Grace Kelly - Go Time Brooklyn '2018

Tracks list

Tracklist
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01. It Dont Mean a Thing
02. Count on Me
03. Trying to Figure It Out
04. Green Chimneys (Sax/Drum Duet)
05. By the Grave
06. Billie Jean

Not to be confused with the famous Philadelphia-born actress who became Princess
Grace of Monaco and died in 1982, the Grace Kelly profiled in this bio is a
straight-ahead jazz saxophonist/singer who had several albums in her catalog
before she was 17. The precocious New England native has made the alto sax her
primarily instrument, but she also plays the tenor and soprano saxes - and Kelly
can play clarinet, flute, acoustic piano, and drums, as well. At times, Kelly
will put down her saxophone and sing, although she is an instrumentalist first
and foremost. Kelly has included original compositions in her repertoire along
with jazz and Tin Pan Alley standards, but unlike a lot of straight-ahead jazz
artists, she does not shy away from rock or R&B songs. Kelly has recorded her
share of Beatles classics, and she has also provided jazz interpretations of
Bill Withers Aint No Sunshine and Stevie Wonders Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Im
Yours. Charlie Parker, Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, Sonny Stitt, and Cannonball
Adderley are among the saxophonist/singers prominent influences on alto, whereas
on tenor and soprano, one hears elements of Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, and
Stan Getz in her playing. In fact, Kelly has been quoted as saying that hearing
Getz (who her mother listened to frequently at home) was the thing that inspired
her to take up the sax when she was a child.

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