World Renowned Jazz Legends Get on Board for Maiden Voyage of North Sea Jazz Cruise Hosted by Marcus Miller July 5 -- 17.

North Sea Jazz Cruise Blends Jazz Cruise and Festival Telephone [phone] www.northseajazzcruise.com

ST. LOUIS -- World-class talent has teamed up with a world-class cruise for the inaugural sailing of the North Sea Jazz Cruise Hosted By Marcus Miller. Jazz Cruises, LLC, the foremost and only producer of full-charter luxury jazz cruises, and musical host GRAMMY[R] Award winning musician/composer/producer Marcus Miller, in conjunction with the North Sea Jazz Festival program department announce the initial talent line-up. The dazzling array of performers features the most celebrated and legendary jazz musicians, composers and vocalists of our time. They include: vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and her trio, saxophonist James Carter, trumpeter Roy Hargrove and his quintet, the Roberta Gambarini Quartet, guitarist Lionel Loueke, The McCoy Tyner Trio, Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood and saxophonists David Sanborn and Kirk Whalum. They will join cruise guests aboard Holland America's m/s Rotterdam, named "2006 Ship of the Year" by the World Ocean and Cruise Line Society, departing from Copenhagen July 5, 2007. Following a seven day voyage with ports-of-call in Warnemunde/Berlin, Germany; Gotenburg, Sweden; Oslo, Norway; Hamburg-Elbe River/Germany, the ship will dock in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and serve as a "floating hotel" for the North Sea Jazz Festival July 13 - 15, stay in port in the Netherlands and conclude on July 17.

Guests of the North Sea Jazz Cruise Hosted by Marcus Miller receive a special "VIP Festival Package" for the North Sea Jazz Festival, including the following:

* VIP ticket for each day of festival

* Supplementary shows - complimentary ticket to show of choice and easy advance purchase for others

* Use of VIP Birdland entrance

* Festival T-shirt, program and CD

Known as the innovators of the ultimate, only full-charter jazz cruises, the North Sea Jazz Cruise Hosted by Marcus Miller is a natural extension for Jazz Cruises, LLC. As creators of the original Jazz Cruise, The Smooth Jazz Cruise hosted by Wayman Tisdale, The Latin Music Cruise hosted by Arturo Sandoval and Dave Koz & Friends at Sea, they continue to set higher standards by offering unique opportunities that go above and beyond the ordinary.