Held annually in January, Jam Cruise is a music festival

Music festival

A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...

 on a cruise ship

Cruise ship

A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the way...

. It features artists of the jam band

Jam band

-Ambiguity:By the late 1990s use of the term jam band also became ambiguous. An editorial at jamband.com suggested that any band of which a primary band such as Phish has done a cover of be included as jam band. The example was including New York post-punk band Talking Heads after Phish performed...

 genre playing at multiple venues aboard the vessel. While some aspects of the journey are typical of all cruise lines (ports of call with shore excursions, abundant dining opportunities), other features are unique to the Jam Cruise experience - most notably, intimate performances by bands from the top of the scene. Each of the past 9 Jam Cruise sailings have sold out. This highly coveted event is considered to be the highlight of the year for bands and fans alike.

Destinations

• Jam Cruise 1 was held January 6-10, 2004 and made stops at Nassau, Bahamas
  Nassau, Bahamas
  Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
  
   and Key West
  Key West
  Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida on the North American continent at the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys. Key West is home to the southernmost point in the Continental United States; the island is about from Cuba....
  
  , Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
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• Jam Cruise 2 was held January 10-14, 2004 and made stops at Nassau, Bahamas and Key West, Florida.
• Jam Cruise 3 was held January 6-10, 2005 and made a stop at Freeport
  Freeport, Bahamas
  Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone located on the island of Grand Bahama of the North-west Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 50,000 acres Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone located on the island of...
  
  , Bahamas.
• Jam Cruise 4 was held January 7-13, 2006 and made stops at Ocho Rios
  Ocho Rios
  Ocho Ríos is a town in the parish of Saint Ann on the north coast of Jamaica. Although he landed in many spots along the Jamaican coast, many believe that Christopher Columbus first set foot on land in Ocho Rios...
  
  , Jamaica
  Jamaica
  Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
  
  , Grand Cayman
  Grand Cayman
  Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the nation's capital, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles southwest of Little Cayman and 90 miles southwest of Cayman Brac.-Geography:Grand Cayman encompasses 76% of...
  
   and Costa Maya
  Costa Maya
  Costa Maya is a small tourist region in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, the only state with Caribbean Sea. This municipality is close to Chetumal on the border with Belize, until recently British Honduras...
  
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• Jam Cruise 5 was held January 2-7, 2007 and made stops at Cayo Levantado and Grand Turk Island
  Grand Turk Island
  Grand Turk Island is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands with . It contains the territory's capital, Cockburn Town and the JAGS McCartney International Airport...
  
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• Jam Cruise 6 was held January 4-9, 2008 and made stops at Roatan, Honduras and Cozumel, Mexico.
• Jam Cruise 7 was held January 4-9, 2009 and made stops at Belize City, Belize and Costa Maya, Mexico
  Costa Maya
  Costa Maya is a small tourist region in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, the only state with Caribbean Sea. This municipality is close to Chetumal on the border with Belize, until recently British Honduras...
  
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• Jam Cruise 8 was held January 3-8, 2010 and made stops at Ocho Rios, Jamaica and George Town, Grand Cayman.
• Jam Cruise 9 was held January 4-9, 2011 and made stops at Roatan, Honduras and Costa Maya, Mexico.

Artist list

• Jam Cruise 1 – Bill Nershi
  Bill Nershi
  Bill Nershi was a founding member and acoustic guitarist in The String Cheese Incident, a US jamband from Boulder, Colorado....
  
   & Liza Oxnard; Dirty Dozen Brass Band
  Dirty Dozen Brass Band
  The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band. The ensemble was established in 1977 by Benny Jones together with members of the Tornado Brass Band...
  
  ; The Disco Biscuits; DJ Z-Trip
  DJ Z-Trip
  Zach Sciacca, better known as Z-Trip, is an American DJ and producer. He is best known as a pioneer of the mashup movement.A Phoenix, Arizona native, who now resides in Los Angeles, California, he was known early in his career for performing with the Bombshelter DJs . He became widely known when...
  
  ; Galactic
  Galactic
  Galactic is a funk and jazz jam band from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.-Origins and background:Originally formed in 1994 as an octet and including singer Chris Lane and guitarist Rob Gowen, the group was soon pared down to a sextet of: guitarist Jeff Raines, bassist Robert Mercurio,...
  
  ; Karl Denson's Tiny Universe; Ming + FS; Mofro
  MOFRO
  JJ Grey & MOFRO is a soul/funk/R&B/blues/southern rock band from Jacksonville, Florida composed of JJ Grey , Andrew Trube , Anthony Farrell , Anthony Cole and the "Hercules Horns" Dennis Marion , Art Edmaiston JJ Grey & MOFRO (formerly billed just as Mofro) is a soul/funk/R&B/blues/southern...
  
  ; Particle
  Particle (band)
  Particle is an American jam band formed in Los Angeles in 2000. The original members were Dave Simmons , Steve Molitz , Eric Gould , and Darren Pujalet . Simmons died shortly after the formation of the band due to a sudden illness. Guitarist Charlie Hitchcock joined shortly thereafter...
  
