Jumaane Smith

Jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and composer Jumaane Smith has performed on 5 GRAMMY® Award- winning records, 2 Emmy Award- nominated TV performances, the GRAMMY® Awards with Stevie Wonder, in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, at The White House, on the Today Show, Tonight Show, Oprah, Good Morning America, and American Idol. Jumaane has worked with musical legends such as Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Christian McBride, Kamasi Washington, Alicia Keys, Jon Batiste. He has spent the last 18 years touring and recording with Michael Bublé as lead trumpeter and vocalist and featured soloist, with solo performances at major stadiums and arenas internationally, including Madison Square Garden/NYC, 02 Arena/London, Allianz Stadium/Sydney, Croke Park Stadium/Dublin, BST Hyde Park/London,Budokan Arena/Japan, and more. He 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. As leader for his own band, Jumaane has toured to such world-class venues as Jazz At Lincoln Center, Birdland Jazz Club, Vail Jazz Festival, Java Jazz Festival, Joe's Pub, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Catalina Island Jazz Festival, and many more. As a full scholarship recipient at the Juilliard School of Music’s inaugural class of the Jazz Studies program, Wynton Marsalis was Smith’s primary trumpet teacher.