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DeFrancesco, Joey

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Personal name headingDeFrancesco, Joey
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Variant(s)De Francesco, Joey
Francesco, Joey de
DeFrancesco, Joseph Fredrick
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedSpringfield (Delaware County, Pa. : Township) Arizona
Birth date1971-04-10
Death date2022-08-25
Place of birthSpringfield (Delaware County, Pa. : Township)
Place of deathMississauga (Ont.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationOrganists Trumpet players Jazz musicians Composers Band directors
Found inHis All of me [SR] p1989: label (Joey DeFrancesco)
All music guide to jazz, 3rd ed. (De Francesco, Joey; b. Apr. 10, 1971, Springfield, PA; organ, trumpet)
Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999 (DeFrancesco, Joey; b. Apr. 10, 1971, Springfield, PA; organ, composer, trumpet)
Grove music online, June 27, 2018 (DeFrancesco, Joey (Joseph Fredrick); born April 10, 1971, Springfield, Pennsylvania; American organist and leader)
Philadelphia inquirer WWW site, viewed Sept. 15, 2022 (in obituary updated Sep 12, 2022: Joey DeFrancesco, 51, formerly of Springfield, Delaware County, a soulful keyboard prodigy who kindled the jazz renaissance of the Hammond B-3 organ in the 1990s, five-time Grammy Award nominee, and skilled pianist, trumpeter, tenor saxophonist, and vocalist, died Thursday, Aug. 25, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Born April 10, 1971, Mr. DeFrancesco grew up in Delaware County. He moved to Arizona after high school)
Not found inNew Grove dict. of jazz; Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed.; Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed.