco-dead.html)

Title: Re: Joey DeFrancesco passed away
Post by: FullRangeMan on 27 Aug 2022, 10:57 pm

Sads news to Jazz and Hammond fans, great musician.
RIP

Title: Re: Joey DeFrancesco passed away
Post by: jmolsberg on 28 Aug 2022, 12:00 am

certainly greatness. RIP

Title: Re: Joey DeFrancesco passed away
Post by: richidoo on 28 Aug 2022, 12:13 am

Awwww that's sad.

He had been living here in Durham, NC after Branford Marsalis invited him to move here back 15-20 years ago, I guess. They did some projects together, Joey recorded for Brandford's label and they both taught at NC Central Univ jazz program in Durham.

I played one big band gig with him in southern CT, back in fall 1985! The bandleader was a trombonist, a cool guy, can't remember his name. Joey was very young, but he was already making a big splash by then. I remember having already read or heard about him before that gig. According to his obit, he must have been only 14 then! Wow, I thought he was older.

RIP Joey

Title: Re: Joey DeFrancesco passed away
Post by: Jeff_From_Michigan on 28 Aug 2022, 12:07 pm

What a great musician.  It is always sad to see one of the elder statesmen pass away. Losing Joey, one of the current generation's true masters, at such a young age, stings particularly bad.

He will be (and already is) missed terribly. Prayers and positive thoughts for healing go out his family, friends, fellow musicians and fans.

Title: Re: Joey DeFrancesco passed away
Post by: ArthurDent on 28 Aug 2022, 11:25 pm

Sad news, gone way too soon. RIP Joey