Joey DeFrancesco
Organ Solo on
Solitude

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Joey DeFrancesco follows Larry Coryell with a single chorus on organ, completing the solo section. At a ballad tempo of 61 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in G♭, the performance unfolds with spacious lyricism and emotional depth. DeFrancesco follows with a full chorus on Hammond B3 organ, modulating to G-flat major and bringing the instrument's unique sustain and tonal color to one of Ellington's most intimate compositions. Recorded for the album Wonderful! Wonderful! in 2012, the performance captures Joey DeFrancesco at 40 to 41 years old. The performance demonstrates that DeFrancesco's musical world extends far beyond the uptempo grease and groove for which the organ is sometimes stereotyped, revealing his capacity for genuine emotional depth and ballad sensitivity.

Joey DeFrancesco was 40 to 41 years old at the time.