Last Friday night, Cècile McLorin Salvant was on the same Los Angeles to St. Louis flight with me and my wife. That we were departing Los Angeles at the same time was not surprising as both of us were coming from our Journey of Jazz ’25 cruise. That we were both going to St. Louis […]

Journey of Jazz ’25 – The Ultimate Jazz Experience For 25 years, Signature Cruise Experiences and its predecessors have provided the finest jazz experiences in the world. Starting with The Jazz Cruise in 2001, our presentation of straight-ahead jazz has been second to none. Never wavering from our mission to present the finest jazz musicians […]

Sleeping in my own bed, drinking my own coffee and heading out to play tennis means we are home and back to our regular Saturday routine. That feels good, but, in all candor, I would rather be sailing still on Journey of Jazz ’25. So much happened in such a short time that my report […]

Journey of Jazz ’25 – Simply Wonderful Journey of Jazz ’25 has been one of the best music cruise experiences we have ever presented.  Musically, we started the first night in Vancouver with Marcus Miller’s History of Jazz show, which featured almost every performer on the cruise. Then in postcard-worthy Victoria, we were treated to […]

After last night’s fabulous opening show which featured host Marcus Miller educating, entertaining and enlightening us about the History of Jazz, our “journey” has taken us to Victoria BC for a full day in port to be followed by an evening with Diana Krall. Marcus’ History of Jazz show has been a staple of several of […]

Jazz Notes, From Vancouver;While We Are Away Cruise Specials “Jazz Notes, From Vancouver“? Now, those are four words that have never been written before in this column. A large portion of the Signature Cruise Experiences’ team is either in Vancouver or on their way here in anticipation of our sailing (Journey of Jazz ’25), which […]

The ’25 – ’26 NFL season is kicking off (literally) this weekend. Already off to a memorable start with Jerry Jones joining the Bill Belichick “What Was I Thinking?” club as the Micah Parsons-less Dallas Cowboys lost to the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. This is a perfect time to talk about the interaction […]

Sailing, Launching & Planning Prior to ’25, September would be a month of planning for the upcoming sailings in January and February, as well as starting to talk about lineups for future cruises. When we added a fall sailing for ’25 and a 5-day cruise in January right before our traditional four-week programming, our operations became […]

If you are looking for a great jazz experience this Labor Day Weekend, the search is an easy one. In alphabetical order, Aspen, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, District of Columbia and Vail each have a “jazz” festival planned, though the term “jazz festival” often has a more historic than current meaning. The Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor […]

Labor Day Weekend Edition For years, Labor Day Weekend for Signature Cruise Experiences meant a trip to Vail Colorado for the Vail Jazz Festival. Great music. Beautiful scenery. Hanging with jazz fans, mainly our guests from The Jazz Cruise and spending time with one of the first couples of jazz, Howard and Cathy Stone.  We […]