“For an unforgettable performance and to experience a genuine warmth felt by the entire audience, you must see this talented performer. Vanessa Collier is an incredible musician…”
— ALL MUSIC MAGAZINE
3x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 8x-Blues Music Award Nominated Saxophonist, Singer & Songwriter VANESSA COLLIER delivers head-turning, fiery, and passionate performances as a master musician who weaves Blues, Funk, Soul, R&B, and Rock into every show.
With soulful vocals, searing saxophone, and witty songwriting, Vanessa is blazing a trail, racking up an impressive arsenal of honors and has already singled herself out as an artist of distinction. Vanessa has won 3 Blues Music Awards – two for “Horn Player of the Year” in 2019 and 2020, and one in 2022 for “Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year.”
Collier has been Nominated for 8 Blues Music Awards since 2017, which puts her in elite company with artists such as Beth Hart, Samantha Fish, Shemekia Copeland, Ruthie Foster, Trombone Shorty, Al Basile, and Jimmy Carpenter.
A 2013 graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Collier has toured nationally and internationally, and released four critically acclaimed albums (2014’s ‘Heart, Soul & Saxophone’, 2017’s ‘Meeting My Shadow’, and 2018’s ‘Honey Up’, and 2020’s ‘Heart On The Line’. Honey Up spent 9 weeks atop the Billboard Blues Album Charts Top 15, 3 months on the Living Blues Charts at #10 and #23, and continues to be spun on Sirius XM’s B.B. King’s Bluesville radio station!
“There’s a young lady [Vanessa Collier] came onstage with me, I forget where I was, but she’s playing an alto saxophone, and man, she was amazing.”
— BUDDY GUY
“Vanessa Collier is a fresh face on the American blues scene, and in addition to her soulful vocals she brings a mighty sax to the table.”
— BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE
“Collier’s sax playing is beautifully smooth and mercurial, timed to perfection…”
— ROCK AND BLUES MUSE
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Sale Dates and Times:
Public Onsale : Wed, 14 Sep 2022 at 10:00 AM
Inner Circle : Fri, 9 Sep 2022 at 05:00 PM
Patron Circle : Sun, 11 Sep 2022 at 10:00 AM
Friends Circle : Mon, 12 Sep 2022 at 10:00 AM