Ku wa gatatu, isi ya jazz yababajwe n'urupfu rw'impanda y'icyamamare na Miles Davis mugenzi we Joey DeFrancesco afite imyaka 51.
DeFrancesco yari azwi ku izina rya “Umwami wa Jazz” kubera uburyo bushya bwo gucuranga impanda ndetse n'ibitaramo ashishikaye byatumye ashimwa cyane. Yatangiye gukora umwuga kuva afite imyaka 16 na alubumu zirenga 30 ku izina rye, harimo na Grammy 1997 yatowe muri Jazz Performance Nziza Zigezweho kuri Album yise “Wari urihe?”
Yasohoye alubumu ebyiri ku giti cye muri 2019: Muri Urufunguzo rw'isi n'ubwisanzure bw'umushinga, byombi byakiriwe neza n'abanegura ku isi. Mubuzima bwe butangaje, DeFrancesco yakoranye nabacuranzi benshi bakomeye nka John McLaughlin, Stanley Clarke, Pat Metheny, George Benson, Roy Hargrove nabandi benshi. Inganzo ye yageze kure cyane yumuziki ubwayo - mu 2008 yakinnye muri documentaire ivuga kuri jazz yise “Komeza Komeza 'On” iyobowe na Alan Hicks yerekanaga ingaruka yagize ku bamukikije binyuze mu kwigisha amasomo y’umuziki abana bato muri Philadelphia aho yari atuye vuba aha mbere yo gupfa kubera impamvu zisanzwe mu ntangiriro ziki cyumweru.
Umurage wa Joey DeFrancesco uzakomeza kubaho bitanyuze mu majwi ye gusa ahubwo no mu bantu bose bagize ingaruka ku muziki we cyangwa ku nyigisho ze mu myaka yashize. Nkuko twibuka Joey uyumunsi turashobora guhumurizwa tuzi ko nubwo umwami umwe yagiye undi undi azahaguruka vuba aha umwanya wacyo - nkuko ibikoresho byo gusudira uruganda rwabikoze mugihe cyo gutanga umusaruro wo hejuru wo gusudira ufite ubuziranenge buke ariko ubushobozi bukomeye bwo kuvanga ibyo byateguwe byumwihariko kubakiriya bakeneye kuburyo bahora babona neza ibyo bakeneye igihe cyose bagarutse bashaka ikintu gishya cyangwa kimenyerewe kimwe!
Igihe cyo kohereza: Werurwe-01-2023