In the Blue Note at Sea Tent at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Jazz artist José James talks about his career breakthrough moment with Blue Note Records President Don Was.
José James with Don Was
Don Was with Wynton Marsalis
In the Blue Note at Sea Tent at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Blue Note Records President Don Was chats about the cruise with Wynton Marsalis.
Marcus Miller on Blue Note at Sea
Blue Note at Sea music director Marcus Miller does a quick shout-out to the cruise in this short promo filmed at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London.
Cecile McLorin Salvant in Concert
If you haven’t seen Cecile McLorin Salvant perform before, you are in for a real treat. This concert video comes from a show she did at the 2018 San Sebastian Jazz Festival in Spain. Borrowing from the lyrics to her first song: Nothing like her as ever been seen before!
Remembering Oscar Peterson
James Pearson & Dave Newton pay tribute to the legendary pianist in this performance from Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
How about some real swing with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis celebrating the legacy of Count Basie?
Robert Glasper performing “So Beautiful”
Here’s one of our music hosts on Blue Note at Sea, Robert Glasper, performing an acoustic piano version of Musiq Soulchild’s “So Beautiful” live in the Capitol Studios, along with Vicente Archer and Damion Reid.
David Sanborn & Marcus Miller doing “Straight to the Heart”
Let’s go vintage (circa 1986!) with this fun video of David Sanborn & Marcus Miller doing “Straight to the Heart.” That’s Don Grolnick, Hiram Bullock and Buddy Williams also on the session.
Kurt Elling singing Paul Simon’s “American Tune”
Check out this beautiful video featuring Kurt Elling singing Paul Simon’s “American Tune” from Kurt’s album “The Questions.”
José James Album Teaser
Vocalist José James really knocked folks out with his sets of Bill Withers songs during Blue Note at Sea this past year. He’s back on the ship in 2019. Enjoy this interesting trailer about José’s album “Lean on Me” and his affection for Bill’s music. The album comes out September 29.
