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With Alan Paul of the Manhattan Transfer at
the helm, Grace Cerrone has the talent and tenacity to become the jazz
world’s next star. Grace croons new life into jazz while captivating
audiences with her vocal beauty, lyrics, and arrangements. Grace has
performed or recorded with legends like Natalie Cole, Dionne Warwick,
Lou Rawls, and the Pointer Sisters and at events hosted by Sidney Poitier,
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Grace Cerrone, an American of full Italian
descent, brings back the class and internationally recognized talent
of fine Jazz. Her rich vocal styling and lush arrangements are reminiscent
of her influences; great Jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone,
Nancy Wilson, Chris Conner, Anita O'Day and Ella Fitzgerald modernized
with a splash of Joni Mitchell, Barbara Streisand, Roberta Flack, Patricia
Kaas, Lisa Stansfield, and Michael Bublé. Grace croons new life
into classic Jazz classics, while captivating audiences with her vocal
beauty, original songs, lyrics, and arrangements.
Grace Cerrone trained as an actress beginning
at age six. A professional actress and singer at eleven years old, Grace
worked steadily in national voice-over, theatre, television, and even
toured with a New York Equity cast for the musical, “Gypsy” performing
as Baby Louise by the age of 13. She was represented in New York City
by child manager, Muriel Karl. She studied operatic and classical voice
performance with the Metropolitan Opera’s Gabriella Tucci at the
prestigious Indiana University School of Music. After committing to follow
her heart to a career in Jazz, Grace began performing live and recording
with renowned Boston jazz pianist, Al Vega and his stellar group of jazz
musicians. Soon after those recordings, Grace Cerrone moved from her
hometown of Boston to Los Angeles where she joined the Life Choir, a
professional Gospel group under renowned musical director for Aretha
Franklin, H.B. Barnum.
Grace Cerrone
is preparing to record her first Jazz album - a combination of obscure
classic Jazz blending
in with original Jazz songs which she will
be incorporating into her live performance. The musical objective is to
create an album that reflects warmth and beauty contained within its lush
contemporary 1960's jazz stylings and arrangements. This album, "Sexy
World" creates a new niche in jazz: the mod 1960's revisited with
contemporary styling's in the 21st century. The music industry has already
embraced the project, beginning with legendary singer/arranger and five-time
Grammy Award winner Alan Paul of the multi-platinum and legendary Jazz
quartet, The Manhattan Transfer. An all-star lineup to perfectly compliment
Grace's voice is sure to produce an outstanding and wildly successful record.
Europe is already calling. Grace Cerrone is the future of classic Jazz,
and the world is all ears.
What people are saying about Grace Cerrone:
“This girl can blow.” - Alan Paul,
Singer, The Manhattan Transfer
“Grace has a fabulous voice.” - Seth Riggs
“In production on her first Jazz album on Vivacious Records.
Vocal styling of the great Jazz singers from the 1950’s.” - IOmusic
Grace Cerrone….what an incredible voice.
She’s destined for much bigger things." - Steve Cohen, Fan from
California
“Grace is so beautiful, talented, humorous, sincere, and so sexy!
I know she’s going to the top!” - John Wolfeson, Fan from Texas
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