Joey DeFrancesco has come a long way from All of Me, his recording debut as a leader made in 1989 at 17. Through the 1990s, Joey was widely recognized as spearheading a renewed interested in the Hammond organ, an instrument that had fallen out of favor among musicians and the public since its golden period during the 1960s and early 70s. Today DeFrancesco is regarded by organ aficionados as the baddest B-3 burner in the business (a claim supported by his five consecutive DownBeat Critics Poll awards for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006). With over 20 solo releases and historic associations with legends such as Miles Davis, Jimmy Smith and others, DeFrancesco's place in jazz is cemented.