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VANESSA
COLLIER
NO SAX NO GROOVE


"DO IT MY OWN WAY"
An album conceived, composed and performed by
VANESSA COLLIER
PHENIX FIRE RECORDS
RELEASE DATE : SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
(USA)
VANESSA COLLIER
"DO IT MY OWN WAY"
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Musicians:
Vanessa Collier - alto and tenor sax, flute,
slide guitar, resonator guitars, vocals
Laura Chavez - guitar
Doug Woolverton - trumpet
Rev. Charles Hodges - organ
Trey Macias - percussion
Scot Sutherland - bass
Byron Cage - drums
Maureen Murphy - backing vocals
Tracklist:
01 Elbow Grease 02:39
02 Do It My Own Way 02:36
03 Take Me Back 04:09
04 Wild As A Rainstorm 04:13
05 Shoulda Known Better 03:37
06 Just One More 04:18
07 Rosetta 03:55
08 Warrior 05:08


IN JUST TEN YEARS, SINCE SHE RELEASED HER FIRST ALBUM "HEART, SOUL & SAXOPHONE" IN 2014, TEXAN VANESSA COLLIER HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SOLID AND HONEST FIGURES ON THE CONTEMPORARY BLUES SCENE. AFTER YEARS OF TRAINING AND IMPROVEMENT, SHE GRADUATED IN PERFORMANCE AND ENGINEERING MUSIC PRODUCTION AT BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN BOSTON, YEARS IN WHICH SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITH JAZZ, POP AND COUNTRY MUSICIANS AMONG OTHERS. IN 2012 SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPENING FOR JOE LOUIS WALKER DURING HIS US TOUR WHICH EVEN TOOK HER TO PERFORM IN TURKEY. THAT FIRST ALBUM WAS ENOUGH TO WIN THE RECOGNITION OF FANS, MEDIA AND PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES, BECOMING THE MOST TENACIOUS AND CONVINCING WOMAN OF AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF NEW ARTISTS WHO WERE MAKING THEIR WAY IN BLUES MUSIC. SIX ALBUMS LATER, THREE BMA AWARDS WON AS CONTEMPORARY BLUES FEMALE ARTIST (2022) AND BLUES INSTRUMENTALIST-HORNS (2019, 2020) AND PERFORMANCES ALL OVER THE WORLD, COLLIER IS THE PRESENT AND FUTURE FOR THE SURVIVAL OF ROOTS MUSIC. AS A SAXOPHONIST SHE SIMPLIFIES THE INSTINCTS THAT TRANSPORT BLUES MUSIC TO CONTEXTS IN WHICH FUNK OR SOUL MUSIC INTERACT ON MIMETIC PLANES, AS A COMPOSER SHE TRANSLATES ALL THOSE NEW SENSATIONS INTO INTELLIGENT AND BOLD SONGS WHILE HER SOUL AS AN ARTIST IS RISING AMONG OTHER PREDICTABLE PROPOSALS. VANESSA COLLIER IS A SHY, KIND AND CHARMING WOMAN. HER MUSIC IS MUCH MORE, THIS ALBUM IS THE CONFIRMATION.
COLLIER PREVIOUSLY

2014

2018

2017

2020

2018

2022
KEEP IT SAXY







YES, SHE DOES
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