Grammy Salute To Music Legends Tomorrow
The Recording Academy™ will honor its 2017 Special Merit Awards recipients with an awards ceremony and live tribute concert — Grammy Salute To Music Legends™ is happening tomorrow, July 11, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Shirley Caesar, Ahmad Jamal, Charley Pride, Jimmie Rodgers, Nina Simone, Sly Stone, and the Velvet Underground. Led by Grammy®-winning entertainer Paul Shaffer as musical director, the tribute concert will feature rare performances by honorees and never-before-seen renditions by those they’ve inspired.
Confirmed to perform: Lifetime Achievement Award honoree John Cale of the Velvet Underground, Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Caesar, jazz pianist Stanley Cowell, past Grammy nominee Andra Day, 12-time Grammy winner Kirk Franklin, six-time Grammy winner Randy Newman, past Grammy nominee Catherine Russell, Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Pride, past Grammy nominee Valerie Simpson, five-time Grammy winner Dionne Warwick, past Grammy nominee Charlie Wilson, and two-time Grammy winner Dwight Yoakam.
Additional Special Merit Awards honorees to be celebrated include Thom Bell, Mo Ostin and Ralph S. Peer, who are this year’s Trustees Award honorees, and Alan Dower Blumlein, who is the Technical GRAMMY Award recipient. Also being honored is Keith Hancock, this year’s recipient of the Music Educator Award™. Now in its second year, the Grammy Salute To Music Legends™ event will be produced in partnership with Thirteen as part of the Great Performances series on PBS, set to air later this year.