  ; Peter Rowan's Crucial Reggae; Jerry Joseph; Tishamingo; Umphrey's McGee
  Umphrey's McGee
  Umphrey's McGee is an American progressive rock jam band based in Chicago whose music is often referred to as "progressive improvisation", or "improg" ....
  
  ; Rob Wasserman
  Rob Wasserman
  Rob Wasserman is an American bass player, who has played with a wide variety of musicians including David Grisman, Lou Reed, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Bruce Cockburn, Van Morrison, Rickie Lee Jones, Brian Wilson, Elvis Costello, Mark Morris, Aaron Neville, Chris Whitley, Studs Terkel, Pete Seeger,...
  
  ; Keller Williams
  Keller Williams
  Keller Williams is an American musician from Fredericksburg, Virginia, who began performing in the early 1990s. He is also known by the names K-Dub or just Keller, when performing. Williams' music combines elements of bluegrass, folk, alternative rock, reggae, electronica/dance, jazz, funk, and...
  
  

• Jam Cruise 2 – The Codetalkers
  The Codetalkers
  The Codetalkers were a jazz, rock and roll band from Savannah, Georgia, composed of Bobby Lee Rodgers, , Mark Raudabaugh and Andrew Altman . The band was formed in 1999, upon the meeting of Rodgers and Col. Bruce Hampton at a show at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta...
  
   feat. Col. Bruce Hampton; The Disco Biscuits; DJ Medi4; DJ Motion Potion; Galactic; Hackensaw Boys; Mark Karan
  Mark Karan
  Mark Karan is an American guitarist and singer, best known for his ongoing work with Bob Weir & RatDog. He also leads the band Jemimah Puddleduck.-Career:...
  
  ; Karl Denson's Tiny Universe; Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
  Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
  Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade is one of many musical projects involving Primus bassist Les Claypool. The original band was formed in summer 2000 and consisted of: Les Claypool , Todd Huth , Jay Lane , Jeff Chimenti , Skerik , and Eenor...
  
  ; Michael Franti and Spearhead; New Monsoon
  New Monsoon
  New Monsoon is at its core a rock jam band that is based in the San Francisco, CA area that was founded in 1998 by Penn State classmates Bo Carper and Jeff Miller.-History:...
  
  ; Particle; RAQ
  RAQ
  RAQ are a psychedelic, progressive rock quartet from Burlington, VT. They are a part of the jam band scene.-History:The group formed in 2000 with original keyboard player Marc Scortino and released their first studio effort "Shed Tech" a year later. In 2002 Scortino left the band and was replaced...
  
  ; Rebirth Brass Band
  Rebirth Brass Band
  The Rebirth Brass Band is a New Orleans brass band. The group was founded in 1982 by tuba/sousaphone player Philip Frazier, his brother, bass drummer, Keith Frazier and trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, and other school marching band members from Joseph S. Clark Senior High School in New Orleans’ Tremé...
  
  ; Rob Wasserman; Yonder Mountain String Band
  Yonder Mountain String Band
  The Yonder Mountain String Band is an American progressive bluegrass group from Nederland, Colorado. Composed of Dave Johnston, Jeff Austin, Ben Kaufmann, and Adam Aijala, the band has released five studio albums and several live recordings to date.- History :The band's history stretches back to...
  
  

• Jam Cruise 3 – Aron Magner & Marc Brownstein
  Marc Brownstein
  Marc "Brownie" Brownstein is the founder and bassist of Philadelphia-based jamtronica band, The Disco Biscuits. He is also a co-founder and co-chair of voter registration group, HeadCount, as well as the host of weekly radio show, "Jamtronica," on Sirius Satellite Radio's jamband channel, Jam...
  
  ; Benevento/Russo Duo
  Benevento/Russo Duo
  The Benevento/Russo Duo is an alternative jazz/rock band from New York City, featuring Marco Benevento on keyboard instruments and Joe Russo on drums.-History:Benevento and Russo met while in junior high school in New Jersey...
  
  ; Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit
  Aquarium Rescue Unit
  Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit is an experimental rock group originally founded by Col. Bruce Hampton. The band gained popularity in the Atlanta club scene in the early 1990s and went on to tour with the first H.O.R.D.E. Tour. During the initial years, the band was composed of...
  
  ; DJ Harry; DJ Logic
  DJ Logic
  DJ Logic is an American turntablist active primarily in jazz and with jam bands.Kibler was born and raised in The Bronx. An early interest in hip hop led to his using the turntables, practicing often. Kibler was also interested in funk and jazz music, and began collaborating with various musicians...
  
  ; DJ Medi4; DJ Omen; Galactic; Garaj Mahal
  Garaj Mahal
  Garaj Mahal is a four piece band, based in the United States, playing a fusion of jazz, Indian music, rock, and especially funk: Kai Eckhardt , Fareed Haque , Alan Hertz , Sean Rickman and Eric Levy...
  
  ; Leslie Helpert; Jazz Mandolin Project
  Jazz Mandolin Project
  The Jazz Mandolin Project is led by mandolinist Jamie Masefield with a rotating cast of other musicians. Although not really a “jazz” band they are influenced by a variety of styles. Formed in 1993, the Burlington Vermont based, improvisational ensemble’s self-titled first album was released which...
  
