Name: In the Key of the Universe
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Joey DeFrancesco’s hard-swinging small-group albums have delivered fluency, grit and romance for decades.. This album stands in that uplifting tradition... a repertoire drenched in the vibes... — Jazzwise, May 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th Apr 2019
Catalogue No: MAC1147LP
Label: Mack Avenue
Length: 58 minutes

Grammy Awards

62nd Awards (2019)

Nominee: Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Joey DeFrancesco: Inner Being

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Joey DeFrancesco: Vibrations in Blue

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Joey DeFrancesco: Awake and Blissed

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Joey DeFrancesco: It Swung Wide Open

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Joey DeFrancesco: In the Key of the Universe

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Pharoah Sanders, Leon Thomas: The Creator Has a Master Plan

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Joey DeFrancesco, Pharoah Sanders (leadvocalist)

Joey DeFrancesco: And So It Is

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Joey DeFrancesco: Soul Perspective

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Joey DeFrancesco: A Path Through the Noise

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Joey DeFrancesco: Easier to Be

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On his adventurous album, ‘In the Key of the Universe’, the master organist Joey DeFrancesco turns his musical attentions to his spiritual side, tapping into a strain of metaphysical jazz that’s fuelled sonic searchers for more than half a century. Joining him on this path to musical enlightenment is the legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders.

’In the Key of the Universe’ arrives almost exactly 50 years after the release of ‘Karma’, the landmark album by Sanders. One of the primary exponents of spiritually-oriented jazz, Sanders makes three guest appearances on the album, including an update of his best-known track from Karma, the cosmically influential “The Creator Has A Master Plan.” Playing drums on that track was the great Billy Hart, who reunites with Sanders, as well as DeFrancesco. Hart makes up part of the core band along with percussion virtuoso Sammy Figueroa, who has played with almost literally everyone over the years, from Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins to David Bowie and Patti Smith to Mariah Carey and Diana Ross. The multi-talented saxophonist Troy Roberts, shows off his skills on tenor, soprano, alto, and even the acoustic bass. At the centre of it all is the always scintillating organ work of DeFrancesco, who retains his trademark robust swing and gritty funk while striking out in freer, more exploratory directions.

It may seem like a change in direction, but unexpected travels into new territory has been a central tenet of DeFrancesco’s music throughout his remarkable career.

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May 2019

Joey DeFrancesco’s hard-swinging small-group albums have delivered fluency, grit and romance for decades.. This album stands in that uplifting tradition... a repertoire drenched in the vibes of spiritual jazz.

April 2019

DeFrancesco signals the spiritual focus of his music with solemn gongs, whirring rattlers and dinging bells. But his energizing grooves belie the meditative

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