Sold-out venues, a five-month stint on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and a 10th CD release have all highlighted 24-year-old Grace Kelly's banner year. Her new album, Trying to Figure It Out, voted "#2 Album of the Year" in the 2016 Downbeat Magazine's Readers Poll is a cinematic celebration of her emergence as a full-fledged musician according to NPR's Here and Now

Grace Kelly was acclaimed for blazing a new path for Asian-Americans and jazz on mainstream television. One thing led to another, and she found herself in the house band for the new NBC variety show Maya and Marty starring Maya Rudolph and Martin Short produced by Lorne Michaels.

NBC: Musician Grace Kelly Is 'Making a New Path on Late Night Television

Throw in a cameo as herself on the Emmy-nominated series BOSCH and contributions to at least six films so far, including the powerful 2014 documentary Sound of Redemption: The Story, and it's clear that her momentum is blowing the cat off the hot tin roof.

Winner of 64th Annual Downbeat Magazine's Critics Poll Rising Star - Alto Saxophone and the Hot House Magazine - New York Jazz Fans Decision 2016 - Alto Saxophonist of The Year Award. "Jazz Artist of the Year" 2016 Music Awards. That's in addition to the scores of awards she's garnered over the past 10 years for her playing, singing, songwriting and compositions.

Grace Kelly is considered "a young jazz innovator" and "making jazz young" according to Billboard and The Improper Bostonian

"Charismatic and immensely talented...all the chops in the world." Downbeat Magazine

"Grace Kelly wins over nearly everyone who sees her perform." Jazziz Magazine