  ; Karl Denson's Tiny Universe; Les Claypool's Frog Brigade; Mofro; North Mississippi Allstars
  North Mississippi Allstars
  North Mississippi Allstars is a Southern rock/blues jam band from Hernando, Mississippi, founded in 1996. The band is composed of brothers Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson , and Chris Chew...
  
  ; Ozomatli
  Ozomatli
  Ozomatli is a seven to ten piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and their wide array of musical styles - including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, rap, and others.In a 2007 NPR interview, band...
  
  ; Perpetual Groove
  Perpetual Groove
  Perpetual Groove is an American jam band that originated in 1997 in Savannah, Georgia. PGroove incorporates a blend of traditional Southern rock, funk, jazzy improvisation, indie rock and synth loops...
  
  ; Peter Rowan & Tony Rice
  Tony Rice
  Tony Rice is an American acoustic guitarist and bluegrass musician. He is considered one of the most influential acoustic guitar players in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and acoustic jazz.Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced New...
  
  ; Remarkable Elba Kramer; Robert Walter's 20th Congress
  Robert Walter (musician)
  Robert Walter is a keyboard player specializing in instrumental soul jazz on the Hammond B3 organ. He is a founding memberof The Greyboy Allstars, and has since led his own band Robert Walter's 20th Congress.-Biography:...
  
  ; STS9; Tishamingo; Umphrey's McGee; Keller Williams; Zilla
  Zilla
  , also known as the American Godzilla, is a movie monster that first appeared as the title character in the 1998 Roland Emmerich film Godzilla. The design by Patrick Tatopoulos is that of a hunched bent-over marine iguana...
  
  

• Jam Cruise 4 – Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
  Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
  Antibalas is a Brooklyn-based afrobeat band that is modeled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive Orchestra...
  
  ; Béla Fleck & The Flecktones; Les Claypool
  Les Claypool
  Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool is an American musician and writer, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus. Claypool's playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends and slapping.Claypool has also self produced and engineered his...
  
  ; Critters Buggin
  Critters Buggin
  Critters Buggin is a Seattle, Washington-based instrumental group which performs in a jazz, rock and African-influenced, eclectic style. The band is composed of Matt Chamberlain , Skerik , Brad Houser Critters Buggin is a Seattle, Washington-based instrumental group which performs in a jazz, rock...
  
  ; Digable Planets
  Digable Planets
  Digable Planets is an American alternative hip hop trio based in New York City, composed of Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler , Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving . They released their debut album Reachin' in 1993, and their follow-up album Blowout Comb in 1994...
  
  ; Everyone Orchestra; Fantastic 4; Galactic; Gomez
  Gomez (band)
  Gomez are an English indie rock band from Southport, comprising Ian Ball , Paul "Blackie" Blackburn , Tom Gray , Ben Ottewell and Olly Peacock . The band is distinguished for having three singers and four songwriters, employing traditional and electronic instruments...
  
  ; Hairy Apes BMX
  Hairy Apes BMX
  Hairy Apes BMX is an Austin, Texas, USA-based band playing an eclectic mix of rock, jazz, Latin, afro-funk, hip-hop, and punk.-Current members:* Mike Dillon - vibraphone, percussion, vocals* John Speice - drums, percussion* J.J. Richards - bass, vocals* E...
  
  ; Honkytonk Homeslice
  Honkytonk Homeslice
  Honkytonk Homeslice is a band created by The String Cheese Incident frontman Bill Nershi. The band consists of Bill Nershi, his wife Jilian Nershi, and singer-songwriter, Scott Law...
  
  ; Kang vs. Bassnectar; Karl Denson's Tiny Universe; Gabby La La
  Gabby La La
  Gabby La La, is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist , signed to Prawn Song Records. Her music is self described as "fun, unique, crazy kooky". La La's eccentric debut album, Be Careful What You Wish For..., is a collaboration with Les Claypool that though "peculiar.....
  
  ; Scott Law; The Lee Boys
  The Lee Boys
  The Lee Boys are a funk and gospel band based out of Miami, Florida. The band plays in the Sacred Steel tradition that arose out of the musical stylings of the House of God Church. The band plays a mixture of funk music and gospel lyrics, staying true to their roots as a religious group...
  
  ; Michael Franti and Spearhead; New Monsoon; Remarkable Elba Kramer; Steve Kimock Band; Umphrey's McGee; Keller Williams; Zilla

• Jam Cruise 5 – ALO
  Animal Liberation Orchestra
  Animal Liberation Orchestra is an American musical group, currently signed on Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records label. They have released three full length albums...
  
  ; Jeff Austin
  Jeff Austin
  Jeff Austin is a mandolinist and singer best known for being a part of the Yonder Mountain String Band....
  
  ; Oteil Burbridge
  Oteil Burbridge
  Oteil Burbridge, in Washington, D.C.), is a Grammy Award-nominated American multi-instrumentalist, specializing on the bass guitar, trained in playing jazz and classical music from an early age. He has achieved fame primarily on bass guitar during the current resurgence of the Allman Brothers Band...
  
