The Floating Jazz Festivals 1983 - 2002

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The first Floating Jazz Festival was held aboard the S/S Norway in September 1983, and has been produced annually or semi-annually ever since on various ships, but the S/S Norway or Queen Elizabeth 2 have been the primary venues. The most legendary figures in jazz appeared at the festival and, as co-producer of the event, with Shelley Shier, I had unlimited access to all the musicians and performances. In fact, we structured all the performances and selected all the musicians. I had a camera with me at all times, and the file contains thousands of photographs, black and white and color. These are some of my favorites.

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Osacar Peterson QE2 Novermber 6, 1999	Lonnie Smith & Lou Donaldson QE2 November 6, 1999	Clark Terry & Dave Glasser QE2 November 7, 1999
Oscar Peterson Martin Drew & Nil-Hennig Ørsted Pedersen QE2 November 8, 1999	Nil-Hennig Ørsted Pedersen QE2 November 8, 1999	Oscar Peterson & Nil-Hennig Ørsted Pedersen QE2 November 8, 1999
Jimmy Heath Big Band QE2 November 6, 1999	Juanita Brooks S/S Norway November 3, 1996	Jimmy Heath, Flip Phillips, & Frank Foster at the Saxophone Spectacular S/S Norway November 7, 1996
The Jimmy Heath Big Band S/S Norway November 7, 1996	Frank Wess & flip Phillips S/S Norway Novermber 7, 1996	Mike Grey, Joe Cohn & Al Grey S/S Norway October 31, 1996