Joey DeFrancesco
Organ Solo on
Joey D

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Joey DeFrancesco leads off the solos with four choruses on organ, the first of three improvisations on the recording. The waltz feel at 190 BPM over the 18-bar form in G lends the solo a distinctive lilting three-beat pulse. DeFrancesco's four-chorus organ solo navigates the unusual form with the authority and swing that have made him the preeminent Hammond B3 player of his generation. Recorded for the album Wonderful! Wonderful! in 2012, the performance captures Joey DeFrancesco at 40 to 41 years old. The track represents the creative partnership between DeFrancesco and Coryell at its most personal, the dedication implicit in the title extending to the musical conversation itself.

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