Jumaane Smith
About
Jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and composer Jumaane Smith has performed on five Grammy Award-winning records (which sold more than 60 million copies), two 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.
Smith has spent the last 18 years touring and recording with Michael Bublé as lead trumpeter, vocalist, and featured soloist. He was a member of Harry Connick Jr.’s house band for the syndicated daytime TV show Harry, and was the featured guest soloist for Jackie Evancho’s Songs of the Silver Screen world tour, backed by a 60-piece symphony orchestra.
Smith has toured with his own band to world-class venues such 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.
His 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 to enormous critical acclaim on August 16, 2024, and remained in the top 50 of the JazzWeek chart for 12 consecutive weeks.
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 has worked with musical legends such as Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Christian McBride, Barbra Streisand, Alicia Keys, Kamasi Washington, Jon Batiste, Theo Croker, Etienne Charles, and many more. As a full scholarship recipient to the Juilliard School of Music’s Jazz Studies program, Wynton Marsalis was Smith’s primary trumpet teacher.