Nick Colionne (1953 - 2022)

Born Aug 1953 in Illinois, United States

Died 1 Jan 2022 at age 68 in Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States

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Biography

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Nick Colionne was a jazz guitarist. According to a press release in 2019, Nick was the only artist in the history of the format to score five consecutive number one singles on the Billboard Smooth Jazz National Airplay and Smooth Jazz Songs charts from a single album. ^[1]

Nick Colionne began playing guitar at the age of 8, and was taught by his stepfather.^[2]

Nick attended Malcolm X College. ^[3]

He and his band, Rare Form, played for many years in the Chicago area and he released a few cds independently. He signed with a major label, Narada Records, in 2006.

According to a press release for an appearance in Racine, Wisconsin in 2019, Nick was the "only artist in the history of the format to score five consecutive number one singles on the Billboard Smooth Jazz National Airplay and Smooth Jazz Songs charts from a single album." ^[4]

He died on January 1, 2022 in Elgin, Illinois. ^{[5] [6]}

Research Notes

• Colionne may not be his LNAB, but I've had no luck trying to find out what his LNAB is. Durbin-702 14:29, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
• Public records search shows a "Nick Williams Collione" born in 1953 and living in Chicago. Not sure if this is the same person.^[7][8]Durbin-702 14:29, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
• Obituary names parents, spouse, children, grandchildren.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ The Journal Times, (Racine, Wisconsin) 10 Jan 2019, p. D6, col. 4.
2. ↑ Nick Colionne website
3. ↑ Nick Colionne website
4. ↑ The Journal Times, (Racine, Wisconsin) 10 Jan 2019, p. D6, col. 4.
5. ↑ Soul Tracks
6. ↑ 2022 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
   The Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Vermont) 04 Jan 2022, page B7
   Newspapers Clip: 123259890 (accessed 21 April 2023)
7. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJWC-YZ3M : 18 April 2020), Nick W Colionne, 2004-2007.
8. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2S3Z-HJM : 29 March 2020), Nickey Williams, 2004.
9. ↑ https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/il/chicago/nicholaus-colionne-13940034

See also:

• The Daily Herald, (Chicago, Illinois) 7 Nov 1996, Sec 5, p. 1, col. 2.
• The Southtown Star, (Tinley Park, Illinois), 26 Mar 2006, p. 10, col. 1
• The Rock Island Argus, 23 Oct 2015, p. A3, col. 1.
• Allmusic page

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