Joey DeFrancesco with Peter Erskine at Viscount booth NAMM 2020

Joey jumped back after his last performance because Peter Erskine showed up and Joey “had” to play with him. The crowd had started to disperse, and I ended up with a prime spot.

[@dojmike]

Rest in peace Joey. I will miss your incredible playing.

[@ericliang4744]

it's ridiculous how 2 guys can sound like an entire band

[@rispalbruno5546]

Non mec , ce n'est pas ridicule , c'est deux musiciens qui ont quarante années de métier , tu verras DeFrancesco jouer les basses au pédalier pour libérer les mains au clavier & Erskine swingue avec une Jazzette minimaliste du feu de Dieu. Tout ça avec une joie et un entrain hors pair !!!!

[@michaelireland7239]

yeah & how some orchectras sound like 2 guys

[@kaded_]

@@Wally-H No he's just playing bass with his left hand.

[@ronin6158]

two hands, two feet, 4 appendages all playing different parts.

[@rhythmfield]

And now we’ve arrived at the drunks’ corner of the comments

[@paulrevelli]

Utterly fantastic. I've gone down the Peter Erskine "rabbit hole" today here on KZbin and just found this. I love both these musicians and this was swingin'. Talk about listening to one another!

[@Alanoffer]

Bass drum snare and ride that’s all he needs to swing ..as usual Joey killing it

[@andrewdressler7076]

RIP Joey DeFrancesco.

[@ddawg470]

This is why I will always study and learn from the master that is MR PETER ERSKINE mind blown🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽 JOEY DEFRANCESCO Nuff said 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽

[@farshimelt]

Peter Erskine proves that it's the drummer, not the drums that matter.

[@Gottenhimfella]

I'm guessing you're not an American (at least not the sort who claims to be a "patriot")?

[@charlietrece7958]

As Joey was jamming away my eyes were fixated on Peter Erskine drumming. Even when he makes mistakes he’s amazingly cool. Boy what a hell of a drummer he is!

[@firstlast4874]

He was paying a lot of attention to Joey's feet

[@lefujyou]

What incredible musicians Joey D and Peter E love the way they look at each other 😮😊

[@kjc9trader491]

.....AWESOME!!! Peter can swing harder with just 1/4 notes, than most can do with a whole lot more!!...

[@Quirin_Niedermeier]

RIP Joey. Now he's playing in heaven with all the greats!

[@williamlowe7718]

I had no idea....truly one of the greatest!

[@pacocasanovas1605]

there will never be another joey 😢❤

[@yourtubles]

Joey's hands and legs have own brain.

[@arlo2203]

wow. i (ignorantly) had no idea erskine was still alive! incredible!! thanks for posting!!

[@scotty6124]

Love seeing Peter still going(and swinging) strong!

[@bluecrueful]

The drummer who played on "Birdland" with Jaco everybody

[@nicolaseverino]

Wow... what Swing! Peter incredible drummer...Joey incredible hammond player...

[@Al_Dente-d1p]

Duh. The sky is also blue.

[@livsviljaab]

R.I.P what a great musician, so sad he missing now

[@GM-xy5tw]

The left and right hand syncopation is amazing.

[@Wally-H]

And that's not mentioning what the feet are doing at the same time!

[@mysteriousmansion1841]

Man they killed it.!!!! So good

[@alexdrummer2175]

Seen Joey "live". He is a beast!

[@MrAlasoft]

This Peter Erskine is a MASTER ..

[@gadymarcus2362]

Magnificent.

[@answersquestioned]

With that facial expression alternating between surprise and amusement Peter Erskine looks like a little jazz buddha.

[@simonpires6184]

RIP Joey ✨

[@6strings5904]

RIP Joey!

[@6strings5904]

What a nice companionships

[@--Kwinto--]

Bravo Italia! Viscount has identical sound to Hammond.

[@UltrafiAV]

Respect!

[@mattd4616]

Outrageously good

[@6strings5904]

What a fun that 2!

[@j.g.p.jr.6497]

🎹Joey DeFrancesco🎹 & 🥁Peter Erskine🥁

[@colossodirodi4340]

What a nice guy is Joey

[@williamlowe7718]

Some real heavyweights just doing what they do!

[@yannmondehard4171]

Wow Joey should chill the f out! What's happening to him. He doesn't care about all the jaws dropping and breaking, he didn't meant to blow our minds but damn that was good

[@mauriceschouten2]

Beautiful 😃

[@place_desjardins]

Sounds great. You had a microphone attached to your camera?

[@JoeMuscara]

Nope. Just the iPhone.

