Agreed. As an aficionado of the B3, and having played one for a living for about eight years, I have yet to find a performance that even comes close to this display of virtuosity by Joey Francesco. Better than anyone ever could, he captured this extraordinary instrument in its many moods, from its distinctive solo voice to the open chords and full vibrato of a theater organ, played with blinding speed. Now he’s accompanying John Prine as they sip cocktails and smoke cigars in Heaven’s numerous and busy night clubs. (The teetotalers are all in the other place.)
Outstanding! Give me a guitarist who SINGS through his instrument. No regurgitating riffs....let it come out of your heart!!! Beautiful takes on the melody. I don't play guitar, but rest assured I will study it also! Think he might have spent some time listening to Tiny Grimes, if I am not mistaken.
Stunned, shocked and saddened to hear of Joey's passing. Truly a giant in the music world. He surely will be missed. What a great talent cut short. He sho' nuff' had mastery of the organ. We even had a little church on this song. He is now playing for the heavenly choir. Well done Joey! Hasten to your reward!
Yeah, extraordinary ending with a mix of gospel and a sudden but short rendition of Jimmy McGriff’s ‘I’ve Got a Woman.’ What an incredible talent he was.
Total, complete absolute mastery of the instrument. Just takes it way beyond everyone else. Not just technique, but such pretty, tasty, organic, soulful ideas. One of the best performances I've ever heard.
WOW! That gospel outro was the most! Thank you, Joey DeFrancesco for doing your part to help tame mankind with your gift and talent. May GOD bless your legacy and surviving family. In the meantime, I'll keep the music playing.
After watching this video, I just swayed my head in silence for about 2minutes trying to figure out what to say. When God decides to give someone a gift like this, it’s amazing. Joey you are missed down here!
Wow!! Just can’t believe he’s gone!! @ least my wife and I had the pleasure of seeing him @ South Jazz Restaurant last year. OMG! He was incredible! He had that organ talkin’ screamin’ cussin’ everything! Plus played trumpet AND sax on top of it! And his band was amazing as well! 51 is too young OMG! Gone way too soon. May he R.I.P.😔🎹🙏🏾🕊🎶
I've been listening to this every day for a week. This is really other worldly......all these players. Joey is really from another planet. Just amazing.
I met Joey In Oakland California at Yoshi's once. Just the sweetest, most beautiful guy you could ever imagine. Absolutely open and innocent. I was blown away by Joey's wonderful vibe. Besides his ridiculously awesome organ playing, he's an awesome human being!!!! He's on my list of "See him live EVERY time he comes to town!!!"
If he ever comes back around the Yoshi's I will not miss the chance to hear him and let him know how much I've enjoyed his music for over 30 years already!
my father is also a jazz musician and there was nothing he was stoked about (other than marrying my mother and my birth, lol) than meeting/ talking with him.
The Martino album "Live at Yoshi's" is a complete masterpiece. I've transcribed small bits of some of the organ solos, and learned a lot from it, like I should just give up, LOL.
I recently discovered the existence of this great man and his enormous music and soon after that, I got to know he'd died. It was a very socking and sad new for me. RIP. , my friend, wherever you are. I still keep listening to you.
RIP Joey D. I am so glad to hang out and spent some time with you and The Late JIMMY SMITH. Joey was super cool and funny guy. But every one knows He’s playing from Trumpet, Hammond B3, Sax, Bass Upright and Drums just to name few… we’ll Miss you Joey D.
The track Kindred Spirits from Relentless (with Danny Gatton) was like a tribute to my father's death in 2017...Joey meant a lot to me and for him to leave us after his health turned around (he lost a lot of weight) just feels like a kick in the throat. I'm so sorry for his wife and kids. What a loss for everyone who loves this music.
You introduced me to soft shells crab at Davids in chinatown. I will never forget the funny face you made when I tasted the crab for the first time. Rest In Peace Joey
Lord have mercy! I will never forget seeing Joey live at Ram's Head onstage with David Sanborn et al....seeing him blow a Miles Davis style trumpet solo while comping and playing the bass pedals at the same time....the tone of the organ washing over me like the cleansing of the purest waters!!!!! RIP LEGEND!!!
@@rblossey The Hammond organ has no RAM or any other electronic components. It uses electrically powered tone wheels to generate a pure sine wave, which is then replicated through the octaves and the harmonic drawbars. A tube-based amplifier sends the sound to the organ’s internal speakers. Or in the case of the B3, which has no internal speakers, the signal is sent to an external Leslie speaker, whose moving components enable natural acoustic vibrato and chorale to overlay the Hammond’s sound. Both Hammond and Leslie companies are long gone. Though it is theoretically possible to build a new tone wheel organ from scratch, the cost would be prohibitive. Another reason not to do it: the Hammond/Leslie jazz sound was very much of its time: starting in the early 60s.
