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Jazz Appreciation Month is in full swing and we couldn’t be enjoying it more. Jazz is the driving pulse behind the energy of our guests and the excitement about our programs. Let’s look at some of the highlights and what’s coming up.

Earlier this year, many of you saw...

Recently, we added land-based excursions to our programming on several cruises. Sometimes words are used to describe something without regard to their true meaning. I wondered if “excursion” was one of those words. It was not. The Oxford Dictionary defines “excursion” as “a short journey or trip, especially one engaged in as a leisure activity.” Accurate, but, for us, not...

When I think about Jazz Appreciation Month, I wonder if that means that we should be proselytizing and advocating to others to appreciate jazz or if this is a call to consider what we appreciate about jazz?

Both are legitimate and worthwhile pursuits.

Trying to share the love of jazz with others has long been a p...

It was the Summer of 2000 when we began to advertise our first cruise program, The Jazz Cruise 2001. We went to some office supply store and used their mimeograph machine to churn out 1,000 copies of a flyer. Sometimes I can still smell the ink. I would share whether I liked that fragrance or not, but it might disclose too much information!

The front of the f...

Ever wonder how a lineup is created for a particular cruise? Lord knows, we wonder how it happens all the time. What could (and perhaps should) be a methodical, calculated process of selecting talent that works for the program and forms an identifiable karma all its own is often a random series of good luck and bad luck with ...