What the BlueNote Jazz Cruise Taught Me About Writing on Medium

There are three types of experiences produced and chartered by Jazz Cruises LLC on Celebrity Cruise Lines, the Blue Note is one. Embarking on it gives a music lover a chance to hear jazz about eighteen hours a day from bow to stern while traveling through the Caribbean. The audience and the talent are all international. Hosted by Marcus Miller and featuring great stars from David Sanborn to Chris Botti and every type of serious Jazz in between.

One of the greatest offerings of the cruise is where these great musicians talk about their personal and professional development. Interviewers include Don Was who is head of Blue Note, Saxophonist David Sanborn who hosted his own late-night music interview program on NBC decades earlier, Christian McBride and Marcus Miller who also host their own programs on SiriusXM’s Real Jazz and, of course, Mark Ruffin also a host on the same channel.

Gerald Clayton, a pianist, talked about his work and, as is a theme of all musicians, how much streaming music affected their income.

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