The fifth annual Jam Cruise departed last night from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, heading on a five-day voyage which will take one thousand plus passengers to Turks & Caicos and the private island, Cayo Levantado. Though passengers were treated to scattered showers during boarding, the weather cleared by the time Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk opened the evening’s festivities at 9:30PM. Perhaps a sign of things to come, the all-star New Orleans group brought Skerik onstage for most of its set, including a reworked version of The Sopranos theme. Neville nodded to his roots, inviting Meters bassist George Porter Jr. onstage for a take on “Suzy Q.”
Collaborations dotted a number of additional setlists, including that of English funk ensemble the New Mastersounds, which temporarily added Karl Denson to its lineup, and Perpetual Groove, who invited Jambase employee Deanne Herman out on violin at the end of its set. In addition to her work at the media hub, Herman also performs in the Brooklyn Community Symphony Orchestra. Other highlights included a joint performance by southern roots revivalists JJ Grey, Luther Dickinson and Stanton Moore and the latest in the series of reunion shows by the Greyboy Allstars.
After the New Mastersounds’ set, Porter and Moore anchored an extended improve session in the aptly titled Jam Room. After boarding delays pushed back the evening’s festivities, both Derek Trucks Band and Tea Leaf Green decided to play even later into the night in the ship’s cabaret performance spaces. For much of its set, Tea Leaf Green jammed with Railroad Earth fiddler Tim Carbone, while Trucks invited his wife Susan Tedeschi and longtime friend Eric Krasno out during his headlining performance. In an interview with Relix, Trucks confirmed that he will take time off from his current tour with Eric Clapton to play with the Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theater this spring. He also mentioned that the group’s annual Beacon residency may take place a few weeks later then usual, in late March or April. For daily Jam Cruise updates, please read Mike Greenhaus and Benjy Eisen’s Road Trip http://www.relix.com/content/view/2046/112/ .
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