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Smooth Jazz New York Announces the 2012 Smooth Cruise Schedule

Smooth Jazz New York is pleased to announce a star-studded contemporary jazz line up for the 2012 Smooth Cruise Series, now in its 15th year aboard The Spirit of New York cruise ship. This summer’s roster includes nine shows featuring 16 of the world’s greatest jazz artists in an intimate setting,* Wednesday evenings from June 27th through August 29 with 2 Shows at 6:30pm and 9:30pm.* (Note: No shows are scheduled on July 4th). The Smooth Cruises set sail from Pier 61, Chelsea Piers (23rd St & West Side Highway) and cruise down the Hudson River, offering exceptional music as…

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Truly Smooth Sailing with Pieces of a Dream

For our final Smooth Cruise of the 2011 summer season, Pieces of a Dream took the stage on Wednesday night, played old favorites, new tunes, and really got the audience moving. The men from Philly, played to a very enthusiastic crowd with Facebook comments the following day noting, “…it was off the hook… The boat docked and they were still playing. Great show,” “classic side! Stanley T. [Turrentine] did it a very long time ago… Kudos!,” “These young brothers are doing it and carrying on the pieces of a dream…,” and "Pieces of a Dream was awesome last nite! Perfect…

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“Sista Rachelle Ferrell, got it all!”

We thought the first feedback we received late last night on Facebook regarding the Rachelle Ferrell Smooth Cruise would make the perfect headline for this piece. Rachelle certainly DID it all yesterday evening, blending her incredible 6 octave vocal range with a truly unique and witty repartee with the crowd. Playfully improvising musically with quips about her surroundings, the talented artist covered everything from the Spirit Cruise name to the hum of the engine to boats speeding past the ship’s windows, right on through to her well-known tunes — wrapping it all up beautifully in an entertaining evening. Fans at…

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Norman Brown & Richard Elliot Rock the Boat!

It was quite a Wednesday night out on New York Harbor as the Smooth Cruise rocked with two sold out shows featuring Norman Brown and Richard Elliot. After a beautiful summer evening on the water with a memorable show from these two top artists, fans disembarked describing the performances as “amazing,” “fantastic,” and “out of this world.” Today on Facebook, the raves and “likes” continued to come in…"It was an awesome show last night," said one fan, who also thanked us for the show. (Our pleasure!) Another proclaimed, "Awesome show last night!!!!!!! These two rocked the ship. The ship docked…

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