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3x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 12x-Blues Music Award Nominated Saxophonist, Singer & Songwriter VANESSA COLLIER won the Blues Music Award for "Horn Player of the Year" in 2019 & 2020. In 2022, she won "Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year" -- and was Nominated in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 & 2024! Collier delivers head-turning, fiery & passionate performances as a master musician who weaves Blues, Funk, Soul, R&B, and Rock into every show with her stellar band. With soulful vocals, searing saxophone & witty songwriting, Vanessa is blazing a trail, racking up an impressive arsenal of honors. She has singled herself out as an artist of distinction having been Nominated for 12 Blues Music Awards since 2017. "[Vanessa Collier] came onstage with me...she's playing an alto saxophone, and man, she was amazing," raves BUDDY GUY. In 2024, Vanessa was Nominated for the "B.B. King Entertainer of the Year" at the Blues Music Awards, given every year to the most outstanding live performer!