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Grace Kelly: Biography, Facts and Career

Who is Grace Kelly? An evergreen, sourced profile: biography, key facts and career.

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Grace Kelly (born Grace Chung; May 15, 1992) is an American jazz musician, composer, and arranger. Kelly has produced and released recordings of her own, scored soundtracks, and tours with her band. She was named one of Glamour magazine's Top 10 College Women in 2011;, she has been featured on CNN.com and on the NPR radio shows Piano Jazz with both Marian McPartland and Jon Weber, as well as on WBGO's JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Working professionally since she was a preteen, Kelly was dubbed a prodigy in the jazz world. In 2014, she worked with the producer Stewart Levine on her EP, Working for the Dreamers, which was released in September of that year. Kelly was featured in the December 2015 issue of Vanity Fair as a significant millennial in the jazz world. She was also named "Rising Star – Alto Saxophone" in DownBeat's 2016 Critics Poll. Her Trying to Figure It Out (2016 PAZZ) release was voted the number-two Jazz Album of the Year in the 2016 DownBeat readers' poll.

Quick facts about Grace Kelly

  • Full name: Grace Kelly
  • Born: 1992-05-15
  • Nationality: United States
  • Known as: Musician
  • Wikidata ID: Q517253

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Who is Grace Kelly?

Grace Kelly (born Grace Chung; May 15, 1992) is an American jazz musician, composer, and arranger.

What nationality is Grace Kelly?

Grace Kelly is United States.

When was Grace Kelly born?

Grace Kelly was born on 1992-05-15.

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