  ; Burning Spear
  Burning Spear
  Winston Rodney, OD , also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.-History:...
  
  ; Deep Banana Blackout
  Deep Banana Blackout
  Deep Banana Blackout is a New Orleans style Jazz-funk band from Fairfield County, Connecticut. Formed in the summer of 1995 when members of two bands joined forces in their spare time to run through old Funk & Soul standards...
  
  ; The Derek Trucks Band
  The Derek Trucks Band
  The Derek Trucks Band has been called a "group of musicians that share a passion for improvisation and musical exploration" by a reviewer at Allmusic....
  
  ; Luther Dickinson
  Luther Dickinson
  Luther Dickinson is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the North Mississippi Allstars as well as lead guitarist for The Black Crowes...
  
  ; Dirty Dozen Brass Band; The Disco Biscuits; DJ Afro; DJ Le Spam; DJ Logic; Eric Krasno; Galactic; Garage A Benevento
  Garage A Trois
  Garage A Trois is a quartet including drummer Stanton Moore, saxophonist Skerik, vibraphone and percussionist Mike Dillon and keyboardist Marco Benevento. They play a variety of music including rock, funk and jazz.- History :...
  
  ; The Greyboy Allstars
  The Greyboy Allstars
  The Greyboy Allstars are a San Diego funk and jazz group created in the early 1990s. The group began as collaboration of DJ Greyboy with Karl Denson during weekly shows at the Green Circle Bar in San Diego and on the DJ Greyboy albums Home Cooking and Freestylin’...
  
  ; JJ Grey; Hot Buttered Rum
  Hot Buttered Rum (band)
  Hot Buttered Rum is an American five-piece progressive bluegrass act based in the San Francisco Bay Area....
  
  ; Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk; Los Amigos Invisibles
  Los Amigos Invisibles
  Los Amigos Invisibles is a multiple-Grammy nominated and Latin Grammy winning Venezuelan band that plays a blend of disco, acid jazz and funk mixed with Latin rhythms...
  
  ; New Mastersounds; Patterson Hood; Perpetual Groove; George Porter, Jr.
  George Porter, Jr.
  George Porter, Jr. is a musician best known as the bassist and singer of The Meters. Along with Art Neville, Porter formed the group in the mid 60's and came to be recognized as one of the progenitors of funk. The Meters disbanded in 1977, but reformed in 1989...
  
  ; Railroad Earth
  Railroad Earth
  Railroad Earth is a roots and Americana-based newgrass band from Stillwater, New Jersey. Their name was borrowed from the Jack Kerouac short story "October in the Railroad Earth," to which the band also has a song by the same name...
  
  ; Rolla
  Rolla
  -People:*Alessandro Rolla , Italian composer, violin and viola virtuoso*Antonio Rolla , Italian composer, violin and viola virtuoso*János Rolla Hungarian violinist and conductor*Stefano Rolla -Places:United States*Rolla, Kansas...
  
  ; Scrapomatic
  Scrapomatic
  Scrapomatic is an American blues duo, consisting of two performers, Paul Olsen, and Mike Mattison. Backed by other musicians, they have performed together since the mid 1990s, and the duo often open for The Derek Trucks Band, of which Mattison is also a member, performing as their lead vocalist...
  
  ; The Stanton Moore Trio
  Stanton Moore
  Stanton Moore is a drummer raised in Metairie, Louisiana. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career and recorded with bands as diverse as jazz-funk keyboardist Robert Walter and heavy metal act Corrosion of Conformity...
  
  ; Tea Leaf Green
  Tea Leaf Green
  Tea Leaf Green is a five-piece jam band from San Francisco Bay Area, comprising Josh Clark , Trevor Garrod , Reed Mathis , Scott Rager , and Cochrane McMillan .-History:Tea Leaf Green began in the fall of 1996, when Scott Rager met Ben Chambers on the...
  
  ; Umphrey's McGee; Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band; Yonrico Scott Band; Zero

• Jam Cruise 6 – Warren Haynes
  Warren Haynes
  Warren Haynes is an American rock and blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Haynes is best known for his work as long time guitarist with The Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was a guitarist for David Allan Coe and The Dickey...
  
  ; Michael Franti & Spearhead; Funky Meters feat. Art Neville
  Art Neville
  Art Neville is an American singer and keyboardist from New Orleans.-History:Neville is a part of one of the most famous musical families of New Orleans, the Neville Brothers...
  
  , George Porter Jr., Russell Batiste & Ian Neville; Yonder Mountain String Band; Galactic; The Dark Star Orchestra; Soulive
  Soulive
  Soulive is a funk/jazz trio that originated in Woodstock, New York, and is known for its solos and catchy, upbeat songs. The band consists of Eric Krasno , Alan Evans , Neal Evans...
  
  ; Toots & the Maytals
  Toots & the Maytals
  Toots and the Maytals, originally called simply The Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group and one of the best known ska and reggae vocal groups. According to Sandra Brennan at Allmusic, "The Maytals were key figures in reggae music...
  
  ; Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings; The Everyone Orchestra feat. Kimock, Fishman, Coffin & Janover; Perpetual Groove; Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
  Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
  Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is an American rock band from Waitsfield, Vermont.-Career:Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' lead vocalist is multi-instrumentalist Grace Potter, who attended St. Lawrence University for two years before pursuing music professionally...
  
  ; Lotus
  Lotus (rock band)
  Lotus is an instrumental electronic jam band formed in Indiana in 1999 now based in Philadelphia, PA and Denver, CO.-History:Formed at Goshen College in Indiana in 1999, and after a few years of playing what they describe as "funk/jam music", Lotus recruited percussionist Chuck Morris in 2001 and...
  
  ; New Monsoon; Toubab Krewe
  Toubab Krewe
  Toubab Krewe is an American instrumental band which fuses the music of Mali with American musical styles . The group's instrumentation includes kora , kamelengoni , soku , two electric guitars, electric bass guitar, drum set, and African percussion...
  
  ; The Bridge
  The Bridge (band)
  The Bridge is an American jam band. They are based out of Baltimore, Maryland and formed between 2001 and 2002. The band is known for their live performances, blending "various elements of blues, folk, funk and bluegrass"-The band:...
  
  

• Jam Cruise 7 – Les Claypool; Michael Franti
  Michael Franti
  Michael Franti is an American poet, musician, and composer. He is the creator and lead vocalist of Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock...
  
   & feat. J. Bowman; Medeski, Martin & Wood; Keller Williams with Moseley, Droll and Sipe; Robert Walter (musician)
  Robert Walter (musician)
  Robert Walter is a keyboard player specializing in instrumental soul jazz on the Hammond B3 organ. He is a founding memberof The Greyboy Allstars, and has since led his own band Robert Walter's 20th Congress.-Biography:...
  
  ; Galactic
  Galactic
  Galactic is a funk and jazz jam band from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.-Origins and background:Originally formed in 1994 as an octet and including singer Chris Lane and guitarist Rob Gowen, the group was soon pared down to a sextet of: guitarist Jeff Raines, bassist Robert Mercurio,...
  
   & the Cruise Krewe (featuring Big Sam
  Big Sam (musician)
  Sammie "Big Sam" Williams is a trombonist and band leader from New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been a member of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and currently leads Big Sam's Funky Nation. In youth he studied with educator and saxophonist Kidd Jordan and at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts...
  
  , Walter "Wolfman" Washington
  Walter "Wolfman" Washington
  Walter "Wolfman" Washington is an American singer and guitarist, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. While his roots are in blues music, he blends in the essence of funk and R&B to create his own unique sound....
  
   & Trombone Shorty; Leftover Salmon
  Leftover Salmon
  Leftover Salmon is a jam band from Boulder, Colorado, formed in 1989. Their unique blend of bluegrass, rock, country, and Cajun/Zydeco, which the band calls "Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass", has found favor with the jam band scene...
  
  ; Karl Denson's Tiny Universe; Martin Sexton
  Martin Sexton
  Martin Sexton is an American singer-songwriter and producer originally from Syracuse, New York.- Early life :Sexton grew up the tenth of twelve children in a working class Irish-American family. He acquired his first guitar, a Sears & Roebuck acoustic, at the age of 14 and later played in local...
  
  ; the New Deal; Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk; Emmitt-Nershi Band; Grace Potter & The Nocturnals; Jackie Greene
  Jackie Greene
  Jackie Greene is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Career:Greene was born Chris Nelson in Salinas, California, and developed an interest in music at an early age, starting with the piano. At 14, he began to play guitar and within a short time, was able to sit in with local bar bands. As...
  
   Tea Leaf Green
  Tea Leaf Green
  Tea Leaf Green is a five-piece jam band from San Francisco Bay Area, comprising Josh Clark , Trevor Garrod , Reed Mathis , Scott Rager , and Cochrane McMillan .-History:Tea Leaf Green began in the fall of 1996, when Scott Rager met Ben Chambers on the...
  
  ; ALO
  Animal Liberation Orchestra
  Animal Liberation Orchestra is an American musical group, currently signed on Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records label. They have released three full length albums...
  
  ; Lettuce; Garage A Trois
  Garage A Trois
  Garage A Trois is a quartet including drummer Stanton Moore, saxophonist Skerik, vibraphone and percussionist Mike Dillon and keyboardist Marco Benevento. They play a variety of music including rock, funk and jazz.- History :...
  
  ; Porter Batiste Stoltz; New Mastersounds; Bonerama
  Bonerama
  Bonerama is a brass funk rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.Bonerama was formed in 1998 by trombone players Mark Mullins and Craig Klein, who, from 1990 up until late 2006, were also members of Harry Connick Jr.'s big band...
  
  ; The Lee Boys
  The Lee Boys
  The Lee Boys are a funk and gospel band based out of Miami, Florida. The band plays in the Sacred Steel tradition that arose out of the musical stylings of the House of God Church. The band plays a mixture of funk music and gospel lyrics, staying true to their roots as a religious group...
  
