Jazz Cruises Conversations

Jazz Cruises Conversations invites you to escape to the high seas for the most intimate and candid conversations in music. Go beyond the stage for full-length interviews with the biggest names in jazz and smooth jazz, recorded live on the world's premier floating music festivals.

Guided by veteran host Lee Mergner (and other musicians, comedians, and on-board talent), hear legends open up about their careers, creative process, and lives on the road, all recorded exclusively on sailings of The Jazz Cruise, Blue Note at Sea, Botti at Sea, and The Smooth Jazz Cruise. Mergner and his crew’s knowledgeable perspectives ensure these aren't just chats—they are engaging, entertaining, and truly informative deep dives into the music.

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Signature Cruise Experiences is the Gold Standard for Charter Theme Cruises since 2001. In that time, we have produced over 100 full ship theme charters, most of which featured a significant music theme and top performers.

Our goal has been to present the very best musicians possible and do so with authenticity and professionalism. Our music venues are the best at sea and our sound production is Performing Art Center quality. Nothing but the best for our talent which translates to the very best for our guests.

Guest

Chris Brubeck

Chris Brubeck is a GRAMMY®-nominated composer and innovative performer, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "a composer with a real flair for lyrical melody—a 21st Century Lenny Bernstein.”

As an authority in contemporary music, he has created an impressive body of work, including band and chamber pieces, and multiple concertos for trombone and stringed instruments.

He maintains a demanding touring and recording schedule, performing on bass and trombone with the Brubeck Brothers Quartet and the jazz-funk-blues-Americana trio Triple Play He also tours with Brubecks Play Brubeck and has been an orchestral soloist and Artist in Residence.

For over 20 years, Chris Brubeck was a long-standing member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. He co-wrote the orchestral piece Ansel Adams: America with his father, which was a 2013 GRAMMY® finalist for Best Instrumental Composition.

Guest appearance on:

Dan & Chris Brubeck: The Maestro, Mio & "The Real Ambassadors"