Recipients of the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical GRAMMY Award were announced today by The Recording Academy.

 

Burt Bacharach, the Band, Cab Calloway, Doris Day, Itzhak Perlman, Max Roach and Earl Scruggs will receive The Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Clarence Avant, Jac Holzman, and Willie Mitchell will be honored with The Academy's Trustees Award. Ampex Corporation and John Eargle have been named recipients of the Technical GRAMMY Award.

 

A special invitation-only ceremony will be held during GRAMMY Week on Feb. 9, and a formal acknowledgment will be made during the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast, which will be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network.

 

"This year's recipients are a prestigious group of diverse and influential creators who have crafted or contributed to some of the most distinctive recordings in music history," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "These profoundly inspiring figures are being honored as legendary performers, creative architects and technical visionaries. Their outstanding accomplishments and passion for their craft have created a timeless legacy."

 

The Lifetime Achievement Award honors lifelong artistic contributions to the recording medium while the Trustees Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the industry in a non-performing capacity. Both awards are determined by vote of The Recording Academy's National Board of Trustees. Technical GRAMMY Award recipients are determined by vote of The Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing Advisory Council and Chapter Committees as well as The Academy's Trustees. The award is presented to individuals and companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.

 

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