J'ai appris avec stupéfaction et une immense douleur la disparition de cet immense musicien ...Il savait jouer de tous les instruments ....mais à l'orgue il était impérial....heureusement qu'il aura laissé nombre d'enregistrements…RIP Joe and see you later.....if God want !
Whenever i have a bad few days i come back to this. Cook some good food and vibe with the people that matter in my life. Always brings me back down to earth. This man was legwnd in his time and will forever live on. Thank you joey!!!!
I just cannot stop watching joey. On this song, I also don't know what to say, out of this world? Magical? Crazy?...Ouuuuuuuutstandingly amazingly....like I said, I don't know what to say. It's not hats off but hats thrown away!
Watching this again as it’s one of my favorite renditions of this tune. Was supposed to finally see him for the first time yesterday at the Lewiston Jazz Fest and didn’t even know he passed until the day of. So sad i’ll never witness his greatness in person as I can imagine his presence is godlike. RIP to one of the grand masters of Hammond B3. I’d like to note that Emmet Cohen played a tribute set in his place and really blew me away!
@@Thevamp1reking if you watch the Tutorial on how to play, some of the bass will be played on your left hand.. but key-wise, I don't really think it sounds like it opens up in Eb
@@Thevamp1reking - actually, I think Cory Henry is a better pedal player on the organ. And it looks like Joey is doing most of the bass lines with his left hand.
I have watched this video and enjoyed the music probably 50 times. I love the joy all three are playing with and the audience is giving it right back. Jason Brown has become one of my favorite drummers of today. It makes me sad to know Joey is gone but I'm thankful for all the music he gave us!
Un día una amiga me invitó a un festival de jazz. Dos horas después estábamos viendo a Joey. No podría creer lo que escuchaba. Parecía que salía fuego por los amplificadores, electricidad pura, fue increíble. Quedó para siempre en el corazón. Grande Joey de Francesco, nunca te olvidaremos.
What, a Great Music Talent .Here playing ,Creating Bass lines on the bottom w/ fantastic Keywork . Sax, Trumpet ,extraordinaire...Gone , never Forgotten..Taken Us ,all to Church , what an outro . May God Bless.
This is a joy yet HURTS, painful to watch, cats like Joey are NOT supposed to leave the planet at 51 years of age - I guess God needed an organ player and wanted the very best up there in heaven.
Joey D is such a delight to listen to. With chops galore and the perfect balance of sophisticated jazz and funky soul. WOW is all you can say. Also, I can sense that THIS killer guitar player really inspires him and makes him want to play at his very best !
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RIP to one of the greatest on the organ, we'll miss you.
Yeah this stings.😔🙏🏾🕊🎹🎶
RIP, devastated
A true master
Rest In Peace ⋯my champ
A sad day, indeed.... such a great player. RIP
I return to this over and over. Utterly marvelous.
Agreed. As an aficionado of the B3, and having played one for a living for about eight years, I have yet to find a performance that even comes close to this display of virtuosity by Joey Francesco. Better than anyone ever could, he captured this extraordinary instrument in its many moods, from its distinctive solo voice to the open chords and full vibrato of a theater organ, played with blinding speed. Now he’s accompanying John Prine as they sip cocktails and smoke cigars in Heaven’s numerous and busy night clubs. (The teetotalers are all in the other place.)
Over and over and over
@@johntechwriterBeautifully said!
I will say the same off SOOOO many of Mr. Defrancesco's clips....it is like being washed clean by the mighty B3 in the hands of a master!
Quality never dies.....❤😂🎉
This video makes me smile every time I hear Joey, a poet of the Hammond.
Thanks for all the joy you gave to the world Joey. Our hearts are broken but your music is eternal.
I return to this again and again! Joey's music has lifted me out of the deepest despair!!!
That was one of the most coherent guitar solos I've ever heard
Yes!! Not many like it. It's on my transcription list!
Masterclass 👍🏻
Outstanding! Give me a guitarist who SINGS through his instrument. No regurgitating riffs....let it come out of your heart!!! Beautiful takes on the melody. I don't play guitar, but rest assured I will study it also! Think he might have spent some time listening to Tiny Grimes, if I am not mistaken.
Had the privilege to see Joey live, one of the best concerts I've seen my entire life. RIP one of the all time greats.
Lucky!!!
Same man, by far one of the greatest performances I have ever witnessed and probably ever will…rest in power Joey ❤
Can't believe I just found this - mind blown! RIP Joey. 51 was way too young .
