Jumaane Smith

"Jumaane is a very special artist... a unique and irresistible creative voice”

 - Don Heckman, Downbeat Magazine, USA

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Jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and composer Jumaane Smith has performed on 5 GRAMMY Award- winning records (selling more than 60 million copies), 2 Emmy Award-nominated TV performances, the GRAMMY Awards with Stevie Wonder, in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story (trumpet solo actor), at The White House, on the Today Show, Tonight Show, Oprah, Good Morning America, and American Idol.

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Jumaane has spent the last 18 years touring and recording with Michael Bublé as lead trumpeter and vocalist and featured soloist, was a member of Harry Connick Jr.’s house band for the syndicated daytime TV show “Harry,” and the featured guest soloist for Jackie Evancho’s, “Songs of the Silver Screen” world tour backed by a 60-piece symphony orchestra.

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Smith has worked with musical legends such as Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Christian McBride, Barbra Streisand, Alicia Keys, Jon Batiste, Kamasi Washington, and Theo Croker. As a full scholarship recipient at the Juilliard School of Music’s Jazz Studies program, Wynton Marsalis was Smith’s primary trumpet teacher. 

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Jumaane has toured with his own band to such world-class venues as Jazz At Lincoln Center, Vail Jazz Festival, Java Jazz Festival, Birdland Jazz Club, North Star Festival, Joe's Pub, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Catalina Island Jazz Festival, and many more.

Jumaane Smith’s critically-acclaimed debut album, “I Only Have Eyes For You,” features special guests Michael Bublé, Jackie Evancho, and Naturally 7. His sophomore album, “When You’re Smiling,” was released to much praise in January 2020. His highly-anticipated third album, “Come on Home,” was released by Zinn Music on August 16, 2024.

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As a composer, Smith has scored music for films such as “Handsome Harry” (starring Steve Buscemi and Jamey Sheridan) and the documentary “Being in the World,” as well as for his own recordings and the interactive sheet music company Tomplay.

Smith's true love is composing and recording his own jazz melodies – especially when Michael Bublé recorded on Smith’s debut album “I Only Have Eyes For You.”

“It’s very rare he’ll do (recordings) as a sideman, so I was really fortunate he agreed to do it for me,” Smith says. “We recorded in the same room together, and it was a really cool, organic experience. That was an amazing thing to do.”

Smith looks forward to an equally amazing experience at his upcoming show.

“For me, music is my passion, and it gives me so much joy and hope,” he says. “Hopefully (the audience) will feel how uplifting and inspiring it is for me."