Vanessa Collier plays Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa, Florida on July 28, 2016. Credit: Andy Warrener

Dallas-born saxophonist Vanessa Collier has been selling out wineries, clubs, and smaller venues worldwide for almost the last decade and has shared stages with Joe Louis Walker and Buddy Guy.
Recently nominated for the Blues Music Award for Contemporary Blues Female Artist, Collier brings widely praised saxophone excellency to Skipper’s Smokehouse this weekend for her own solo show on Saturday.

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Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...