“Grace Kelly has an electric charisma on-stage that instantly ignites the room,” says, band leader Jon Batiste, saxophonist, and composer Grace Kelly plays with the heart and passion of an old soul yet with the genre-bending zest and energy of a 25 year old. Having been a regular on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s band, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Grace Kelly’s 10th CD Trying To Figure It Out Trying to Figure It Out was voted #2 Jazz Album of The Year in 2016 Downbeat Magazine Readers Poll. 
 She wrote her first song at 7 years old, recorded her first CD at 12, orchestrated and performed her original composition with the Boston Pops Orchestra at 14, and performed at President Obama’s Inauguration at 16. As a bandleader Grace has performed over 800 concerts in over 30 countries in notable venues all Harry Connick, Jr. Wynton Marsalis Esperanza Spalding Dave Brubeck Lin-Manuel Miranda, ?uestlove, Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, David Sanborn , TooManyZooz, Huey Lewis & The News, Jamie Cullum, and more. 
 She has been featured on Amazon’s Emmy-nominated TV show "Bosch" The Music of Harry Bosch CNN.com, Glamour Magazine, Forbes, Billboard, Huffington Post, and NPR. Grace has won multiple ASCAP Composer Awards, Boston Music Awards, and International Songwriting Awards.