★★★★★
The new live album from Grace Kelly opens with "Please Don't Box Me In," the alto saxophone prodigy signaling her Esperanza Spalding-sized ambition to add singing and songwriting to her portfolio. That particular tune's ambitiousness, ironically, makes it the disc's weakest: The lyrics are earnest and trite, and Kelly's singing in spots is overblown...
- jazztimes.com
2013-05-29
★★★★★
Inevitably, when you start talking about saxophonist Grace Kelly, people get a confused look on their face. They're apt to politely correct you and enlighten you on her wonderful performances in Rear Window and To Catch a Thief (in reference to actress Grace Kelly). What you have to explain to them is that there can be two memorable talents with the same name. Every Road I Walked is saxophonist Kelly's third release on Pazz Productions...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-07
★★★★★
Track Listing: Every Road I Walked; I'll Remember April; East of the Sun (West of the Moon); Some Other Time; I Will; Nowhereto Run; "Round Midnight; Filosophical Flying Fish; Samba de Verao (So Nice); Somewhere Over the Rainbow;Here's That Rainy Day; Finish Line; What If I Told You; Summertime. Personnel: Grace Kelly: vocals, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone; Doug Johnson: piano; John Lockwood: bass; Terri LyneCarrington: drums...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
★★★★★
Track Listing: Subconscious Lee; Just Friends; GRACEfulLEE; You Don't Know What Love Is; Alone Together; Buzzing Around; Thingin'; Call of the Spirits; NY at Noon. Personnel: Grace Kelly: alto saxophone; Lee Konitz: alto saxophone; Russell Malone: electric guitar; Rufus Reid: bass; Matt Wilson: drums. Style: Straightahead/Mainstream Read more reviews of GRACEfulLEE Grace Kelly is still only a teenager, but she has already turned quite a few heads in the world of jazz...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
★★★★★
Most sixteen year old musicians are honing their chops in the high school marching and concert bands. Some of the luckier ones attend a school that has a jazz band where a beginner can get a taste of improvisation. Sixteen year old alto saxophonist Grace Kelly?a testament to joyful precocious talent and a killer support system?trades licks with the legendary Phil Woods and records a CD, GRACEfullLEE, with the iconic Lee Konitz...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2013-08-26
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