PROMINENT SOUL / JAZZ / R&B GUITARIST & VOCALIST NICK COLIONNE TO HOST 2009 SEABREEZE JAZZ FESTIVAL ON FLORIDA'S EMERALD COAST
Chicago, IL
February 24, 2009.....
KOCH Records Recording Artist Nick
Colionne
will host the Annual Resort Quest
Seabreeze Jazz
Festival
April 16th-19th in a new location,
Pier Park, the most exciting new
lifestyle center
on the Gulf Coast,
in Panama City Beach, Florida.
The
festival is produced by Carter
Broadcasting
(WSBZ 106.3 FM The Seabreeze) and is
considered to
be one of the nation's premier music
festivals.
The 2009 Seabreeze Jazz Festival will
include
headline
performances by some of the biggest names in the
genre including Colionne, Boney James,
Wayman
Tisdale, Will Downing, Warren Hill, Eric
Darius, Joyce
Cooling, Alex Bugnon and many more.
Colionne will also
host the
Festival's
All Star Jam, guaranteed to be a crowd
pleaser.
As a
guitarist and vocalist, Colionne's live
performances
defy categorization. His shows incorporate
all the
music he loves best and the influences he's had
throughout his career. You are as likely to
hear Nick
sing the blues or some heartfelt R&B as you
are to
hear his blazing guitar licks, or even the
hint of metal,
recalling the beginning of his career as a
heavy metal
guitarist. From that diverse musicality
comes an
incredible live performance that showcases
the talent,
vocal ability and yes, comedic timing, of this
charismatic entertainer.
More About Colionne
Colionne was named International
Instrumental
Artist
of the Year for 2007 by the Canadian
Smooth Jazz
Awards and is nominated for this prestigious
award
again for 2009. He joined the ranks of
today's premier
jazz artists with his TOP TEN 2003 Album "JUST
COME ON IN" that included two mega hits "High
Flyin'"
and "It's Been Too Long". His 2006 CD
"KEEPIN' IT
COOL" propelled him to the top of the charts
once
again with 3 TOP TEN singles. This CD was also
TOP TEN CD of the YEAR for 2006.
His
current CD "NO LIMITS" on KOCH
Records was
released in July 2008 and was named TOP
TEN CD
of the YEAR for 2008 by Smooth Jazz News.
Says
Colionne of the project: "No Limits" is my
latest
adventure. I wanted to explore doing some
different
things with my music and not limit myself to
one genre
or style of playing". Colionne teamed up
with two
Grammy-award winning writers for the CD: Jim
Peterik who wrote "The Eye Of The Tiger", the
theme
from the film "ROCKY", and Paul Richmond who
wrote "Shining Star" for the Manhattans.
Chicago-native Colionne is also an endorsee
for Epiphone Guitars and Gibson Strings &
Accessories as well as prestigious clothier
Stacy Adams and is featured in their global
advertising campaigns.
According to Nick, "The most exciting part of
all of this for me to that I am actually
living my dream, getting a chance to perform
for people around the world. The greatest
moments come when I look at the faces in the
audience when I play, and realize that I'm
making them feel what I am feeling. That's a
fascinating level of communication."
Photo credits:
Top: 2009 Resort Quest Seabreeze Jazz
Festival website
Bottom: © Jacquie Patrick 2008
The
2009 Resort Quest Seabreeze Jazz Festival
website and Info
Nick
Colionne's website and Info
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