For Jackiem Joyner and like many musicians, Gospel music is at the foundation of their start and certainly in the heart.
“I can remember a time when I couldn’t wait until church service was done so I could get a chance to bang on the instruments,” says Joyner. “One day the Pastor of my church told me that I was going to learn an instrument and be very involved in the gospel ministry. I had no instrumental experience and had no idea what he was talking about.”
Church Boy takes me and will take the audience back to church. From the time that I was very young,
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Studio albums
BabySoul, Artizen Music Group, 2007 (features guitarist Peter White and Trumpeter Rick Braun)
Lil Man Soul, Mack Avenue Records, Artistry Music, 2009
Jackiem Joyner, Mack Avenue Records, Artistry Music, 2010 (featuring guitarist Paul Jackson Jr)
Church Boy,
Appearances
He appears as a Guest Artist on
Jackiem Joyner (Soprano Sax) Album Title : The Road (Keiko Matsui 2010)
Jackiem Joyner (Alto Sax) – Album Title : Lessons in Love (Marcus Johnson 2005)
Jackiem Joyner (Alto Sax) – Album Title : Marcus Johnson Smooth Jazz Christmas 2005
Jackiem Joyner (Alto Sax) – Album Title : Marcus Johnson Smooth Jazz Christmas 2005
Jackiem Joyner (Alto Sax) – Album Title : Straight And Smooth (Bobby Lyle 2004)
Honors and Awards
2008 Smooth Jazz News Debut Artist Of The Year . Award Winner
2009 American Smooth Jazz Awards “Song Of The Year” Nominated
2010 Presented with The Keys To The City by Mayor Stephanie Minor of Syracuse NY for Outstanding Achievement in Music along with a Proclamation of August 5, 2010 as “Jackiem Joyner Day”.
Features and Publications
2007 Featured Musician . Cover of BMG Magazine
2007 Featured Musician . Radio and Records (R&R) Magazine . Article by Carol Archer
2009 Featured Performer FOX News . Channel 2 Detroit MI (Feature Artist)
2009 Featured Performer and Guest . XM/ Sirrius Satelite Radio DC and NY . Host WaterColors
2010 Featured Performer and Guest . ABC Bridge Street . Channel 9 . Syracuse NY
2010 Featured Performer and Guest . CBS News . Channel 3 Philadelphia PA
2010 Featured Musician . Essence Magazine . Article by Hillary Crosley
2010 Featured Performer and Guest . Derrick Ashong Experience . On Oprah Radio
References
External links
http://jackiemjoyner.com/
http://www.americansmoothjazzawards.com/
http://blog.syracuse.com/entertainment/2010/07/from_syracuse_to_la_jazz_in_th.html
http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/jackiem-joyner/chart-history/606330
http://www.mackavenue.com/
http://www.essence.com/2010/08/13/jackiem-joyner-jazz/