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The Pace Report: "Universal Joey" The Joey DeFrancesco Interview

Welcome to another edition of The Pace Report featuring legendary jazz organist, Joey DeFrancesco performing new music from his latest Mack Avenue Records release, "In The Key of the Universe."

Joey's new album features jazz and saxophone icon Pharaoh Sanders, drummer Billy Hart, percussionist Sammy Figueroa, and saxophonist Troy Roberts.

On the new record, Joey performs a new version of Pharaoh Sanders's classic, "The Creator Has A Master Plan," from his iconic album "Karma," which marks the 50th anniversary. "In The Key of the Universe" focuses Joey's spiritual growth as a musician and person channeling what jazz legend John Coltrane pioneered in the late 1960s, 'Spiritual Jazz.'

Joey performed the new music last week at The Jazz Standard after returning from a stint in Japan with is trio featuring Billy Hart and Troy Roberts. I sat down with Joey briefly to talk about his spiritual growth, his collaborating with icons Pharoah Sanders and Billy Hart, and how music has changed him as a composer and performer.

For more info on Joey's upcoming club and tour dates please visit him online at www.joeydefrancesco.com or Facebook.com/JoeyDeFrancescoFanPage. To order his latest CD, please visit MackAvenue.com or Amazon.com

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These guys blow me away every single time... EASILY one of my favorite musical groups of any genre

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The Pace Report: "Freedom Music For All People" The Joey DeFrancesco & The Peoples Interview

Congratulations to organist Joey DeFrancesco for his 2017 Recording Academy / GRAMMYs​ nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Album "Protest Freedom" on the Mack Avenue Records label.

This interview shot earlier this year at the famed Birdland Jazz Club​ in New York City features Joey's new band with interviews and performance clips.

Enjoy!

-BP

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The Pace Report: "Freedom Music For All People" The Joey DeFrancesco & The Peoples Interview

Organist Joey DeFrancesco performed music with his new quartet, The People, recently at the famed Birdland Jazz Club in New York City. Joey DeFrancesco & The People's upcoming Mack Avenue Records release "Project Freedom" features Joey on organ, keyboards, and trumpet, Jason Brown on drums, Troy Roberts on saxophones, and Dan Wilson on guitar. The group covers standards such as Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" and James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

In this special edition of The Pace Report, I had the honor of sitting down with Joey and members of The People to discuss the new CD, how they've meshed musically, and why Joey decided to switch from the traditional trio setting to a quartet.

Joey DeFrancesco & The People's debut recording "Project Freedom" will be available in March of 2017 and you can order it on Mack Avenue Records website or you can visit Joey's website at www.joeydefrancesco.com for more info and his upcoming club dates.