[@TheRealG2024]

woooooooo! PETER WAS AWAKE AND HAD TIME! lord god.....

[@GlenMcGlone]

Pete might just be the greatest drummer alive. Fight me!!!

[@jameshall1648]

Great!

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

love it!!

[@GingerDrums]

Wow... Both their left hands are just something else...

[@texaslonestarrider]

Very Cool! 😎

[@jorymil]

How 'bout that hi-hat from Mr. Erskine?

[@gordongate]

Cant help but but notice Joey has a nice collection of watches,

[@spacejazz6272]

if you had cameras trained onto your hands everytime you did your job you'd probably think it was worth the investment

[@waynemiller6070]

Helps with his great timing. 😂🤣 I don’t even have any kids. (Not a dad)

[@lorenzomorgoni524]

it's beautiful! name of the tune?

[@Ced77000]

There will never be another you. Theme starts @4:45

[@lorenzomorgoni524]

@@Ced77000 thank you so much!

[@spacejazz6272]

man that snare is tuned like ass and yet peter makes it bounce and snap like nobody's business

[@travelingman9763]

There aint another you! LOL

[@ivannio8519]

Top :)

[@Shcapkov]

Барабанщику зачёт.

[@alphabeets]

Woohoo!

[@shecky308]

Joey. what about "shadow of your smile " in med.. bossa.????let me know....!!!!!

[@goof260]

thank god they have huge neck badges to prove who they are...

[@Peter-ic7vj]

Joey,say hi to little richie varola up there ok????

[@claudiopase]

Miiiiiiii

[@andy_travis]

No words.

[@raymondhoelscher3rd762]

ONE OF THE GREATEST ORGANISTS THAT EVER LIVED NOT TO MENTION GREATEST MUSICIAN BECAUSE HE KNEW SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS. NOT TO MENTION KEYBOARDESTS.......AND TALK ABOUT AD LIB!!!

[@arminsteinke2301]

I dont want to think of a world without Peter Erskine.

[@planetsdanny4320]

AHAHAHAHAHAH, great.

[@firstlast4874]

Plenty of great great drummers around. Only 1 Joey though

[@A.ChristopherJohnson]

Word

[@Mikishots]

Every time I see him, all I can think about is the '82 MJF video with Jaco playing The Chicken.

[@Barabyk]

And here is an example of audio recorded with a phone, that you'd likely pay to hear... Proof you need nothing but great musicians to make great SOUNDING music.

[@gadymarcus5297]

magnifco.

[@downpatmusic]

There Will Never Be Another You... Peter on drums is swing'n on that small kit. Joey is lay'n down a mean left hand groove and machine gun accurate song interpretation and solos. Super musicianship and music. Crazy thing, Joey taps the C, B and sometimes the B flat pedal, though the tune is in E flat. I see Jimmy Smith does this too. That's encouraging, because learning to walk the bass with the left foot would be a long time in coming, but tapping those 3 pedals notes on the downbeats for effect, I think could be learned more quickly.

[@TheHulkSLC]

Both legends

[@TheToocold]

This is Bop, you all. REAL Jazz. You all don't nothin' about that.

[@dimitrimoliavko-visotzky381]

that is what I call drive

[@minorrhoads5318]

Watching and listening to these two , i just find my self smiling . blinking marvelous stuff .

[@VLEEZY1]

We know Joey is Great, but that drummer is Super Slick, I mean straight up out of sight

[@Wally-H]

Peter played drums for Weather Report. Enough said.

[@milo8796]

Dixon $150 snare drum

[@josemolina959]

The Joey DeFrancesco and Peter Erskine "two man" Orchestra!

[@sandman93449dm]

Joey is a super talented multi versed multi disciplined artist...I admire him..and I'm a B--3 guy with a Viscount with his name on it...you go Joe.

[@julianwilliamsTSW]

Rest Well Joey D.

[@denniswage9748]

Sometimes, Joey's brain is faster than his fingers, and that my friends is fast.

[@budda777pl]

Killin' ;-!.

[@nicolaigaidai8943]

Джей чувак!!!!!

[@dariomaiello393]

♥️✨

[@sirogatrushel9785]

bravo

[@gcpezzi]

I find myself coming back every week to see that little moment in time between 0:22 and 0:30

[@JakeLindqvist]

wow

[@onceovereasy1529]

Interesting to compare the styles of Peter vs Jeff...two of the best in the biz.

[@barisbbs]

why no alto and tom ?

[@andygee8716]

The art of, less is more.

[@Wally-H]

Could have been down to how much room they had on the stand at this show.