READY, SET, STAY!

Grace Kelly makes another appearance at Ageless

Grace Kelly is a star! She was just voted the best National Jazz Act by The Boston Phoenix Music Poll, and continues to perform around the world! I am thrilled to know her and to have her grace my blog for the third time.

Here we are after one of her recent sold out shows at Sculler's Jazz Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Live music is healing, it's transformative, it's therapy for the heart, soul, and mind. It moves me like nothing else. I urge my readers to experience a live show this summer.

Naturally I will give a great big plug to Grace, and will attach a link to her website. With any luck she might be playing near you. One new song she has coming out soon is Ready, Set, Stay. She played it that night at Scullers while she was recording. When its released you may be able to hear me cheering at the end. It's one of my favorite songs.

Hanging out with Grace is one more way to enjoy life...this singer/songwriter/sax player/composer is young, happy, fun to be around, and super talented. If you can't make it to a gig you can always buy one of her CD's.

For her touring schedule and merchandise selection just hit the link below:

GRACE KELLY

And, how about spending a splendid summer evening at the Cape Cod Jazz Festival... Throughout the summer The Wequassett Resort and Golf Club (featured below) is hosting an incredible line up of Jazz Artists. Grace will be there on August 15th. The place itself is idyllic. If you combine the almost tropical setting, a talent like Grace Kelly performing on a balmy summer night under the stars.... it's simply quintessential summer. And you heard about it here first at Ageless with Aunty...where no matter what is happening around us, inside we continue to bloom!

http://www.wequassett.com/

They will gladly make you a luscious Pina Colada in your private cabana. It's all part of your Escape to the Cape.

CATCH A RISING STAR...

Look Who I Caught...

In my last post I was reaching for a star. This time, I've caught one! Here I am with none other than the rising jazz star… Grace Kelly! This girl is going places. And I'm going with her. If you want to look cool, feel cool,  be cool, just stop by one of her hot gigs. What a great way to spend an evening. She has a versatile talent that made me jump out of my seat. And, it’s pretty exciting watching someone as they rise to fame!

She has played around the world. Grace has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Phil Woods, and Harry Connick Jr. among countless other jazz greats, from The Newport Jazz Festival to Lincoln Center.

Jazz up your life a little and go see this outstanding saxophonist/vocalist/composer/lyricist/arranger. When you are into the sounds of Grace Kelly, she will take you away from your everyday woes and worries. Get caught up in the music. Catch a rising star….

Get with it man….it's all about the music!

For more on this mega-talent go to www.gracekellymusic.com
www.facebook.com/gracekellyjazz

I MET GRACE KELLY!

She lives up to the "Amazing" in Amazing Grace

I was spared by hurricane Irene. But I was hit by another strong force. Her name is Grace Kelly. This extraordinary jazz performer just blew me away. She is truly a force to be reckoned with.

I cannot sing her praises enough. I was enraptured with every note during her snazzy set at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston this past Thursday night. While most people were preparing for the storm the entire Art audience was wrapped up in a whirlwind all our own thanks to the extraordinary talent of Grace Kelly. She embodies every letter of the word J-A-Z-Z. At the end of the set we all naturally jumped to our feet for a much deserved standing ovation! For this music lover, it will always be a special moment…as I sat awestruck discovering a star. There is no doubt Grace’s ability and talent will soon take her into the stratosphere. I hope she remembers me as one of her early fans!

Miss Grace is 19 years old. She plays the sax, and is also a bandleader, arranger, composer, and singer. At age 14 she played alongside Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops. She has shared the stage with Esperanza Spalding, Wynton Marsalis, and the band James Farm. All things considered, her talent is unmatched.

Lee Konitz, one of Charlie Parker’s contemporaries who recorded with Miles Davis in the “Birth of the Cool” sessions, became one of her closest teachers. She is now unstoppable. Wynton Marsalis says “She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt that is the hallmark of a first-class jazz musician.” She has even played with Dave Brubeck among countless other greats!

If all the winds, the rains, and the bad news have you down, do something uplifting. When you are not reading Ageless with Aunty, check out this mega-talent Grace Kelly. She is everything a great musician should be AND MORE… She is so swinging cool…

www.gracekellymusic.com

AGELESS TIP OF THE WEEK:  for anyone visiting or living in the Boston area, the Institute of Contemporary Art is a venue well worth any effort to get to. It’s stunning and stimulating. Get away from the tempest…wake up your senses….turn on some Jazz music and check out a vibrant museum….NOTHING LIKE A NATURAL HIGH.