For those unaware, releasing on March 27th, 2026 via Solid Jackson Records/Palmetto Records, Jackson plays Dylan explores three decades of songs from the iconic singer-songwriter, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Dylan songbook with guest vocalists Lisa Fischer and Nicole Zuraitis.

“Saxophonist Javon Jackson, he of the sonorous tenor tone and the inquisitive musical mind... [is known as] one of the dauntless players of his era.” – R.J. DeLuke, All About Jazz.

On the heels of his acclaimed two-album collaboration with the late poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson embarks on a new project paying tribute to one of America’s most revered songwriters, whose own work has been hailed for its intricate poetry and outspoken politics.

Jackson Plays Dylan finds the saxophonist delving into songs spanning more than three decades of the legendary songwriter’s career, from still-poignant folk anthems to incisive and timeless love songs.

Jackson is joined on the album by pianist and keyboardist Jeremy Manasia, bassist Isaac Levine, drummer Ryan Sands, and Grammy-winning guest vocalists Lisa Fischer and Nicole Zuraitis. “I have a deep respect for Bob Dylan’s musicianship and his commitment to the craft,” Jackson says. “I’m a fan.”

1. One for Bob Dylan
2. Blowin’ in the Wind
3. Hurricane
4. Gotta Serve Somebody [feat. Lisa Fischer]
5. Lay, Lady, Lay
6. The Times They Are A-Changin’
7. Forever Young
8. Tombstone Blues
9. Like a Rolling Stone
10. Mr. Tambourine Man
11. Make You Feel My Love

With one foot in the past and one foot in the future, Javon opens his new recording on the vibrantly grooved Javon original One for Bob Dylan and the dutifully steadfast, yet connecting Blowin’ in the Wind, and then we get the dynamically sculpted Hurricane, and engagingly respectful Gotta Serve Somebody (that features the vocal power of Lisa Fischer), before one of my own personal Dylan favorites, the sumptuous, and a little sweltry in parts Lay, Lady, Lay is brought forth.

Along next is an impassioned growth within his rendition of the timeless classic The Times They Are A-Changin’ and the alluring Forever Young, and they are in turn backed seamlessly by the absorbing poetry within Tombstone Blues (noted as being a Coltranesque modal revision), his beautifully connecting cover of the Gospel-imbibed Like a Rolling Stone, the set rounding out on the warmly rounded swing of Mr. Tambourine Man, closing on one of Dylan’s most heartfelt songs, here done within the structure of rhythmic balladry on the enduring Make You Feel My Love.

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