Joey DeFrancesco

Christian McBride, Esperanza Spalding and Branford Marsalis are among the jazz and blues artists in the running for the 62nd Grammy Awards. The Recording…

When you ask organist Joey DeFrancesco where the spark of his instrument burns, he’ll tell you right away: organ greats Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff, along…

There are probably better uses for a time machine — but if you could drop in on the band room at Philadelphia's High School for Creative and Performing…

Joey DeFrancesco has spent the last 30 years as a reigning Hammond B-3 organ hero, building on the rich tradition we know as soul jazz. What that means in…

In this week's playlist, hybridism reigns.Dan Weiss and Starebaby, “Badalamenti”Starebaby, the astonishing new album by drummer and composer Dan Weiss,…

There are many paths to a killer groove, and few fixed parameters. The most important criterion is an intangible: just how good, how essentially right,…