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Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly is a saxophonist, vocalist, composer, bandleader, and media creator whose leader catalog joins contemporary jazz, pop songwriting, and performance video.

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Career Overview

About Grace Kelly

Kelly’s official biography identifies a saxophonist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader with an independent leader catalog begun at a young age. It documents original music, touring ensembles, educational work, and a media practice built around performance video.[1]

The artist’s recording and video archives move from acoustic jazz albums through Man with the Hat, Trying to Figure It Out, and later song-centered releases. Her group and media projects retain a clear leader identity even as the production draws on jazz and pop forms.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, saxophonist, vocalist, and composer

Grace Kelly leader band

Kelly’s touring and recording group carries original songs and instrumental writing across her catalog.[1]

Creator, bandleader, and performer

GO TiME

The performance-video project connects Kelly’s live band with an artist-controlled visual series.[1][2]

Educator and media creator

Educational and media work

Her official biography documents clinics, online performance content, and programs designed to introduce audiences to improvisation.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2009

Mood Changes

Leader, saxophonist, vocalist, and composer

The album represents Kelly’s early leader writing in the official career chronology.[1]

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2016

Trying to Figure It Out

Leader, saxophonist, vocalist, and composer

The later record broadens Kelly’s blend of instrumental jazz, songwriting, and produced ensemble music.[1][2]

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2022

All That I Need

Leader, saxophonist, vocalist, and composer

The canonical artist edition places Kelly’s later songs and saxophone work in her continuing leader catalog.[1][2]

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Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Fri, Nov 20, 6:30 PM

Grace Kelly

Dazzle Denver · Denver

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Fri, Nov 20, 9:00 PM

Grace Kelly

Dazzle Denver · Denver

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Sat, Nov 21, 6:00 PM

Grace Kelly

Dazzle Denver · Denver

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Sat, Nov 21, 8:30 PM

Grace Kelly

Dazzle Denver · Denver

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and leader-project history

    Grace Kelly

  2. [2] Official music and performance-video archive

    Grace Kelly