Over the summer, Joey turned 16, which means it’s time everybody stopped calling him a child prodigy. The more appropriate thing to call him would be “major-label artist,” given that he’s now signed to Verve and performed with such greats as Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, and bassist Esperanza Spalding. Joey, at age 12, was the youngest jazz artist to be show cased at the Grammy Awards.