  ; The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker; Bustle in your Hedgerow; Brock Butler; DJ Rekha
  DJ Rekha
  DJ Rekha is a London-born musician, DJ, producer, curator, and activist. She has been credited with pioneering Bhangra music in North America...
  
  ; DJ Rootz vs. Murphy and the premiere of Yacht Rock featuring Dan Lebowitz, Jamie Shields and Joel Cummins, Ryan Stasik & Kris Myers,

• Jam Cruise 8 - STS9 • The Word feat. John Medeski
  John Medeski
  Anthony John Medeski is an American jazz keyboards player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York's 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood...
  
  , North Mississippi Allstars
  North Mississippi Allstars
  North Mississippi Allstars is a Southern rock/blues jam band from Hernando, Mississippi, founded in 1996. The band is composed of brothers Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson , and Chris Chew...
  
   & Robert Randolph • Zappa
  Dweezil Zappa
  Dweezil Zappa is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor.-Early life:Zappa was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of musician Frank Zappa and Adelaide Gail Sloatman, who worked in business. He is the second of four siblings: his older sister, Moon, younger sister Diva and younger...
  
   plays Zappa
  Frank Zappa
  Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
  
   • Galactic
  Galactic
  Galactic is a funk and jazz jam band from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.-Origins and background:Originally formed in 1994 as an octet and including singer Chris Lane and guitarist Rob Gowen, the group was soon pared down to a sextet of: guitarist Jeff Raines, bassist Robert Mercurio,...
  
   • Karl Denson's Tiny Universe • Maceo Parker
  Maceo Parker
  Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones...
  
   • Dark Star Orchestra
  Dark Star Orchestra
  -References:* at the Internet Archive* - John Kadlecik's official website & personal pages**-External links:* , official website of Dark Star Orchestra* , official website of Dino English...
  
   • JJ Grey & Mofro
  MOFRO
  JJ Grey & MOFRO is a soul/funk/R&B/blues/southern rock band from Jacksonville, Florida composed of JJ Grey , Andrew Trube , Anthony Farrell , Anthony Cole and the "Hercules Horns" Dennis Marion , Art Edmaiston JJ Grey & MOFRO (formerly billed just as Mofro) is a soul/funk/R&B/blues/southern...
  
   • Railroad Earth
  Railroad Earth
  Railroad Earth is a roots and Americana-based newgrass band from Stillwater, New Jersey. Their name was borrowed from the Jack Kerouac short story "October in the Railroad Earth," to which the band also has a song by the same name...
  
   • Steve Kimock's Crazy Engine • Lotus • Fantastic 4 feat. Robert Walter (musician)
  Robert Walter (musician)
  Robert Walter is a keyboard player specializing in instrumental soul jazz on the Hammond B3 organ. He is a founding memberof The Greyboy Allstars, and has since led his own band Robert Walter's 20th Congress.-Biography:...
  
  , Adam Deitch, Eric Krasno & Cheme Gastelum • Toubab Krewe
  Toubab Krewe
  Toubab Krewe is an American instrumental band which fuses the music of Mali with American musical styles . The group's instrumentation includes kora , kamelengoni , soku , two electric guitars, electric bass guitar, drum set, and African percussion...
  
   • Eric Krasno & Chapter 2 • The Motet plays the Talking Heads
  Talking Heads
  Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
  
   • Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue • Hot Buttered Rum • John Brown's Body (band)
  John Brown's Body (band)
  John Brown's Body is a reggae band from Boston, MA and Ithaca, NY that tours the world performing what the group calls “Future Roots Music”. The sound is rooted in reggae rhythms and blended with a variety of other styles including dub, electronic, funk, ska, hip-hop, and dubstep.Originally...
  
   • Kyle Hollingsworth Band • Mike Dillon's Go Go Jungle • The Mother Hips
  The Mother Hips
  -Formation and Debut:Tim Bluhm , Greg Loiacono , Isaac Parsons and Mike Wofchuck met in 1990 while attending California State University-Chico, living off campus in Bradley Hall...
  
   • Break Science feat. Adam Deitch • Dragon Smoke feat. Robert Mercurio, Ivan Neville
  Ivan Neville
  Ivan Neville is a multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the son of Aaron Neville and nephew to members of The Neville Brothers....
  
  , Stanton Moore
  Stanton Moore
  Stanton Moore is a drummer raised in Metairie, Louisiana. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career and recorded with bands as diverse as jazz-funk keyboardist Robert Walter and heavy metal act Corrosion of Conformity...
  
   & Eric Lindell
  Eric Lindell
  Eric Lindell is an American singer-songwriter, born in San Mateo, California, who came to national prominence after relocating to New Orleans. His recording career began in 1996 as a local/regional New Orleans-based artist. Beginning in 2006, when he was picked up by Alligator Records, he has...
  
   •Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes • George Porter Jr's Super Jam • DJ Logic
  DJ Logic
  DJ Logic is an American turntablist active primarily in jazz and with jam bands.Kibler was born and raised in The Bronx. An early interest in hip hop led to his using the turntables, practicing often. Kibler was also interested in funk and jazz music, and began collaborating with various musicians...
  
   • Pretty Lights
  Pretty Lights
  Pretty Lights, real name Derek Vincent Smith, is an American electronic music artist from Fort Collins, Colorado.-History:...
  