Dang, I totally miss Joey. Thank you Joey you, brought so much love to this world through your music & as a person.
So Sad to lose the Big Man! Just an absolute genius on the B3. May his soul fly free.
RIP Joey. You and your sounds will staying forever in my heart.
Rest in Peace Joey. What a great loss to the music world. 😭
Stunned, shocked and saddened to hear of Joey's passing. Truly a giant in the music world. He surely will be missed. What a great talent cut short. He sho' nuff' had mastery of the organ. We even had a little church on this song. He is now playing for the heavenly choir. Well done Joey! Hasten to your reward!
Yeah, extraordinary ending with a mix of gospel and a sudden but short rendition of Jimmy McGriff’s ‘I’ve Got a Woman.’ What an incredible talent he was.
The guitar player played a stellar solo that matches Joey.... love them both!
CORRECT.
Dan Wilson bro. A beast
First time I’ve heard Dan Wilson, wow! Joey is great too of course.
Fan Wilson One of THE best in THE world
@@migueltarintorres6620 Thanks! 👍
Man, this trio gets it done. Phenomenal. yeah, Joey's left foot gets it done, too.
Oh YA.....
@@dynasticlight8706 I'm an electric bassist, and his two feet are better than my ten fingers.
RIP Joey. Now he's playing in heaven with all the greats!
RIP, Joey. This video was my first exposure.
I'm not a religious person, but AMEN!
Ok HMU. J big ink iki
Well I am, .........and AMEN.
juju! :D
@@eastonpeter1242 "Tell me, are you a Christian, child"? "I am tonight." (Walking in Memphis) lol
When that soulful spirit moves you, we’re all grooved by God whatever God is..
Total, complete absolute mastery of the instrument. Just takes it way beyond everyone else. Not just technique, but such pretty, tasty, organic, soulful ideas. One of the best performances I've ever heard.
Could be talking about all 3 muscians!
You don't get out much, do you.lol
He allows the organ to have its say.
K
Man,all that talent is gone! Glad we have videos of him. Truly one of the Greatest Organist! RIP!😪🙏🏾💖
WOW! That gospel outro was the most! Thank you, Joey DeFrancesco for doing your part to help tame mankind with your gift and talent. May GOD bless your legacy and surviving family. In the meantime, I'll keep the music playing.
I can't stop listening to this moment. I can't stop sharing this to almost everyone I know
He took em to church in that old preaching key.. I love it.
you might say he knows how to bring the party home w/ the right people
You could absolutely see that in the drummer and guitar players' eyes.
A virtuoso, a genius, sorely missed, RIP Joey
After watching this video, I just swayed my head in silence for about 2minutes trying to figure out what to say. When God decides to give someone a gift like this, it’s amazing. Joey you are missed down here!
Joey, We will miss you. RIP and thank you so much
Wow!! Just can’t believe he’s gone!! @ least my wife and I had the pleasure of seeing him @ South Jazz Restaurant last year. OMG! He was incredible! He had that organ talkin’ screamin’ cussin’ everything! Plus played trumpet AND sax on top of it! And his band was amazing as well! 51 is too young OMG! Gone way too soon. May he R.I.P.😔🎹🙏🏾🕊🎶
Found this video last night on YT. I have had this on a loop today. Quincy would be proud!
R.I.P been watching this video hundreds of times
I've been listening to this every day for a week. This is really other worldly......all these players. Joey is really from another planet. Just amazing.
People miss you a lot Joey!
NoBody plays organ like you!
NoBody!!! 🍇🍷🍾🥂🎉😇🇲🇽😎
Went in the local cinema to watch "My Left Foot." Was incredibly disappointed to find it wasn't two hours of Joey D's basslines.
He put his Stamp on 100 ways tribute to James Ingram both of you Thanks for the music R. I.P
RIP Joey. One of the best to ever do it.
And the angels sang JOEY welcome to heaven ❤
I met Joey In Oakland California at Yoshi's once.
Just the sweetest, most beautiful guy you could ever imagine. Absolutely open and innocent. I was blown away by Joey's wonderful vibe. Besides his ridiculously awesome organ playing, he's an awesome human being!!!! He's on my list of "See him live EVERY time he comes to town!!!"
I would love to meet and listen to him for hours, he's gifted!!
If he ever comes back around the Yoshi's I will not miss the chance to hear him and let him know how much I've enjoyed his music for over 30 years already!
I want to meet him too.😳🎶
my father is also a jazz musician and there was nothing he was stoked about (other than marrying my mother and my birth, lol) than meeting/ talking with him.
