Jackiem Joyner Keiko Matsui Europa THE SMOOTHJAZZ LOFT

Enjoy the great sound of Jackiem Joyner This track featuring Keiko Matsui is from his new album EVOLVE. As a young turk on the contemporary jazz scene, saxophonist Jackiem Joyner is far from complacent and staid in his sound and style. Not afraid to challenge the fan base that took him to No. 1 twice and Top 3 two more times on the Billboard chart, Joyner gets adventurous on his fifth album, Evolve, which will be released April 29th by Artistry Music, Mack Avenue Records. Its his first on which he wrote and produced the entire set, including the first single going to radio in midMarch, Generation Next, an uptempo urbanpop track with vibrant flashes of strings that provide a contrast to Joyners gentle melodic sax. Juxtaposing invigorating otherworldly sonicscapes under tender sax melodies, Evolve is a dynamic, highlyrhythmic session that is unpredictable laced with traces of the familiar. Listening will take you to a different place while defining Joyner as a musici