“Grace Kelly has an electric charisma on-stage that instantly ignites the room.” —Jon Batiste
PHOTO: MEHDI HASSINE
Grace Kelly Saxophonist, singer, and composer Grace Kelly plays with the heart and passion of an old soul yet with the genrebending zest and energy of a 25 year old. Having been a regular on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s band, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Kelly’s tenth album, Trying To Figure It Out, was voted #2 Jazz Album of The Year in 2016 Downbeat Magazine Readers Poll.
As a band leader, Kelly has performed over 800 concerts in over 30 countries in notable venues as the Hollywood Bowl, Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall and festivals such as Montreal, Newport, and Montreux; and performed and/or recorded with Harry Connick Jr, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Brubeck, Steve Martin, Tina Fey, Martin Short, Maya Rudolph, Emma Stone, Lin Manuel, Questlove,
Friday • 7:30-9 p.m. Swingin’ Stage
and Esperanza Spalding, just to name a few. With the recording of a new live-in-the-studio set, the rulebreaking jazz musician has crossed yet another line. A portion of the album previewed with the streaming of a Facebook Live session to a worldwide audience. Kelly hopes to include everyone from her own contemporaries— millennials—to open-minded veteran music lovers.
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