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Hi Everyone, We had a ball as usual on the 2009 Smooth Music Cruise...fun in port and on the ship for five straight days! The weather was great and it was terrific seeing so many music lovers all in one place. On the last night's Grand Jam I had the pleasure of being accompanied on stage for my opening number by a bevy of beautiful dancers who all just happened to have guitars...and they gave colorful a brand new meaning! After we got back from the Cruise, we went to Norfolk, CT for a Valentine's Day show with Brian Simpson. The venue was Infinity Hall, built in 1883 and totally restored with original details but all the modern bells and whistles added - the sound was warm and rich due to the all wood interior, and the crowd was hot, hot, hot!
There are some great events coming up
- I'm
taking a little personal time the first two
weeks of March, but March 14 I'll be joining
rock legend Jim Peterik on his new music
venture in jazz, "Lifeforce" at the
College
of Lake County in Grayslake, IL. March 21
will find me in Dallas doing two shows
with
my good friend Marion Meadows for the
brand-new jazz series at the Bishop Arts
Theater Center. Cameron Smith from My
Jazz
Network will be the host. April is a busy
month with a new date added at the Performing
Arts Center in Bowie, MD plus the
Seabreeze
Jazz Festival in Panama City Beach, FL, where
I'll be the host all weekend as well as
performing, finishing up with a return visit
to the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards
where Tim
Bowman and I plan to rip the roof off with
our number together! We are both nominated
as International Instrumental Artist of
the Year...very cool.
See below for details
on all these dates and more.
Peace,
photo of Nick opening the Grand Finale Jam, 2009 Smooth Music Cruise ©Cary Gillaspie, ScenicJAZZ.com
About half of our Kickin' members on board gathered for a photo with Nick...photo by ship photographer Kickin' With Nick members and fearless leader Carrie had a great time on the Cruise. Thanks to Haven Entertainment which hosted a private party for Kickin' members, Nick, and his band, members were treated to free drinks and hot hors d'oeuvres in the beautiful Hemisphere Lounge/Disco which opened in the afternoon specially for the event. Carrie gave out tons of door prizes ranging from t-shirts to specially framed Nick pix and lots more. Kickin' members also had up-front seating for Nick's mainstage show, and Carrie arranged casual shipboard get togethers all during the week. Carrie had the invaluable assistance of members Captain Rusty and Jazzy Michael to make sure everyone had a wonderful Kickin' experience. The Kickin' family (and that's what it is!) attended everything in force, and new member Mark Bitzan hit the jackpot when he won the drawing for an autographed Epiphone Broadway guitar (courtesy of Epiphone) at Nick's Epiphone guitar clinic on board the ship! If you'd like to learn more about Kickin' With Nick and how to become a member of the "funnest" fan club out there, click on the link below. Carrie will be happy to tell you all about it.
Nick's current single "No Limits" has moved up to #3 globally on the RadioWave.com Smooth Jazz/Fusion chart, now has over 500,000 streams! This chart measures internet and satellite radio airplay, including Live365, Sirius, XM, AOL, MTV, Rhapsody and more. This chart 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.
Michael Tozzi, former program director for WJJZ Philadelphia, has a brand new gig. It's ijazzglobal.com and he's got some great content - from artist interviews and videos to global jazz news and photos...and it's streaming live 24-7 with the music Michael loves. You will, too...check it out via the link below. As the official videographers for the 2009 Smooth Music Cruise, Michael and crew were able to capture once-in-a-lifetime performances by the cruise artists, and unlike YouTube videos the sound is SUPERB! These videos are going up on the site as they are edited, and Nick's is smokin'!
Upcoming dates - always more in the works 2009
* March 14 - James Lumber Center for the
Performing Arts, Grayslake, IL College of
Lake County, 19351 West Washington Street.
Nick joins Jim
Peterik's
* March 21 -
Bishop Arts Theater Center,
Dallas, TX.
215 S. Tyler St. With co-headliner Marion
Meadows, two shows at 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
Tickets thru
Ticketmaster.
*
April 11 - Performing Arts Center, Bowie,
MD. Check Nick's website for details and
guest artists, posted 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 4.19, host all three days!
For more info and tickets visit the Seabreeze
Jazz Festival website. *
April 24 -
Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, Mississauga ON,
Canada. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living
Arts Drive. Nick is nominated as
International Instrumental Artist of the
Year and will be performing as well!
Tickets: 905.306.6000 or
toll-free at
1.888.805.8888;
or visit the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards
website * 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 link in article below. * May 16 - Hyatt
Regency Newport Beach Jazz Festival, CA.
Hyatt Regency Hotel grounds, Newport Beach.
For tickets and info
click
here.
* June 20 - JazzTrax Big Bear Jazz
Festival. For info and tickets visit the JazzTrax
website. * August 8 - The 2009
Carolina Smooth Jazz Friends Concert Series
starring Nick Colionne, Peter White,
Maysa and Steve Cole. CPPC Theatre,
Charlotte, NC. For
tickets and info visit
the Series' info page.
* August 14 - 25th Annual Genuine Jazz
& Wine Festival, Breckenridge, CO.
Contact info to follow. * October 2 -
JazzTrax Catalina Island Jazz Festival.
For info and tickets visit the JazzTrax
website.
Nick, Brian Simpson, and Dave Koz have teamed up to perform for four days in London, England at the famed Pizza Express. Click through for info and ticket pricing. Brought to London by Jimi King of SkyFM, visit Jimi's website and the Smooth Jazz Channel.
Nick shares with you the tunes that are tops on his iPod - here are his current TOP 10 faves !
Nick has his own page on SoulTracks.com! SoulTracks, currently the most popular soul music website in America, is the leading online resource dedicated to classic and modern Soul Music. It has been designed to provide useful information and updates on the greatest Classic Soul artists and to introduce readers to the next generation of Soul Music singers. Regular features are artist biographies, CD reviews, Soul Music News and "Where Are They Now?" .
Nick has a webstore. Check it out!
Nick's single "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!
Both the CD and the "NO LIMITS" are top 10 on the Jazz Week Smooth Jazz charts, which measure airplay in the top 20 markets. Very cool!
Nick directed all of the Jam Sessions on the 2009 Smooth Music Cruise, as most of you know. Here's a photo of a portion of the The Grand Finale Jam which brought the house down! L - R: Steve Madeo, Jay Rowe, Cisco, Mindi Abair, Miles Gilderdale, Nick, Steve Oliver, Chieli Minucci, Norman Brown, Jim Peterik, Alan Hewiit (partially hidden), Greg Adams, Steve Cole, Michael Lington, Marion Meadows Photo courtesy of passenger and Kickin' With Nick fan club member Hap Carpenter.
Artist Manager: Carol Ray, On The Edge Productions (847) 359-9941 / e-mail: jazz@nickcolionne.com Promotions Manager: Tom Clark, On The Edge Productions (610) 918-3252 / e-mail: funkyjazznc@gmail.com Marketing/Media Manager: Christine Clark, On The Edge Productions (610) 291-9278 / e-mail: christine.clark1001@gmail.com. Publicity & Promotion: Tom Estey, Tom Estey Publicity and Promotion (508) 451-5246 / e-mail: TJE64464@aol.com Booking Agent: Steve Butler, Mighty Music Corp (718) 682-3611 / e-mail: mightymusiccorp@aim.com
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E-mail:
jazz@nickcolionne.com
Management:
Carol Ray, On The Edge Productions 847-359-9941
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