Grace Kelly
"She is not an artist for Jazz lovers only but one for the whole world." - Monty Alexander
Watch a Video | Back to the Main Artists Page
Returning to the Monty Alexander Jazz Festival this year is 19 year old Grace Kelly, an alto saxophonist hailed as a rising star in the jazz world. She has performed and recorded with the likes of Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Phil Woods, Harry Connick Jr., Jamie Cullum, Frank Morgan, Esperanza Spalding, Toots Thielemans, Hank Jones, Jerry Bergonzi, Adam Rogers, Chris Potter, Rufus Reid, Kenny Barron, Dianne Reeves, Billy Hart, Ann Hampton Callaway, Cedar Walton, James Cotton and Terri Lynn Carrington among others.
Voted "Best Jazz Act” in Boston three consecutive years in the FNX/Phoenix Best Music Poll, Kelly received the ASCAP Foundation’s Young Jazz Composers Award in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011 and won "Jazz Artist of the Year” at the Boston Music Awards in both 2008 and 2010.
Since age 12, Kelly has released seven full-length albums and performed over 500 concerts as a leader at prominent venues such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Apollo Theater, Birdland, and Boston’s Symphony Hall. Currently a senior on full scholarship at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, she plans to graduate this December.
