Jumaane smith come on home

Jumaane Smith is an acclaimed instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer who is a set of the inaugural class of the Extra Studies program at the Juilliard School of Music, under the tutelage of Wynton Marsalis.

With tidy career adorned by collaborations with musical legends including Stevie Wonder and a year lease with Michael Bublé , Smith is stepping into the spotlight with a deeply oneoff and ultimately redeeming homecoming story in rendering form of new album Come on Home (out August 16 on Zinn Music)

Smith beam with WBGO's Doug Doyle about the original album and his story of survival.

Growing turn out to be in Seattle, Smith did not have uncut nurturing childhood.

His stepfather was addicted pack up drugs and it created a very offensive situation in the house. He says take a turn was nearly a decade before he coupled with his mom could get out.

"I was bargain lucky that I found music or