A few more images from The Jazz Cruise

Matt Wilson

 Here are a few more of my favorite images from the 2023 edition of The Jazz Cruise aboard the Celebrity Millennium. It sailed January 6-13 out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida to and from the Caribbean, after a two-year pandemic-related pause.

Jason Brown, Monty Alexander

 

 

Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Benny Green

Christian Tamburr, Clint Holmes

Bria Skonberg, Nicki Parrott, Niki Haris

Sullivan Fortner

John Hart

Marvin Sewell

Axel Tosca

Samara Joy

Etienne Charles' kit

Trey Henry

Don Vappie, Carlos Henriquez, Wynton Marsalis

Niki Haris, James Morrison, Rodney Whitaker

Ken Peplowski, Wycliffe Gordon, Luke Sellick

Joey DeFrancesco posthumous Hall of Fame induction concert
Randy Brecker, Ken Peplowski, Christian McBride,
Emmet Cohen, John Pizzarelli, Lewis Nash

 

The future of jazz is in good hands

Brett Williams, Brandon Goldberg

Miami-area pianist Brandon Goldberg has soaked up jazz like a sponge takes on water. And he’s been doing so for more than half of his 12 years. He’s a normal kid, polite, poised and eager to learn at every opportunity. Those traits serve him well. That he found his way to jazz – and loves it – is something quite remarkable given the wide variety of musical genres bombarding his peer group.