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Well, 2008 was a really good year for me and I give thanks for it. I met so many cool people last year, and I hope all of you and more come out to see our shows in 2009 - we have some surprises in store that we hope you're going to like! My tour schedule is already shaping up nicely, check it out below to see where we'll be. Steve Butler, our booking agent supreme, is busy lining up lots of great dates so we'll be announcing many more in the next couple of months. This month we'll be in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Caribbean - that's an interesting mix, don't you think?!!!!
Peace,
photo of Nick in the crowd at the JazzTrax Catalina Jazz Festival by Fred Long
Nick has again been nominated as International Instrumental Artist of the Year by the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards and will be performing at the event as well! Nick won this prestigious award on his first nomination in 2007. It would be tremendous if he were to win again, but it will take your votes to make that happen. As usual, the nominees selected in this category are all top players with many fans, so check the link below after January 12 and vote! The link will take you to the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards website which has information on purchasing tickets for the awards show and has hotel info as well. This is a great show and if you can make it, you should!
The Cruise leaves from Miami on January 31! Nick (Jam Session Host), Cruise Host Norman Brown and guests Boney James, Larry Carlton, Heather Headley, Mindi Abair, Acoustic Alchemy, Marion Meadows, Alan Hewitt, Steve Cole, Michael Lington, Althea Rene, Greg Adams, Shilts, Chieli Minucci and some special surprise guests look forward to sun and music in the Caribbean! With port stops in Key West, the Bahamas and CoCo Cay and nonstop entertainment on board the ship, this is one terrific vacation! Very special pricing for the Cruise is available now through the middle of January...visit the website... it's not too late to join in on the fun!
Nick's current single "No Limits" has moved up to #6 globally on the RadioWave.com Smooth Jazz/Fusion chart with close to 340,000 streams! This chart measures internet and satellite radio airplay, including Live365, Sirius, XM, AOL, MTV, Rhapsody and more. In 2007 Nick had the #1 single of the year on this chart, which now captures and records more than 4,000,000 titles each week, from more than 4,800 monitored Internet and Satellite broadcasts. It is the world's largest airplay monitoring and information service. "No Limits" has also reached the Top Ten on SmoothJazz.com, is currently #12 on both the R&R chart and Mediabase Base Adult Smooth Contemporary chart reported by USA Today. Congratulations to NICK!
Nick is featured on the home page of CharmCityJazz.com with a nice article. This is a very cool, up and coming website out of Maryland whose mission is to create a web based platform that serves the needs of music lovers, concert fans, and musicians. Nick encourages you to visit it and support the efforts of its founder, Roger Harris, as he promotes the cause of live music!
Upcoming dates - always more in the works 2009
* January 17 - Jim Peterik's
"World Stage", Glen Ellyn, IL. MacIninch
Theatre, College of Du Page. Showtime 8 p.m.
For tickets, visit
http://www.cod.edu/ArtsCntr/09_jimpeterik.htm *
January 18 - Jim Peterik's "World
Stage", Milwaukee, WI. 7:30 p.m.,
Northern Lights
Theatre, Potowatomi Casino. For tickets
visit
http://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/57586 *
- January 24 - Burnsville Performing Arts
Center, Burnsville, MN. 126th Street and
Pillsbury Avenue. Grand
Opening with Nick Colionne, opening act
Four80East. Tickets available thru
Ticketmaster or at the box office
(952-895-4680), 12600 Nicollet Ave South,
Burnsville, MN. *
January 31 -
February 5,
Smooth Music Cruise. Celebrity Cruises'
"Century" luxury ship. Sailing from Miami
to Key West, Nassau and Coco Cay. Hosted by
Norman Brown, Jam Session Host Nick Colionne;
with Boney James, Mindi Abair,
Larry Carlton, Heather Headley, Acoustic
Alchemy, Marion
Meadows, Michael Lington, Steve
Oliver, Shilts, Greg Adams, Steve Cole, Alan
Hewitt and Althea Ren�. To reserve
your cabin,
contact: 877-529-9729 for booking info and
great Pricing Specials. * February 14 -
Valentine's Day Show, Infinity Hall, Rt. 44,
Norfolk, CT. Tickets: 866-666-6306,
http://www.infinityhall.com/node/106.
With Special Guest Brian
Simpson...they bring
the romance to you!
