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Jumaane Smith, Virtuoso Trumpet Player and Michael Bublé Band-member, Launches Solo Album in Europe aane Smith is quite simply an outstanding talent. With his latest album as a leader, Come On Home, he has made a bold statement of intent and the music world is at his feet. With his enormous vocal personality and his gifted artistry for playing the Trumpet audiences all across Europe have a lot to look forward to. Jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and composer Jumaane Smith has performed on 5 GRAMMY winning records (selling more than 60 million copies), 2 Emmy-nominated TV performances, the GRAMMY Awards with Stevie Wonder, in Steven Spielberg’s "West Side Story, " and much more. He has spent the last 18 years touring and recording with Michael Bublé as lead trumpeter and featured vocalist and has toured with his own band to such world-class venues as Jazz At Lincoln Center, Birdland Jazz Club, Vail Jazz Festival, Java Jazz Festival, Loew’s Regency, North Star Festival, Joe's Pub, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Catalina Island Jazz Festival, and many more. 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. Jumaane own experiences of overcoming adversity, early trauma and his upbringing are expressed through therecord, the album serves as a cathartic expression of his thoughts and emotions, offering listeners a passage to his mind. In an interview with WBGO88.3 Jumaane states: "The origins of this new album are really my origins. It's really an autobiographical album. I wrote the majority of the music. We did three songs that are covers on this, but other than that it's all original music. I really wanted to tell my story through this piece." Come On Home was a process of self- discovery, a form of self-reflection and a method of facing past hardships while embracing the joy and refuge found in Jumaane’s life and music. On the album, every note has meaning, every tracks is equally poignant, passionant and hopeful. “If Sam Cooke and Louis Armstrong had a baby and put him in a snazzy suit you’d start to get the picture. HIGHLY recommend. He’s incredible!” – Jordan Hoffman (Writer, Vanity Fair, Vulture & more) “Aside from his amazing talent as a horn player, his vocal gifts really shine!” – Michael Bublé “Whenever Jumaane Smith performs, it’s a celebration...such ferocious skill, emotion, and chemistry, you’ll be crying for an encore!” - Alexa Peters, DownBeat Magazine ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4 Star Review) Jumaane Smith Come On Home European Release: 7 March 2025 Zinn Music Track List 1 I Know 3:03 2 Come On Home 5:17 3 Chief 5:35 4 I’m Gone 2:46 5 St. James Infirmary 4:48 6 Too Little, Too Late 4:47 7 The Other Side Of Me 5:13 8 Jealous 3:30 9 Above The Clouds 2:57 10 Wang Dang Doodle 5:01 (Willie Dixon) 11 You Are So Beautiful 5:30 (Billy Preston & Bruce Fisher) Artist & Musicians Vocals, Trumpet – Jumaane Smith Saxophones – Ian Hendrickson Smith Guitar – Dave Rosenthal Keys - Will Gorman Drums, Percussion – Carmen Intorre Jr. Background Vocals - Sharon Bryant Background Vocals - Audrey Wheeler- Downing Production Produced by Jumaane Smith Recorded at Dreamland Studios Recording Engineer Ariel Shafir Mixed & Mastered by Dave Darlington Photography by Sandrine Lee Mastered at Bass Hit Studio Artwork Design Hayden Millerl |
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