   • Special Guests: Col. Bruce Hampton • Skerik
  Skerik
  Skerik is an American saxophonist from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone, often with electronics and loops, Skerik is a pioneer in a playing style that has been dubbed saxophonics. He is a founding member of Critters Buggin, Garage a Trois and Skerik's Syncopated...
  
   • Will Bernard
  Will Bernard
  Will Bernard is a guitarist and band leader from the San Francisco Bay Area, now living in Brooklyn, New York. He has led the Will Bernard Band, Will Bernard Trio, Will Bernard 4-tet, and Motherbug....
  
  

• Jam Cruise 9 - Bob Weir
  Bob Weir
  Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...
  
  , Rob Wasserman
  Rob Wasserman
  Rob Wasserman is an American bass player, who has played with a wide variety of musicians including David Grisman, Lou Reed, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Bruce Cockburn, Van Morrison, Rickie Lee Jones, Brian Wilson, Elvis Costello, Mark Morris, Aaron Neville, Chris Whitley, Studs Terkel, Pete Seeger,...
  
  , & Jay Lane
  Jay Lane
  Jay Lane is an American drummer from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently a member of Primus, as well as Bob Weir's RatDog, Scaring the Children with Weir and Rob Wasserman, and the hip hop/jazz fusion group Alphabet Soup. In 2002, Lane was named "drummer of the year" by the California...
  
   are Scaring the Children, The Rhythm Devils feat. Bill Kreutzmann
  Bill Kreutzmann
  Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
  
   and Mickey Hart
  Mickey Hart
  Mickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...
  
  , Robert Randolph & The Family Band
  Robert Randolph & the Family Band
  Robert Randolph and the Family Band is a multicultural American funk and soul band led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph. Other band members include drummer Marcus Randolph, bass guitarist Danyel Morgan, vocalist Lenesha Randolph, keyboardist and guitarist Brett Andrew Haas, and one of...
  
  , Galactic
  Galactic
  Galactic is a funk and jazz jam band from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.-Origins and background:Originally formed in 1994 as an octet and including singer Chris Lane and guitarist Rob Gowen, the group was soon pared down to a sextet of: guitarist Jeff Raines, bassist Robert Mercurio,...
  
  ,
 Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, God Street Wine
  God Street Wine
  God Street Wine was a jam rock group from New York City. The band broke up in 1999. The band toured the U.S. with H.O.R.D.E. four times and opened for the Black Crowes and Allman Brothers...
  
  ,
 Stockholm Syndrome
  Stockholm syndrome
  In psychology, Stockholm Syndrome is an apparently paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them...
  
  , Lotus, JoJo's Mardi Gras Band, 
ALO
  Animal Liberation Orchestra
  Animal Liberation Orchestra is an American musical group, currently signed on Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records label. They have released three full length albums...
  
  , 
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk,
 Easy Star All-Stars
  Easy Star All-Stars
  Originally formed as a studio band for the label's earliest recordings, Easy Star All-Stars is a reggae collective with a rotating roster of musicians and singers founded by the co-founders of New York City-based Easy Star Records in 1997...
  
  ,
 Lettuce
  Lettuce
  Lettuce is a temperate annual or biennial plant of the daisy family Asteraceae. It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable. It is eaten either raw, notably in salads, sandwiches, hamburgers, tacos, and many other dishes, or cooked, as in Chinese cuisine in which the stem becomes just as important...
  
  ,
 Garage A Trois
  Garage A Trois
  Garage A Trois is a quartet including drummer Stanton Moore, saxophonist Skerik, vibraphone and percussionist Mike Dillon and keyboardist Marco Benevento. They play a variety of music including rock, funk and jazz.- History :...
  
  ,
 The New Mastersounds
  The New Mastersounds
  The New Mastersounds are a four-piece funk band based in Leeds, England.In the late 1990s, guitarist and producer Eddie Roberts was running a club night in Leeds called "The Cooker." When The Cooker moved into a new venue with a second floor in 1999, there was space and the opportunity to put a...
  
  ,
 Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
  Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
  Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars is a band from Sierra Leone which was formed by a group of refugees displaced to Guinea during the Sierra Leone Civil War. Since their return to Freetown in 2004, the band has toured extensively to raise awareness for humanitarian causes...
  
  , Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
  Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
  Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears is a blues band influenced by Howlin' Wolf and James Brown. It was formed in Austin, Texas in 2007. In March 2009, Esquire listed Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears as one of the "Ten Bands Set to Break Out at 2009's SXSW Festival."While working at a pawn shop in...
  
  ,
 Anders Osborne
  Anders Osborne
  Anders Osborne is a songwriter and singer.Anders was born in 1966 in Uddevalla, Sweden, left home at age sixteen, and hitchhiked and played music throughout Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the U.S...
  
   featuring sets with Stanton Moore
  Stanton Moore
  Stanton Moore is a drummer raised in Metairie, Louisiana. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career and recorded with bands as diverse as jazz-funk keyboardist Robert Walter and heavy metal act Corrosion of Conformity...
  
