Nick is delighted that NO LIMITS was listed as one of the Top 10 CDs of 2008 by Smooth Jazz News. Quite an honor!

The Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards have again nominated Nick as Best International Instrumental Artist! Nick won this Award in 2007, succeeding Chris Botti.

Nick is thrilled to be nominated again and hopes you will vote for him! Watch this site for the link to the voting page which will be posted after January 12, 2009 when voting opens. If you would like to be automatically reminded, sign up for Nick's newsletter. The link to do so is at the bottom of every web page.

For the fourth year, Nick will headline and host the jam sessions on the Smooth Music Cruise, sailing on the Celebrity "Century" from Miami on January 31, 2009 to Key West, Coco Cay and the Bahamas, returning on February 5. Join Nick and Cruise host Norman Brown along with Boney James, Larry Carlton, Mindi Abair, Heather Headley and many more of your favorite artists on the best jazz event on land or sea! Visit the official 2009 Smooth Music Cruise website or call 1-877-9729. Give them Nick's code, NICK001, and ask aout the special pricing now available!


>> visit the Smooth Music Cruise 2009 website

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Nick's first single from his new CD NO LIMITS is the title track and is still moving up the charts. Make sure your local radio station knows you appreciate hearing "No LImits" as well as Nick's recurrent tunes on the station. Nick thanks you for it!

Nick heads into the fall season with some great dates coming up, and some great dates in the memory banks! August was full of birthday celebrations at multiple events including receiving a cake shaped like his Epiphone guitar and being serenaded by good friend Mindi Abair on stage. This past weekend saw Nick closing out the Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival by inviting another good friend, Jim Peterik of Survivor and Ides of March fame (who co-wrote two vocals on NIck's new CD) for Nick's encore of "Godfather J", his tribute to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown...which brought down the house!

He's lookiing forward to his September dates which have him co-headlining at the WIlson Creek Winery with buddy Marion Meadows, and headlining in at the Fayetteville Jazz On The River show andat the Atlanta Jazz Festival with the Rippingtons and Boney James. Stop by after the show and say "hi" - Nick loves meeting fellow jazz lovers!

XM Satellite Radio, America's no. 1 satellite radio service (featuring 68 commercial free music channels), is assembling a small audience of friends and fans of NICK COLIONNE for a taping session with the artist on the late morning of August 29, 2008 at XM's Washington, DC broadcast studios.

The seating for this special program is extremely limited and approximately 40 people will be chosen on a "first-come, first-served" basis determined by when their email is received at XM. If you are interested and are 100% confident that you can be in Washington, DC on the late morning of August 29, 2008, please send an email complete with your full name and contact information to live@xmradio.com.

Make sure to include " NICK COLIONNE" in the subject line of your message to live@xmradio.com or your email will not be considered.

If you wish to come with a guest - one other person only - please include that person's name and contact information (email and cell phone nos. are important in case there is a change in schedule) as well. If you are selected to attend, you will receive an email with the exact time and further instructions. Only people who have received this email will be put on the guest list and will be able to attend.

Hope you can make it if you are in the DC area!

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Baldwin "Smitty" Smith and Nick talk about music, cruising, friendship and lots more...


>> read interview

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Anne Aufderheide talks to Nick about everything from music to fishing to mentoring, and more...


>> read interview

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Michele Witten interviews Nick on his career, new project...and shoes!


>> read interview

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Nick heads to Canada for the debut of NO LIMITS on Friday, August 1.