COME ON HOME
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For Your GRAMMY Consideration:
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Come on Home
Best Jazz Performance: Come on Home
Best New Artist: Jumaane Smith
Best American Roots Performance: St. James Infirmary
Best Instrumental Composition: Chief
Best Arrangement, Instruments & Vocals: Jealous
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella: Too Little, Too Late
Record of the Year: Come on Home
Album of the Year: Come on Home
Song of the Year: Come on Home
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Dave Darlington
PRAISE FOR JUMAANE SMITH AND COME ON HOME
" The album is a delight! More than anyone else I’ve heard recently, a set by Jumaane Smith and his band is truly a revel without a pause."
– Will Friedwald, The Sun
“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)
"I transcended - thank you Jumaane Smith for the music - eternally grateful!"
- Saam Niami (Writer, NY Times, Interview Magazine & more)
“Smith’s journey is nothing short of inspiring!”
JAZZIZ
"His career has been nothing short of extraordinary."
- Caribbean Life
“One of the greatest trumpeters performing today…always a treat to enjoying an evening with Jumaane Smith and his incredible music!”
– Magda Katz, Times Square Chronicles
"Smith leaves nothing in the tank as he puts his full force as an instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer into this music!"
Matt Lohr, Tales of Lohr
“Some very soulful vocals!”
– WTJU Radio
What would Louis Armstrong sound like if he were a contemporary artist?
Probably Jumaane Smith…
Jumaane Smith is releasing his much-anticipated third album, Come on Home, on August 16, 2024 on the Zinn Music record label. Comprised of mostly original works by Jumaane Smith, this deeply emotional album seamlessly traverses jazz, blues, and contemporary soul, with nostalgic echoes of classic albums from those genres. Jumaane Smith’s critically-acclaimed debut album, “I Only Have Eyes For You,” featured special guests Michael Bublé, Jackie Evancho, and Naturally 7, and his sophomore album, “When You’re Smiling,” was released to much praise in January 2020.
COME ON HOME represents a deeply personal and ultimately redeeming homecoming for me. While the title song expresses the pain and blues of personal loss, the album tells a story that includes early trauma and grief alongside the joy and refuge I found in jazz. Following an illustrious sideman career - with Harry Connick, Jr., Jackie Evancho, and an 18-year run with Michael Buble - I am now taking center stage as bandleader and composer. With this album, comprised of my original work and new arrangements, I am truly coming home.
- Jumaane Smith