   & Robert Walter
  Robert Walter
  Robert John Walter MP , is the Conservative Member of Parliament for North Dorset in south west England. He was re-elected for a fourth term in 2010 with a much increased majority.-Early life:...
  
   and with George Porter, Jr & Johnny Vidacovich
  Johnny Vidacovich
  Johnny Vidacovich is a contemporary jazz drummer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Playing since the early 1970s with the quartet Astral Project , he has become widely renowned as a prominent and sought after New Orleans musician as well as contributing to New Orleans cultural heritage...
  
  , 
Big Sam's Funky Nation,
 Cornmeal
  Cornmeal
  Cornmeal is flour ground from dried maize or American corn. It is a common staple food, and is ground to fine, medium, and coarse consistencies. In the United States, the finely ground cornmeal is also referred to as cornflour. However, the word cornflour denotes cornstarch in recipes from the...
  
  ,
 Some Cat From Japan featuring Ron Johnson
  Ron Johnson
  Ron Wayne Johnson is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999, representing the division of Brantford as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life and career:...
  
  , Will Bernard
  Will Bernard
  Will Bernard is a guitarist and band leader from the San Francisco Bay Area, now living in Brooklyn, New York. He has led the Will Bernard Band, Will Bernard Trio, Will Bernard 4-tet, and Motherbug....
  
  , Scott Metzger
  Scott Metzger
  Scott Metzger is an American guitarist.-Biography:Scott Metzger is a Brooklyn, New York based guitarist...
  
  , Eric Bolivar & Nigel Hall performing a tribute to Jimi Hendrix
  Jimi Hendrix
  James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
  
  . 
Greensky Bluegrass,
 Big Gigantic, 
Zach Deputy,
 The Pimps Of Joytime, 
Maceo Parker
  Maceo Parker
  Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones...
  
   Super Jam, Papadosio, The Everyone Orchestra
  The Everyone Orchestra
  The Everyone Orchestra is an American improvisational musical project that features a constantly revolving roster of musicians. The Everyone Orchestra creates completely different music every time it appears through conducted improvisational musical exploration and audience participation.The...
  
   featuring Matt Butler, Nutritious, Jeff Bujak
  Jeff Bujak
  Jeff Bujak is a pianist, music producer and live performer from Syracuse, New York. Born on June 6, 1979, he began classical piano lessons at age 5. He now resides in Northampton, Massachusetts....
  
  , Wyllys, Nathan Moore
  Nathan Moore
  Nathan Moore is an English singer and manager.-Career:First coming to prominence by joining the boyband Brother Beyond as their lead singer, in 1987 , Moore was...
  
  , Brock Butler, David Gans
  David Gans
  ----David ben Solomon ben Seligman Gans was a Jewish mathematician, historian, astronomer, astrologer, and is best known for the works Tzemach David and Nechmad ve'naim.- Early life :...
  
  . Special Guests: Leo Nocentelli
  Leo Nocentelli
  Leo Nocentelli in New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the founding members of the New Orleans funk band, The Meters. He has been credited for popular funk songs such as "Cissy Strut", "People Say" and "Hey Pocky Way"...
  
  , Fred Wesley
  Fred Wesley
  Fred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...
  
  , Col. Bruce Hampton, Jennifer Hartswick, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Pee Wee Ellis
  Pee Wee Ellis
  Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis is an American saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was an important member of James Brown's band in the 1960s and appeared on many of Brown's most notable recordings...
  
  , Joel Cummins
  Joel Cummins
  Joel Nathan Cummins is an American musician, and founding member/keyboardist for progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee....
  
  , Robert Walter
  Robert Walter
  Robert John Walter MP , is the Conservative Member of Parliament for North Dorset in south west England. He was re-elected for a fourth term in 2010 with a much increased majority.-Early life:...
  
  , Steve Kimock
  Steve Kimock
  -External links:** at the Internet Archive's live music archive* at the Internet Archive's live music archive* at Internet Archive's live music archive*, San Francisco, April 3, 1999*, Unofficial Fan Forum...
  
  , Taylor Hicks
  Taylor Hicks
  Taylor Reuben Hicks is an American singer who achieved fame in 2006, when he won the fifth season of American Idol. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over the span of a decade, during which he also released...
  
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Activities

• Jam Room
• Rock Star Karaoke
• Texas Hold Em Tournament
• Presidential Election HeadCount
  HeadCount
  HeadCount is a nonpartisan organization that works with musicians to promote participation in democracy in the US. It is best known for registering voters at concerts – having signed up 175,000 voters since its launch in 2004. It also encourages voter turnout and general civic participation...
  
  
• Theme Nights
• Funky Bingo
• Moog Workshop
• Blues Guitar Workshop
• Sax Workshop
• Autograph Signings

News articles

• http://www.jambase.com/Articles/25690/Jam-Cruise-9-Review-Pics
• http://www.popeater.com/2011/01/10/american-idol-taylor-hicks-gong-show/
• http://www.jambase.com/Articles/16301/Jam-Cruise-7-01.04-01.09-High-Seas
• http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9189567/claypool_mcgee_rock_jam_cruise