Joey DeFrancesco's Goodfellas (1999)
Album review by Brian Bartolini ~allmusic.com
Try to imagine the best Italian-American wedding you've every been to -- the people, the food, the style, the love -- then set it to some great jazz music, Joey DeFrancesco's Goodfellas. Add this killer band to your next wedding party and be prepared to have the time of your life. Plain and simple, this album is 55 minutes of unabated fun.
Joey DeFrancesco (Hammond B-3 organ), Frank Vignola (guitar), and Joe Ascione (drums), three outstanding musicians who grew up in typical Italian-American families, play some of the music on which they were raised. Highlights abound on this brilliant concept piece: the kicked-up, jazzy "Volare," the groovy, tasty "Fly Me to the Moon," the energetic, rollicking "Malafemmena," and the beautiful slow dance "Young at Heart." Even Monk's "Evidence," taken at a blistering pace, is right at home in this setting.
The Goodfellas wrote a couple of tunes for the occasion as well, none better than the bluesy, gutbucket title track. This band has big-time chops, and this music swings like mad.
Tracklist:
01. Speak Softly Love 5:31
02. Volare 4:16
03. Fly Me to the Moon 5:15
04. All the Way 5:12
05. Whack 'Em 4:15
06. Malafemmena 4:06
07. Young at Heart 3:51
08. O Solo Mio 5:14
09. Evidence 4:33
10. Goodfellas 6:11
11. Ya See What I'm Sayin'? 4:44
12. Whack 'Em (reprise) / Tarentella 1:52
Personnel:
Joey DeFrancesco - hammond B3 organ
Frank Vignola - guitar
Joe Ascione - drums
Additional Info:
Produced by John Burk
Executive Producer: Glen Barros
Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
Recording Date: March 17 & 18, 1998
Recorded by Phil Edwards; assisted by Ben Conrad
Mixed by Phil Edwards at PER, Hayward, CA
Mastered by George Horn
Director of Product Development: Alexis Davis
Production Manager: David Millar
Photography: John Abbott
Liner notes by Vinne The Nose (aka. Pete Fallico)
Genre: Hard-Bop/Soul Jazz
Label: Concord Jazz
Year: 1999
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