JOEY DEFRANCESCO RECORDING AT THE CELLAR!
posted by Cory Weeds
 On January 8th to 10th, the baddest b3 burner in the business JOEY DEFRANCESCO will grace the Cellar stage as a guest of The Cory Weeds Quartet to record Weeds' third album as a leader. Rounding out the band will be Joey D's long time drummer BYRON LANDHAM and Vancovuer trumpeter CHRIS DAVIS. This recording will be a stellar followup to EVERYTHING'S COMING UP WEEDS that graced the JAZZ WEEK CHARTS for 19 weeks making it as high as #6. "Snapshot," Joey's latest featuring his original trio of Paul Bollenback and Byron Landham, manages to look both ahead and back — back 15 years to the trio's roots — and ahead to musical triumphs to come. At the same time, the live recording is very much "of the moment" and captures a true snapshot of these great musicians, in the heat of the creative process and preserves it in the ones and zeros of this CD. Joey DeFrancesco has come a long way from "All of Me," his recording debut as a leader made in 1989 as a fresh-faced 17-year-old. From the get-go, the Philadelphia native established his credentials with virtuoso technique and an innate soulfulness that he developed under the tutelage of his father, Papa John DeFrancesco, a B-3 burner in his own right. Combining monstrous chops with a flair for showmanship and an unquenchable urge to burn, DeFrancesco almost single-handedly put the B-3 back in the public eye. Today DeFrancesco is regarded by organ aficionados as the baddest B-3 burner in the business, a claim supported by his seven consecutive DownBeat Critics Polls. TICKETS ARE $69 including the show and a three course meal. A LIMITED NUMBER OF DISCOUNTED TICKETS HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE for STUDENTS AND MUSICIANS. Please email reservations@cellarjazz.com for details. You can also call 604.738.1959. |
