I'm not a keyboard player but I played music for a living for many years (guitar and bass). I see Joey going through these changes and playing the bass line on the lower register and it still blows me away. I realize he's done this for many years, but he's just laughing and looking around and playing these lines like he's not even really thinking about where he's going next...it's just mind-blowing to me, still to this day. God, what a wonderful player he is.
Jeff Hamilton on drums is an absolute monster. Listen to what he does during this vamp with a bass drum triplet at 8:14...absolute TNT blowout!!!!! Love you man! And Joey too, same goes for his sax man. Absolute control and power with taste!!! Also, at 7:12 where Jeff snares Joey...beautiful!!!
He was one of the greatest B3 cat's of his generation and his influence can be heard everywhere there is a B3 jazz musician coming up in the jazz music scene. He will be missed but his music will live on forever...RIP my brutha in Jazz!!!
JOEY'S entire family were organists -his father and brother. Joey played with the great Jimmy Smith when he was a young boy. Jimmy's talent certainly comes through. I cherish my Dvd both of Joey and Jimmy. They both are missed and won't be replaced anytime soon.
Wow - Joey at his usual magnificent best! Jeff Hamilton on drums - wow - all those guys who think they need a huge drum set to make that much sound ought to have a look at how Jeff gets a giant sound out of that little set.
from 4 years ago: Jeff Hamilton on drums is an absolute monster. Listen to what he does during this vamp with a bass drum triplet at 8:14...absolute TNT blowout!!!!! Love you man! And Joey too, same goes for his sax man. Absolute control and power with taste!!! Also, at 7:12 where Jeff snares Joey...beautiful!!!
Jeff is fantastic. I couldnt believe my ears duribg his three little 8-bar solos from 5:17 - 6:09!! 😅 That last syncopated, quarter-notes to eighth note-triplet snare-bass fill was so unexpectedly sublime! 😊
I had the pleasure of attending Joey D's saxophone clinic a few months before his transition. Somehow he was also a MONSTER on that instrument. A segment from that session became the core of this tribute video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QphvtS2Xl1Q.html
You mentioned a machine lifting itself which reminds me of a true story from a refinery during a strike. While the union members are out on strike, managers and engineers operate the refinery and maintain it. A go-devil or platform crane is a wonder machine for lifting smaller and lighter parts. It is small and maneuverable. A younger engineer was operating a go-devil and got a flat tire. The engineer had to change the tire himself. To lift the weight off the flat tire, he put the hook on the skirt above the tire. Fortunately, somebody saw what was happening and stopped him. You cannot lift yourself by your bootstraps nor can you lift a crane by hooking onto itself.
I have seen both Joey and Jeff but not together. I saw Jeff play in the restaurant where Beretta’s wife was shot play with Akiko tsuruga and it was great. He is a master and played with all the greats. Joey left us to soon. I hopped I would see him move when he moved to Scottsdale not the case