* March 21 - Bishop Arts Theater,
Dallas, TX. With Marion Meadows,
ticket info coming soon. * April
17, 18, 19 - Seabreeze Jazz Festival, Panama City
Beach, FL. Nick is the official
host of this great jazz festival! Nick's
Seabreeze Jam Session on 4.17, headline show
on 4.18, host 4.19. * April 24 -
Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, Mississauga ON,
Canada. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living
Arts Drive. Tickets: 905.306.6000 or
toll-free at
1.888.805.8888. * April
25 - 17th
Annual Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz
Festival, Las Vegas, NV. Clark County
Government Amphitheatre. For tickets:
1-800-969-VEGAS or visit http://www.yourjazz.com.
The amazing line-up is Boney James, Wayman
Tisdale, Nick, Marion Meadows and Jessy J.
Tickets also available in Los Angeles at
Inglewood Tickets, 310-671-6400. * May
8-11 - Pizza Express,
London, England. Nick and Brian
Simpson
are pleased to announce that Dave Koz
will be
joining them on this great gig! Two shows
May 8 and 9, one show May 10 and 11. Ticket
info coming soon. * July 4 - Hoop City Jazz Festival, Springfield, MA. With Special Guest Jackiem Joyner. portrait �Bettie Grace Miner, http://www.minerworksofart.com. Bettie has also done the artwork for the official 2009 Smooth Music Cruise poster!
Nick is honored to be the headline performer at the Grand Opening of the $20 million dollar Burnsville Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 24, 2009 in Burnsville, MN, 20 miles south of the Twin Cities. This state of the art facility has been under construction over the last 18 months and will be opening to long-time area favorite Nick's show! Future performances will feature Mindi Abair, Joyce Cooling, East Bay Soul and other artists to be announced. Opening for Nick will be the excellent group Four80East. The day prior to the concert Nick will conduct a youth clinic at the PAC for the kids from The Garage, Burnsville's award winning youth center which focuses on the arts, mentoring and performance. Nick is honored to be a part of this momentous occasion. Ticket info can be purchased through Ticketmaster by clicking the link below.
You may have noticed on Nick's schedule that he and Brian Simpson, who will be performing together on Valentine's Day at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, CT, have teamed up to perform for four days in London, England at the famed Pizza Express. Nick and Brian are very pleased to announce that good friend Dave Koz will be joining them in the fun. These shows are going to be a blast!
Nick shares with you the tunes that are tops on his iPod - here are his current TOP 10 faves !
Nick has a new webstore. Check it out!
Nick's hit "NO LIMITS" is #5 on the Live365.com Smooth Jazz Chart. This chart tracks the music played on all of Live365's internet stations. Nick thanks each and every station operator for their support!
Thanks to Epiphone Guitars and Haven
Entertainment, the winners of an
Epiphone Broadway guitar, designated
for members of Kickin' With Nick, the
official Nick Colionne Fan Club, have been
announced. They are: Edwina Perkins of
Washington, DC - random drawing winner, and
Farida Richardson of Cherry Hill, NJ who
recruited the most new members during the
contest period. Congratulations to Edwina
and Farida - their personally autographed
guitars will be sent out to them this week! Although not part of the original contest, Nick was so overwhelmed with the support of Kickin' members in bringing new fans to Kickin' that he decided to provide prizes to the first runner-up, Diane Keyes of Sicklerville, NJ and second runners-up Rusty and Kathleen O'Brien of Fredericksburg, VA. Diane, Rusty and Kathleen will be receiving personalized monogrammed Kickin' stadium blankets. The next winners of the Broadway will be lucky passengers on board the 2009 Smooth Music Cruise. One winner will be drawn at Nick's guitar clinic on board the ship, with those booking under Nick's code Nick01 getting two extra tickets for the drawing. One winner will be also be drawn at his mainstage show which kicks off the cruise on the first night. Take a nap if you need to, because you must be present in the audience to win! For info on the 2009 Smooth Music Cruise and how to book, visit the link with the Cruise article at the top of this newsletter.
Artist Manager: Carol Ray, On The Edge Productions (847) 359-9941 / e-mail: [email protected] Promotions Manager: Tom Clark, On The Edge Productions (610) 918-3252 / e-mail: [email protected] Marketing/Media Manager: Christine Clark, On The Edge Productions (610) 291-9278 / e-mail: [email protected]. Booking Agent: Steve Butler, Mighty Music Corp (718) 682-3611 / e-mail: [email protected]
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E-mail:
[email protected]
Management:
Carol Ray, On The Edge Productions 847-359-9941
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