Gloria DeFrancesco is best known for being the wife of Joey DeFrancesco, an American jazz organist, trumpeter, saxophonist, and occasional singer who is being reported to have died on August 25, 2022. He was 51 years old at the time of his death.
Who is Gloria DeFrancesco?
Gloria worked as a production manager and producer for her husband, Joey DeFrancesco. She is credited with many of his songs and albums including In the Key of the Universe, a studio album by Joey DeFrancesco, released March 1, 2019. The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Album and his wife, Gloria played a crucial role as a production manager as well as a producer.
She was also the Producer of Project Freedom an album released in 2017 and worked as an Assistant Producer for Joey DeFrancesco’s latest album More Music. On More Music, Joey DeFrancesco supplements his keyboard virtuoso with his skilled trumpet playing.
Joey DeFrancesco Death & Cause
Joey DeFrancesco’s death was confirmed by some of the people he had worked with including Emiko C-Music. He passed away on August 25, 2022. He was born on April 10, 1971, in Springfield, Pennsylvania, U.S., and was 51 years at the time of his death.
Emiko wrote in her tribute,
“I will not cry tears of sadness. Our dear beloved creator of all things musical, groove, riff, and kindness passed suddenly today. But I, like so many of us, will celebrate his spirit, talent, genius, and friendship. Joey DeFrancesco entered my musical realm when I was nine years old and I got my first cassette tape of him playing.”
“I was mesmerized. I’m still astonished that in my adulthood I got to share countless laughs, jokes, and melodies with him. I know Heaven sure as heck just got groovier while we are here to remember him, play a bit louder, a bit funkier, and a bit kinder. Much love, respect, and rest well Joey. We love you and miss you already. Praying for your wonderful family during this time.”
Joey DeFrancesco was a four-time Grammy Award-nominee, with more than 30 recordings as a leader. Besides his Grammy nominations in 2004, 2010, and 2020, DeFrancesco was a 9-time winner of the Down Beat Critics Poll (organ) and has won the Down Beat Readers Poll every year since 2005.
