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| Seattle City Of Music Salutes Quincy Jones, Fleet Foxes and KEXP Seattle City Of Music, Seattle's effort to celebrate and enhance the city's renowned music culture, announced today it will honor Quincy Jones, Fleet Foxes and radio and online music hub KEXP at the inaugural Seattle City Of Music Awards October 14, a spectacular evening of entertainment at the Showbox at the Market. Honors will be presented in three categories: * Quincy Jones will receive the SEATTLE CITY OF MUSIC Outstanding Achievement Award. This is the premier award of the event. Mr. Jones is being honored for a lifetime of accomplishments that have helped put Seattle on the map as SEATTLE CITY OF MUSIC. * Fleet Foxes will receive the SEATTLE CITY OF MUSIC Breakthrough Award, which honors an artist for overwhelming success in the past year. * KEXP will receive the SEATTLE CITY OF MUSIC Impact Award for service related to music that has made the community a better place. Heralded alt-country band The Maldives have been chosen by KEXP to perform in the station's honor; accepting the award will be on-air favorites from the station. Fleet Foxes singer, songwriter and guitarist Robin Pecknold will be on hand to accept his band's tribute, and has asked indie folk outfit Pearly Gate Music – led by Zach Tillman, brother of Fleet Foxes drummer Josh – to perform in honor of the band. Quincy Jones, who will be accepting his award through family and a video thank-you, will be feted with a one-of-a-kind big band tribute with players from the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. Opening the Awards will be local young artists from Seattle Theatre Group's More Music @ The Moore teen music program, performing original compositions from their 2009 engagement. Indie rock upstarts Tea Cozies – who, like the Maldives, are among several Seattle bands starring in director Lynn Shelton's upcoming MTV web show, "$5 Cover: Seattle" – will play the SEATTLE CITY OF MUSIC aftershow, to be held at the Showbox immediately following the Awards. Tickets to the Awards show will be distributed to the public free of charge online at www.seattlecityofmusic.com and through independent music retailers Easy Street Records, Everyday Music, Silver Platters and Sonic Boom Records. The Awards show is open to all ages. "I would like to thank Mayor Nickels, the Office of Film + Music, and most importantly, the residents of Seattle for this distinguished honor, " Quincy Jones said. "I am so blessed and thankful for the wonderful and fruitful journey that my life has been, a journey that began in Seattle 66 years ago. Mine could have been a very different story, but through the grace of God I found my calling in music and Seattle couldn't have been a better place to hone my craft." "We got our start playing at local venues like Chop Suey and the Crocodile, learning about new music from the vast array of independent local record shops and support from KEXP, " said Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold. "Seattle's music community is one of the richest in the world – the many quality venues, record stores, labels and musicians that flourish here are testament to that. We're proud to hail from such a place, and are honored to accept this award." "KEXP is thrilled to be recognized with the SCOM Impact Award, " added Kevin Cole, KEXP senior director of programming and host of "The Afternoon Show." "We take great pride in being a part of, helping cultivate, and representing Seattle's rich vibrant music scene. This honor is particularly special for us, as our quest is to be of service to the community, to have impact, enriching the lives of our listeners by championing great music, and there's no shortage of that in Seattle!" ABOUT SEATTLE CITY OF MUSIC The SEATTLE CITY OF MUSIC initiative launched in 2008 as an effort to celebrate and enhance Seattle's renowned music culture. Record labels, radio stations, clubs, festivals, restaurants, nonprofits and civic organizations have joined to make Seattle a place where musicians thrive and music businesses flourish. Among the projects that have joined the initiative are the Earshot Jazz arts organization, the Noise for the Needy charitable fundraising series, Rotary's Music4Life program to expand music education, and the artist health clinic at the Country Doctor Community Clinic. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Jazz News :: home page |