Saxophonist/Vocalist GRACE KELLY Showcases Versatility on Debut Live Album, “Live at Scullers,” Available February 5

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Berklee College of Music, Chantale Sterling, Eric Law, Grace Kelly, Jaime Woods, Jason Palmer, Mark Walker, Paquito D'Rivera, Pete McCann, Saxophonist, Scullers Jazz Club, Vocals, Zach Brown

Album Focuses on Original Compositions and Features Jason Palmer and Zach Brown … among others

Grace Kelly, Live at Scullers

“It’s a blessing from the gods, this kind of talent, and when we see it in someone young, we marvel at the contrast…” – Todd Leopold, CNN

::: Stream Tracks From Live at Scullers :::

There are snapshots in the family photo album of Grace Kelly at Scullers Jazz Club at the age of six, falling asleep in her father’s arms. When she began studying saxophone at the tender age of ten, she dreamed of one day performing on that very same stage. In those childhood visions, it was a much older Grace Kelly that she envisioned on the bandstand, but she made her Scullers debut at thirteen and held a CD release concert there the following year.

Grace Kelly -][- GRACE [PAZZ]

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Grace Kelly -][- GRACE -(MP3)- [PAZZ, 2011]

To say that we were thrilled when Grace Kelly agreed to perform at the Festival of Homiletics, an interdenominational preaching conference, would be a huge understatement. We only became aware of Grace shortly before the Festival, and it took some schedule shuffling for both parties but it was worth it! We’ve been fortunate to have many outstanding musicians at the Festival, and Grace has joined that storied tradition with a uniqueness and energy all her own.

We asked Grace to take traditional hymns/spirituals and perform them creatively on her saxophone at the Festival. The attendees of the Festival received these interpretive variations with delighted ears and thunderous applause. The arrangement of these hymns is simple and respectful. Grace Kelly and her accompanists are not self-indulgent when they play. They use their talents in service of the songs, reminding us of the good news. Yet we’ve never heard anyone expand upon “Let There Be Peace on Earth” the way Grace does. Listen for the chanting and saxophone at the end. In her concerts as well as on this cd, Grace will surprise you with her vocals. It’s like receiving yet another blessing when you thought all the blessings had already come.

ACCLAIMED MUSICAL PRODIGY GRACE KELLY WINS 2011 ASCAP FOUNDATION YOUNG JAZZ COMPOSER AWARD

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TO MAKE NPR JAZZSET DEBUT WITH
MARY LOU WILLIAMS WOMEN IN JAZZ FESTIVAL ALL-STAR QUINTET

ACCLAIMED MUSICAL PRODIGY GRACE KELLY

“…Kelly is the real deal…At every turn, people have been impressed with a child – and then a young woman – whose artistry is anything but rote.” – Jon Garelick, The Boston Phoenix

LISTEN TO A STREAMING TRACK FROM HER NEW ALBUM, MAN WITH THE HAT

DL Media is proud to announce acclaimed musical prodigy Grace Kelly has won a 2011 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award. Additionally, the saxophonist, vocalist, and composer will make her debut on NPR’s nationally syndicated radio, JazzSet, in a segment featuring the Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Festival All-Star Quintet, consisting of: recent GRAMMY® Award winners, bassist Esperanza Spalding and vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater; NAACP Image Award nominee, pianist Geri Allen; and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington.

The 2011 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award, announced in February, serves as Kelly’s fourth ASCAP Award (receiving recognition in 2007, 2008 and 2010). The ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award, established in 2002, was created to encourage gifted jazz- composers from throughout the United States. The recipients, who receive cash awards, range in age from 9 to 29, and are selected through a juried national competition.

ACCLAIMED MUSICAL PRODIGY GRACE KELLY RELEASES MAN WITH THE HAT ON JANUARY 25

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FEATURING AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO LEGEND, PHIL WOODS

Grace Kelly and Phil Woods - Man with The Hat

With more than a half-century of experience in the jazz world, it would be safe to consider Phil Woods not only one of the music’s living legends but a true aficionado of his fellow instrumentalists. So it speaks volumes that the first time he shared the stage with a then-14-year-old Grace Kelly, he was moved to remove his iconic leather cap and place it on her head – the first time he’d ever made such a gesture to a fellow alto saxophonist.

“I’d never dreamed that I would have this relationship with him or that I’d even meet him,” says Kelly, reminiscing about that experience. “I look at this hat that he’s worn on his album covers for the last fifty years and it’s really well worn, and now he has a brand new one. It’s really a special memory.”

Four years later, the 18-year saxophone prodigy returns the favor with a new CD featuring and in tribute to Woods, aptly titled Man With the Hat. A fresh take on the bebop legacy that Woods has espoused for his entire career, the album arrives just in time to inaugurate the alto great’s 80th birthday year and consists of seven standards and originals penned by both Kelly and Woods and performed by an all-star ensemble.