Monday, October 6, 2025 at 6:00pm
The Annex - Arizona Musicfest
Tickets
$40
(+$4/ticket service fee)
Includes wine, cheese & snacks
We3 performed their very first concert together on October 1, 2016, at the Nash in downtown Phoenix. An undeniable chemistry was recognized, and the group continued to perform sold out shows at the MIM and Phoenix Theatre along with recording their first full length CD, “We’ll Meet Again”.
These ladies are a powerhouse of talents combined, featuring vocalist Renee Grant Patrick (daughter to the late George Grant of the world-famous Ink Spots), violinist Suzanne Lansford, and pianist Nicole Pesce.
We3 have appeared on AZTV’s Channel 7 as the “Best of the Daily Mix” and made special appearances at the Herberger Theater Center Stage, The Chandler Jazz Festival and AZ Classic Jazz Festival, Paying tribute to timeless tunes with new and familiar interpretations of popular, jazz, swing, blues standards, and so much more!
Summer of 2019 found We3 entertaining in jazz clubs in all over Paris, France. During most of 2020, We3 produced several successful virtual “live-streamed” concerts to fans all over the world. The trio also opened Phoenix Theatre’s first “outdoor stage” with a two-week concert presentation of “Happy Birthday Dionne!” – Featuring the music of Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach. In 2022, ’23 and ’24 – We3 performed sold out shows at the MIM and the Nash – along with a special tribute concert featuring songs from the Great American Songbook at the Arts on the Rocks concert series. 2025 started off with We3 performing as part of the “Fabulous Five” – for a special feature concert presented by Arizona Musicfest. Later this year, these ladies will celebrate “9” successful years as a band with a special encore performance at the Nash in downtown Phoenix. Additional appearances have included: The Fresno, CA “Sounds of Mardi Gras” Festival, the Chandler Center for the Arts, The Mesa Arts Center, Scottsdale Center for the Arts – and the ASU KERR Cultural Center.
Getting Here
The Annex
7950 E. Thompson Peak Parkway
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
7950 East Thompson Peak Parkway
7950 East Thompson Peak Parkway, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, USA
Suzanne Lansford
Violin
Suzanne’s Mom and Dad taught her all kinds of music before she could even walk. They also say it took a very long time before she begin to walk! Beginning with classical lessons and quitting them at 13 to play jazz at the Arizona Biltmore and other venues and radio shows across Phoenix and Scottsdale, Suzanne has always kept music high on the list. In Chicago, she was with Chicago’s eclectic classical / jazz / Latin group, the 3rd Coast String Quartet, and even today when visiting Chicago, she makes time to visit with and play Gypsy Jazz with Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan at the Green Mill.
In rural Florida, she was immersed in bluegrass, twice winning the Yee-Haw Junction Bluegrass Fiddle Championship. Back home in Phoenix since 2011, she doesn’t have to pick a favorite genre, because everything gets cameos of Latin, Jazz, Classical..even Blues, Greek & Scottish flavors. It’s all fair play. During the day, Suzanne is a registered professional engineer (PE- electrical) for nuclear power & public infrastructure projects through her firm, REDD Inc.
Renee Patrick
Vocals
Renee has connected with individuals and crowds with her voice and music over the past 12 years in the Valley. Her music is shockingly honest and emotionally charged. Listeners find Renee’s sound somehow familiar, but one that is refreshingly original and inviting. Singing a variety of genres from Jazz Standards, to classic R&B, Renee’s music will capture you with her powerful voice combined with a passionate delivery.
Born in Philadelphia PA, to now 31 years in Arizona, music has been a way of life for Renee. Her father was a member of the world renowned Ink Spots, inducted in the Doo Wop Hall of Fame in 1997. Renee’s mother Theresa is a local legend, having recorded duets with Terry Johnson of the Flamingos in Detroit’s Motown Studios along side of greats such as Smokey Robinson, and Marvin Gaye. It is safe to say that music runs in her family.
Nicole Pesce *
Piano
Pianist, keyboardist, composer and arranger Nicole Pesce entertaining audiences with a unique blend of virtuosity, humor, and pizzazz. Nicole’s “Happy Birthday Variations” video has over six million views on YouTube, and Nicole was recognized by Arizona Foothills Magazine with their “Best of 2014” Award for Best Local Band/Musician. With a repertoire consisting of over 12,000 memorized songs, Nicole is often dubbed “the human iPod,” and is hailed as “one of the top ten musicians to hear in Phoenix,” by the Arizona Republic.
Nicole has performed for George Benson, Muhammad Ali, Ricky Martin, President George HW Bush, Waylon Jennings, Taylor Hicks, Janet Napolitano, Shaquille O’Neal, President Jimmy Carter, Chris Rock, Steve Nash, The Gypsy Kings, Glen Campbell, Margaret Cho and Brian Setzer. She’s appeared with American Idol contestant David Hernandez, The Moscow Ballet, Zowie Bowie, and the casts of Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein, and Mamma Mia!
* returning Musicfest artist