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

Veronica Swift

Veronica Swift is a GRAMMY®-nominated vocalist celebrated for her virtuosic brilliance, interpretive ingenuity, and versatility, with the Wall Street Journal hailing her as possessing a "miraculous voice."

Raised in a jazz family, she gained international attention in 2015 by winning second place in the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Vocals Competition. Her early albums solidified her position in the upper echelon of modern jazz singers.

Her self-titled album, Veronica Swift, serves as a "transgenre" artistic statement, expanding beyond jazz to masterfully explore French opera, classical music (fusing Chopin with vaudeville, and adapting Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"), bossa nova, and rock/soul (covering Nine Inch Nails and Queen). Swift’s fearless blending of musical traditions, which she honed on the road, cements her authority as one of the most dynamic and multifaceted singers of her generation.

Guest appearance on:

Veronica Swift & Emmet Cohen with Shelly Berg