Jan 19 – 26 Jazz Cruise

Since 2001, The Jazz Cruise has presented the very best straight-ahead jazz in the world in a setting like no other. 2019 will set the bar even higher, with nearly 100 jazz musicians on the ship, combining exciting new talent with longtime favorites. Join us for almost 225 hours of incredible music, presented festival-style over 7 jam-packed days, and discover—or rediscover—why The Jazz Cruise is rightly known as “The Greatest Jazz Festival at Sea.”

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THE JAZZ CRUISE DEBUTS: 

CHUCHO VALDÉS QUARTET • JOEY ALEXANDER • SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE
BANDS: CLAYTON BROTHERS QUINTET • TOMMY IGOE SEXTET • BRECKER BAND PIANO/ORGAN: SHELLY BERG Music Director
JOEY DeFRANCESCO • RENEE ROSNES • BILL CHARLAP TRIO • BILL CUNLIFFE • EMMET COHEN • TAMIR HENDELMAN • EDWARD SIMON
VOCALISTS: CYRILLE AIMÉE • ELIANE ELIAS • JOHN PIZZARELLI • STEVE TYRELL • MARY STALLINGS • NIKI HARIS • VERONICA SWIFT
DRUMS/PERCUSSION: JEFF HAMILTON • LEWIS NASH • DENNIS MACKREL • ERNIE ADAMS • OBED CALVAIRE • WARREN WOLF (vibes)
KENNY WASHINGTON TROMBONES: WYCLIFFE GORDON • ROBIN EUBANKS • JOHN FEDCHOCK • JOHN ALLRED • JENNIFER WHARTON
REEDS: BENNY GOLSON • HOUSTON PERSON • JEFF CLAYTON • KEN PEPLOWSKI • JIMMY GREENE • GARY SMULYAN • ERIC MARIENTHAL
RICKEY WOODARD • DICK OATTS • MIGUEL ZENÓN • DAVID SÁNCHEZ • ADA ROVATTI TRUMPETS: RANDY BRECKER • JAMES MORRISON
SEAN JONES • ETIENNE CHARLES • MIKE RODRIGUEZ • TERELL STAFFORD • BIJON WATSON BASSISTS: JOHN CLAYTON Big Band Director• TOM KENNEDY
MARC JOHNSON • DAVID FINCK • NICKI PARROTT • CHRISTOPH LUTY • MATT PENMAN • PETER WASHINGTON • More to be announced