Press Release

May 6, 2025

For Immediate Release

Press Contact:

Gail Wein - (646) 484-9691

ClassicalCommunications@gmail.com

Baruch Performing Arts Center presents acclaimed jazz trumpeter/vocalist Jumaane Smith on Friday, May 16

Smith and his quartet perform original music and soulful arrangements of songs made famous by Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, and more

Concert marks the return of Milt Hinton Memorial Concerts at Baruch PAC

Baruch Performing Arts Center is in the final stretch of its wide-ranging 2024-25 concert season. On Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7:30 pm, jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and composer Jumaane Smith brings his quartet to the hall David Letterman once called "delightful." Baruch PAC's concert season concludes just a few days later with classical accordionist Hanzhi Wang on May 19.

Jumaane Smith sizzle reel

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 more. For the last 18 years, he's toured with Michael Bublé as lead trumpeter and featured vocalist. He has also worked with musical legends including Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, and Barbra Streisand.

For his concert at Baruch PAC, Jumaane Smith and his quartet - Nick Hempton, tenor saxophone; Will Gorman, piano; Lorin Cohen, bass; Carmen Intorre Jr., drums - will play original music from his acclaimed 2024 album, "Come on Home," along with his soulful arrangements of beloved songs made famous by Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, and more.

This concert marks the return of Baruch PAC's Milt Hinton Memorial Concerts since the pandemic, recognizing the legacy of renowned jazz bassist and longtime Baruch faculty member Milt Hinton. Tickets are $40 general admission, available here.

Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7:30 pm

The Annual Milt Hinton Memorial Concert

Jumaane Smith

and his quartet

Baruch Performing Arts Center

55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010

(enter on 25th Street, between 3rd and Lexington Avenues)

Tickets are $40 available online here

Jumaane Smith, trumpet/vocals

Nick Hempton, tenor saxophone

Will Gorman, piano

Lorin Cohen, bass

Carmen Intorre Jr., drums

May 13-25: Heartbeat Opera's "Faust"

May 16: Jumaane Smith quartet

May 19: Classical accordionist Hanzhi Wang

Baruch Performing Arts Center is at 55 Lexington Avenue (enter on 25th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues, on the south side of the street) in the heart of Manhattan. Praised for its superb acoustics, the Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall has been called "a perfect hall for chamber music" by Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times.