The Jazz Series is back at the Water Street Plaza Amphitheater. Enjoy three nights of jazz performances in an outdoor setting. Up Sept. 23, Jazz trumpeter, vocalist and composer Jumaane “Sweet Baby” Smith has performed on five Grammy Award-winning records (selling more than 60 million copies), two Emmy Award-nominated TV performances, the GRAMMY Awards with Stevie Wonder, in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” and more. He has spent the last 17 years touring and recording with Michael Buble as lead trumpeter and vocalist, has toured with his own band to venues such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, Vail Jazz Festival, Java Jazz Festival, Loew’s Regency, North Start Festival, Joe’s Pub, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Catalina Island Jazz Festival, and many more. Smith has worked with musical legends Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Christian McBride, Barbra Streisand and many more.
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