The Martino album "Live at Yoshi's" is a complete masterpiece. I've transcribed small bits of some of the organ solos, and learned a lot from it, like I should just give up, LOL.
Six years younger than me. Gone! Bye Joey, we will miss you so much!
RIP dear Master, thanks for the glory of your music!
I recently discovered the existence of this great man and his enormous music and soon after that, I got to know he'd died.
It was a very socking and sad new for me.
RIP. , my friend, wherever you are. I still keep listening to you.
Joey ability to effortlessly play that bassline while soloing is mind blowing. The goat…
Never drops the bass
An rip brother.. u will always b remembered. Big❤. I’ll carry the flame as best I can. 🙏❤️🔥❤️🙏
Joey DeFrancesco is probably the best jazz organist, he's so smooth and flawless. He has so many highlights when he plays. 5:54
don't forget Jim Alfredson when he jams w/ Jimmy Smith on "the Sermon"
@@Belchmaster41 Sorry, not even close. Not even in the same galaxy!
RIP Joey D. I am so glad to hang out and spent some time with you and The Late JIMMY SMITH. Joey was super cool and funny guy. But every one knows He’s playing from Trumpet, Hammond B3, Sax, Bass Upright and Drums just to name few… we’ll Miss you Joey D.
This made me so happy I started laughing 😂... fantastic!
I always come back to this video year by year!
The track Kindred Spirits from Relentless (with Danny Gatton) was like a tribute to my father's death in 2017...Joey meant a lot to me and for him to leave us after his health turned around (he lost a lot of weight) just feels like a kick in the throat. I'm so sorry for his wife and kids. What a loss for everyone who loves this music.
Power trio here. Dan Wilson laying it down. What a great song to jammmmm onnnnn.
Big man with nimble fingers! I love how relaxed the drummer is!
You introduced me to soft shells crab at Davids in chinatown. I will never forget the funny face you made when I tasted the crab for the first time. Rest In Peace Joey
The Hammond has a distinct sound of its own...but in the capable hands of Joey DeFransico even more so...a perfect marrige of man and instrument
Lord have mercy! I will never forget seeing Joey live at Ram's Head onstage with David Sanborn et al....seeing him blow a Miles Davis style trumpet solo while comping and playing the bass pedals at the same time....the tone of the organ washing over me like the cleansing of the purest waters!!!!! RIP LEGEND!!!
OMG!!! That Hammond bass!! God bless you Joe
I think Joey's brain has 8GB of extra RAM just dedicated to basslines 😂he really plays what a bassist would, with no compromises!
@@rblossey The Hammond organ has no RAM or any other electronic components. It uses electrically powered tone wheels to generate a pure sine wave, which is then replicated through the octaves and the harmonic drawbars. A tube-based amplifier sends the sound to the organ’s internal speakers. Or in the case of the B3, which has no internal speakers, the signal is sent to an external Leslie speaker, whose moving components enable natural acoustic vibrato and chorale to overlay the Hammond’s sound. Both Hammond and Leslie companies are long gone. Though it is theoretically possible to build a new tone wheel organ from scratch, the cost would be prohibitive. Another reason not to do it: the Hammond/Leslie jazz sound was very much of its time: starting in the early 60s.
@@johntechwriter I was talking about Joey, not the B3 ;) but that's a great, concise explanation of how organs work nonetheless
@@rblossey 😂😂😂😂
@@johntechwriter reading is fundamental
I am heartbroken at his passing, but 09:10 is how I want to remember him... total joy of music.
Music heals my broken heart. Thanks for posting this.
I've came back here so many times over the years. Thanks Joey, RIP
These three are pulling the best from each other. One of the best performances I've ever heard. Thanks for the lift guys. 👍 😊 🙏
True, however, I would say the drummer is a little weaker than the other two, but is solid.
I didn't know Joey DeFrancesco was dead.
Thank you for many wonderful performances.
We pray for the souls.
RIP Joey! Your music is gonna be in my heart forever! Thank You!
When I grow up I wanna be able to do THAT!
J'ai appris avec stupéfaction et une immense douleur la disparition de cet immense musicien ...Il savait jouer de tous les instruments ....mais à l'orgue il était impérial....heureusement qu'il aura laissé nombre d'enregistrements…RIP Joe and see you later.....if God want !
Whenever i have a bad few days i come back to this. Cook some good food and vibe with the people that matter in my life. Always brings me back down to earth. This man was legwnd in his time and will forever live on. Thank you joey!!!!
What an incredibly superb musician Joey D is. Absolutely full of rythm.
Immense.....thank you Joey for the countless hours of pure delight you gave me with your music R.I.P.
