Nick Colionne Supports Breast Cancer Foundation

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African American, Breast Cancer, Guitar, Nick Colionne

Nick Colionne at the Coltrane Jazz and Blues Festival

Guitarist Nick Colionne has been described as “one of the finest performers to come along on the jazz scene in a long time” by JazzReview.com. His newest CD “NO LIMITS“, on the prestigious label E1 Records, debuted to rave reviews and the first single, the title tune “No Limits“, went Top 10. Nick will be featured on the cover of the November | December issue of Wine and Jazz Magazine with the focus of his cover story being his charitable work. In association with this, he has adopted The Pair Tree, a local non-profit dedicated to raising funds for breast cancer research and with the magazine, Epiphone Guitars and Tobin James Cellars as sponsors, he will donate all of the proceeds of a nationally based sealed bid auction to The Pair Tree.

..:: Source: The Pair Tree Foundation ::..

Health Related Issues

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African American, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Prostate Cancer

Synthia St. James, Circle of Promise

Greeting’s fellow music enthusiasts, as always thanks for visiting The Urban Flux at WordPress.com. October is Breast Cancer awareness month. My prayer is that All Women to never encounter this physically and mentally debilitating cancer. Unfortunately, according to the stats a very high percentage of women particularly in the African American community will be faced with Breast Cancer. With that said, we all must do our part to insure that Women globally take every measure possible to prevent Breast Cancer. I’m talking about this issue for a variety of reasons, one including that Men can also have Breast Cancer.

Just recently, I viewed a documentary on TVOne titled Breast Cancer Examined: An African American Perspective. The late actor and model Richard Roundtree talked extensively from the heart about his perspective about having Breast Cancer. This documentary is a must see for all who have or know someone that has Breast Cancer and how it effects the lives of people. Roundtree also appeared on the Tavis Smiley Show on PBS to talk about his battle with Breast Cancer.

On a personal note: as of May ’09 I was diagnosed with “Prostate Cancer.” Yes, I know in theory it’s not the same. However, as Roundtree stated when we hear the word “Cancer” you begin to see things quite differently. As of October 7, 2009 my cancerous prostate was removed and I’m now Cancer Free. All Glory be to God!! My surgeon, Dr. C. Lee Jackson M.D. extracted my prostate by using the Robotic Prostatectomy which incorporates the da Vinci® Surgical Robot procedure. I’m very thankful for Dr. Jackson and for being guided to choose him for this life changing treatment. Gentlemen, if you will, please cast your pride aside and get your “Prostate” examined yearly as a course of preventive action. Guys, it’s better to be proactive about health related problems and take action now! Thanks for your time, Rob Young!