Caribbean Life 08/13/24

On August 16, jazz vocalist and trumpeter Jumaane Smith, a native of Seattle, Washington, will be celebrating the release of his new album, Come on Home. “This album is my life experience put into music, all of the ups and downs, peaks and valleys, trials and tribulations,” Smith says.

When Smith was a kid he went through a lot of tough things at home, and in the midst of all that trauma, the power of music found him. His interest in wanting to become a musician started at the age of 10 when he started playing the trumpet, and soon after, it became his closest friend and the one thing in life I felt was uplifting and positive for him.

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