Joey DeFrancesco
Jefferson Center 541 Luck Avenue SW #221 , Roanoke, Virginia 24016
2 Shows: Saturday, November 19, 2016 - 7:00pm Saturday, November 19, 2016 - 9:00pm This three-time Grammy nominee, master of the jazz organ, trumpeter and vocalist was a prodigious talent at an early age. He joined the Miles Davis band when he was 17. At 18, he began touring with his own quartet. At 22, John McLaughlin called him along with drummer Dennis Chambers to form the group “Free Spirits.” Subsequently, DeFrancesco worked with greats such as George Benson, James Moody and Ray Charles. He’s won the Downbeat Critics Poll ten times and the Readers Poll every year since 2005.