Friends of Big Band Jazz

    Photos from 2007 Jewels of Jazz Cruise II

    Goodbye Ft. Lauderdale
    Goodbye Ft. Lauderdale
    Pool deck, deck 11
    Hobbs, rehearsal makeshift drums
    Sextet from Big Band in Horizon Lounge
    Jeff Colella, piano
    Chris Symer, bass
    The instrument that got lost, and stayed lost (inside joke)
    Alex Murzyn, saxophone
    Nancy Terry, #1 fan
    Gary Hobbs, drums
    Vax Big Band on stage with its entire audience, Thursday afternoon concert
    Atlantic sunset 1
    Harry and Marinanne Smith, great big band fans, friends of Bob and Evie Florence
    Pool Grill, deck 11 (top)
    Scott Englebright (trumpet), Scott Whitfield (trombone), Dale Devoe (trombone) and Joel Kaye (saxophone), lunching poolside
    Deckside pool
    The ship's backup band, group from Manila, Philippines
    Entertainment director Lorraine Barron/Singer Tony B.
    Kim R/Tony B
    Atlantic Sunset 2
    Jeff and Makel Colella
    Compass Rose Dining Room
    Diners Vax, Wiegand, Campos, Noday
    Diners Murzyn, Symer (center) and friends
    Top deck at night
    Ginger, Scott, Alex, Hobbs, lunching at the Pool Grill
    Noday/Wiegand in observation lounge
    Stairway and elevators, looking down
    Kim, Scott, Ginger, Jeff Colella, Marianne Smith (our hostess), Makel Colella
    Our host and hostess Harry & Marianne Smith, their butler in their suite
    Chris, Scott, Ginger
    Mike Vax Big Band, onstage*
    Mike Vax Big Band, onstage*
    Scott Whitfield vocalizing*
    Whitfiled solo, Gallio, Petersen*
    Ginger vocalizing*
    Richmond, Murzyn, Kaye*
    Ginger & Scott*
    Vax announcing*
    Vax soloing*
    Wiegand soloing*
    Richmond conducting*
    Pete Gallio soling*
    Entertainment Director Lorraine Barron, singing with the band*
    Jimmy Oatts, Lori*
    Wake of the Voyager*
    Vax and Noday, flexing*
    Last Big Band dinner (1 of 3 tables)
    Roy Wiegand, Joel Kaye, serious dinner
    Trumpeter Steve Campos
    Mike, Jeri Ann, Roy
    Makel Colella and Marianne Smith
    Dennis and admiring fan
    Kim & Chris*
    Mediera landscape
    Mediera landscape
    Mediera landscape
    Funchal, Madiera
    Ship's flag (Bahamas)
    Voyager, in port in Funchal, Madiera
    Voyager, stern, where most of our cabins were
    Voyager in port, Madiera
    Marina/Funchal
    KR/narrow street, Funchal
    Fountain/CZ
    Park in Madiera
    Lanzarote, Canary Is
    Chris Symer, Lanzarote, Canary Is
    Lanzarote, Canary Is
    Lanzarote, Canary Is
    Goodbye Canary Isl
    Scott & Ginger
    Symer/Hobbs, rhythm team
    Jeff & Makel Colella
    Chris & Kim
    Agladir, Morocco landscape
    Agladir, Morocco landscape
    Goodbye Agladir, Morocco
    Casablanca, traffic
    Casablanca, tower
    Casablanca, entrance to old town shopping area
    Casablanca resident
    Casablanca, cart
    Casablanca, building
    Street person, Casablanca
    Casablanca, people
    Casablanca, laundry, TV dishes
    Casablanca, Rick's Cafe sign
    Casablanca, mosque LS
    Casablanca, mosque tower
    Casablanca, mosque interior
    Casablanca, mosque, Ginger/Scott
    Casablanca, plaza bldg
    Casablanca, plaza
    Casablanca, mosque, Hobbs+
    Goodbye Casablanca, mosque LLS
    Voyager Quintet, on deck
    Malaga harbor
    Malaga, Lighthouse
    Malaga, from ship
    Malaga, streets
    Malaga, buildings
    Malaga, building
    Malaga, horse carriages
    Malaga, Vax & street trumpeter
    Malaga, street
    Malaga, narrow street alley
    Malaga -Wonderful operatic soprano voice-street singer
    Malaga, fort LS
    Malaga, Fort MS
    Malaga, Fort
    Malaga, Fort, tower
    Malaga, Fort
    Malaga, fort, pool
    Mike with Vax-sized door
    Malaga, fort, Ginger/Scott
    Goodbye Malaga
    *Photography by Mikel Healey Colella



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