The Smooth Jazz community is mourning the unexpected loss of guitarist Nick Colionne, who died in the early hours of 2022. Colionne was beloved on and off stage as an educator, philanthropist and friend, as well as chart-topping, soulful guitarist.
Nick’s music was a mainstay on Jazz Hall Radio and Smooth Jazz stations worldwide, giving him eight chart-topping hits on Billboard.
Some reactions from the artist community:
Incredibly sad that we lost Nick Colionne last night!
We all have the same experience with him, always fun and warm on and off stage!
I don’t recall when we first met but it was many moons ago ..just look at that picture 🙏
This year we got to see each other many times >>>> pic.twitter.com/ckhzYESpPs
— Michael Lington (@LingtonSax) January 1, 2022