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Music legend to headline Cunard’s jazz crossings
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock will headline the latest in a series of Cunard Blue Note ‘jazz at sea’ transatlantic crossings on Queen Mary 2 next year.
The multi Grammy Award winning star will perform three, 45-minute intimate shows in The Royal Court Theatre on board Queen Mary 2’s 8-night crossing from Southampton to New York on August 1-8, 2016.
"Some members of my band sailed on the first Queen Mary 2 Blue Note voyage in November this year and had an amazing time," said Hancock.
"I am really looking forward to sailing across the Atlantic on such an iconic ship and sharing some great music with everyone on board."
With 14 Grammy Awards under his belt, including Album of the Year for River: The Joni Letters,
Hancock will be joined by band members, drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, bassist James Genus and guitarist Lionel Loueke.’¨
A Balcony Stateroom booked with a Cunard Fare on this crossing starts from £1,829 per person including all flights and transfers.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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