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Joey DeFrancesco

A virtuoso jazz musician who became a master of vintage Hammond organ grooves, Joey DeFrancesco helped spark a resurgence in popularity for the instrument in the 1990s, working with some of the greats including Miles Davis, Van Morrison, and John McLaughlin. Born in Springfield, Pennsylvania On April 10, 1971, his father, Papa John DeFrancesco, used to play in the Dorsey Brothers swing band and was a big figure on the Philadelphia jazz scene, and young Joey started plonking away on his Hammond B-3 Organ from the age of four. His ear for music and natural feel for improvisation wa...