I just cannot stop watching joey. On this song, I also don't know what to say, out of this world? Magical? Crazy?...Ouuuuuuuutstandingly amazingly....like I said, I don't know what to say. It's not hats off but hats thrown away!
saw him live in Detroit for jazz fest in 2016 or so and he was playing Trumpet! he still played this song on the B3. RIP. wish I could see him again
Watching this again as it’s one of my favorite renditions of this tune. Was supposed to finally see him for the first time yesterday at the Lewiston Jazz Fest and didn’t even know he passed until the day of. So sad i’ll never witness his greatness in person as I can imagine his presence is godlike. RIP to one of the grand masters of Hammond B3.
I’d like to note that Emmet Cohen played a tribute set in his place and really blew me away!
Rip joey..I will never stop listning to this as long as I live
Very groovy tune with a great Dan Wilson on guitar. I dig it...
Joey D
The best
Bassist
That
Ever lived
The world has lost this amazing talent and genius. Joey you will be missed, the legacy of the music you created will live on.
Tone EE
Man this is Sad! One of the greatest musicians in the world!! RIP.💔
Legendary performance of a Legendary song! Rest Easy Joey DeFrancesco.
The best jazz organ musician on The world's improvisation jazz players 🌍🎶🎶🎶🎹🎹🎹👍👍👍
Joey DeFrancesco is THE MAN. Not to mention those great musicians playing with him, this is music to our souls!
I love your organ, thank you joey.
One of the most memorably impressive youtube uploads.
Thais the way to Play jazz on a Organ!! Joy you are the. Greatest swinger thank you so much my King Charly
The ‘stab’ at 4.26 gets me every time .... I’m on my 35th listen 😂😂😂
36th
4:36 amazing. I just start clapping there after that build up! So cool.
What a way to pass time during the stay home order... Stay Safe
The organ player works the bass with his feet, he is great a lost art! Awesome!
Joey DeFrancesco is probably the best you’ll ever see.
@@Thevamp1reking if you watch the Tutorial on how to play, some of the bass will be played on your left hand.. but key-wise, I don't really think it sounds like it opens up in Eb
@@Thevamp1reking - actually, I think Cory Henry is a better pedal player on the organ. And it looks like Joey is doing most of the bass lines with his left hand.
@@Belchmaster41 I wished they would have shown his feet in the video, but there were some parts where you could see him using his left hand.
RIP Greatest of all time.
The best medicine for soul Dr Joey !
The Master of the B3. Damn, we will.miss you Joey.
I have watched this video and enjoyed the music probably 50 times. I love the joy all three are playing with and the audience is giving it right back. Jason Brown has become one of my favorite drummers of today. It makes me sad to know Joey is gone but I'm thankful for all the music he gave us!
It would have been really nice if Jason Brown was allowed to solo in this one.
RIP Joey, you were one of , when not THE best.
Good gawd, that was wonderful.
Rest in Paradise Joey, your spirit will live on!
Un día una amiga me invitó a un festival de jazz. Dos horas después estábamos viendo a Joey. No podría creer lo que escuchaba. Parecía que salía fuego por los amplificadores, electricidad pura, fue increíble. Quedó para siempre en el corazón. Grande Joey de Francesco, nunca te olvidaremos.
What, a Great Music Talent .Here playing ,Creating Bass lines on the bottom w/ fantastic Keywork . Sax, Trumpet ,extraordinaire...Gone , never Forgotten..Taken Us ,all to Church , what an outro . May God Bless.
This is a joy yet HURTS, painful to watch, cats like Joey are NOT supposed to leave the planet at 51 years of age - I guess God needed an organ player and wanted the very best up there in heaven.
We’re sure gonna miss you Joey!
However, we will love & cherish you forever. ❤️🙏🏻❤️
He's such a joy. He makes everything and everyone better in life and music. Thanks!
Awesome. Some musicians make it look easy. Joey was one of them.
Yeah guitar man, sing, sing!
These guys are playing w so much joy. Lifts the heart. take em to church!
Gosh that Hammond sounds so lovely. Love this and I love jazz. I wish more from my generation felt the same way.
just expose people to this. some will dig it .
OMG!!!! Brings tears to my eyes. What a loss 😢
100 hundred ways indeed......never fail to hear something new every time.
This makes me so god damn happy!
Joey D is such a delight to listen to. With chops galore and the perfect balance of sophisticated jazz and funky soul. WOW is all you can say. Also, I can sense that THIS killer guitar player really inspires him and makes him want to play at his very best !
Dan Wilson.
without a doubt my favorite video on youtube