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“Kelly is a bone fide emerging talent. Not likely that saxophonist Phil Woods would take on any less for a student or blues
harmonica players James Cotton and James Montgomery would have any less of a talent beside them in concert. Despite (and maybe in spite) of the hype of her youth, she is sprouting. Her
appearances are becoming more high-profile. She knows how to work her band and reward them with her generosity on stage.”
jazzreview.com
“This young lady has bags of talent.” Down Beat
“Grace Kelly is still only a teenager, but she has already turned
quite a few heads in the world of jazz. . No mere flash in the pan, Grace Kelly is here to stay.”
All About Jazz
“Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and
feeling. She has a great amount of natural
ability and the ability to adapt that is the
hallmark of a first-class jazz musician.”
Wynton Marsalis
Grace Kelly alto/soprano/tenor saxophones, vocals Jason Palmer trumpet Doug Johnson piano John Lockwood bass, electric bass
Jordan Perlson drums / Terri Lyne Carrington drums
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Grace Kelly is a saxophonist, singer songwriter, composer/arranger from Brookline, Massachusetts. Having studied saxophone since the age of ten, she is rapidly making her way up in the jazz music world. Grace’s talents far outstrip others her age. Now just sixteen, Grace has already recorded and/or performed with many notable musicians: Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Dave Brubeck, Hank Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., Frank Morgan, Kenny Barron, Cedar Walton, Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland, Russell Malone, Rufus Reid, Matt Wilson, Ann Hampton Callaway, Jerry Bergonzi, Terri Lyne Carrington, Dianne Reeves, Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Christian Scott, Billy Hart, George Cables, Ronnie Matthews, Ray Drummond, Peter Bernstein, and James Cotton, among others.
Grace has performed around the world in many notable venues in the U.S., Europe and Asia such as Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Dizzy’s Club Cocoa Cola, Scullers Jazz Club, Regatta Bar, Dakota Jazz Club, Kennedy Center, Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Blues Alley, Newport Blues Café, Boston Symphony Hall, Jazz Standard, Pabst Theater, 50th Grammy Awards (after party), Jazz Bakery (LA), Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival (Kennedy Center) and in venues as far away as Tromso, Norway, Salzau, Germany and Seoul, Korea.
Media appearances include NPR “Day To Day”, NPR “Here and Now”, NPR “Piano Jazz”, “5 to Watch in 2009” WCVB TV, “Chronicle”, WGBH with Eric Jackson, XM Radio, WICN, KSFR, KCSM, CBS TV4, Fox 25 News, NECN, EBS Radio and EBS TV and numerous radio interviews. Featured in national media in U.S., Europe and Asia such as: LA Times, Downbeat, Jazziz, Jazz Times, Jazztitek, Chosun Daily News, Boston Globe, Washington Post, and many others.
Grace appeared as special guest artist for two nights with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops 2007 Jazz Series. One of the selections Grace performed was her award-winning composition “Every Road I Walked” which she arranged for the entire Pops orchestra, her first arrangement for an orchestra and strings. Grace also performed with Diane Reeves and the Boston Pops Orchestra.
HONOrS aND aWarDSRecipient of the 2008 Francis B. Lanier Award NEC Prep School (Youngest ever and first non-classical musician to receive the award).
Recipient of the ASCAP Foundation 2008 Young Jazz Composers Award for the composition “101 (Mood Changes).”
Recipient of the ASCAP Foundation 2007 Young Jazz Composers Award for the title track of “Every Road I Walked” Performed at the 2007 ASCAP Foundation Annual Awards in New York.
Voted “Best Jazz Act” in Boston 2008 FNX/Phoenix Best Music Poll.
Winner “Outstanding Jazz Act of the Year” 2008 Boston Music Awards
Winner of four 2008 Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards: Jazz Instrumentalist, Jazz Vocalist, Extended Original Composition “101”, Arrangement “I Want To Be Happy.”
Winner of 2007 Downbeat Student Music Award, Arrangement “Summertime” (Every Road I Walked).
Winner of four 2006 Downbeat Student Music Awards: Jazz Instrumentalist, Pop/Rock/Blues Instrumentalist, Original Composition “Fast Metabolism” (Times Too), Jazz Vocalist–Outstanding Performance.
Recipient of the Berklee College of Music Superior Musicianship Award at 2007 Berklee High School Jazz Festival.
Grace Kelly was the youngest ever winner of Fish Middleton Jazz Scholarship at the 2006 East Coast Jazz Festival.
Winner of International Songwriting Competition 2008 for “101.”
Winner of two International Songwriting Competitions in 2006 & 2007 for her composition “Filosophical Flying Fish” (Every Road I Walked).
Grace Kelly was judged the top woodwind soloist and the top vocal alto soloist at the 2007 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival.
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“Her voice is sweet and soulful, bridging the vocal traditions of jazz and pop music in an authentic, original way. Her sensitivity, control and focus as an alto saxophonist is impressive...Grace is following her heart and that path is sure to lead her on a great adventure that all listeners, lucky enough to discover her, will relish.” Ann Hampton Callaway
“Grace Kelly is a unique and genuine talent. Great young performers are nothing new, but someone who possesses such ease of expression and musical personality at such an early stage of her career is a find, indeed. I can’t wait to see what her future holds!” Keith Lockhart
