Northwest African American Museum to Honor Quincy Jones at Seattle's Paramount
Theatre March 16th.
SEATTLE, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Northwest African American Museum's
(NAAM's) Grand Opening week will culminate on March 16th with the Quincy Jones
Extravaganza event at the historic Seattle Paramount Theatre in downtown
Seattle. The 8:00 pm all-star concert features Grammy Award winners Carlos
Santana, James Ingram and Ernestine Anderson, and will honor Seattle native
Quincy Jones with NAAM's Board of Directors' first Lifetime Achievement Award.
An impresario in the broadest and most creative sense of the word, Quincy
Jones' career has encompassed the roles of composer, record-producer, artist,
film producer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, TV producer, record
company executive, television station owner, magazine founder, and multi-media
entrepreneur. Among the multitude of awards he has received for his
contributions are an Emmy Award, seven Academy Award nominations, the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and 27
Grammy Awards. Mr. Jones is the all-time most nominated Grammy artist, with a
total of 79 nominations. Recently, he was inducted as a "Kennedy Center
Honoree," the United States' most prestigious artistic award, for his lifetime
contributions to the culture of the country.
Other artists featured at the event include Academy Award nominee,
singer/songwriter Siedah Garrett, Clarence Acox & the Seattle Repertory Jazz
Orchestra featuring jazz great Buddy Catlett, Steve Connell and Sekou (tha
misfit), Laura "Piece" Kelley-Jahn, Ruby Bishop, and Juan Huey Ray and Sound
of the Northwest.
Ticket prices for the event range from $25.00 to $150.00 and are available
through Ticketmaster and the Paramount Box Office. Proceeds from the event
will help support the community programs at the Northwest African American
Museum.
Quincy Jones will be available for a press conference on Sunday, March 16,
at 5:30 pm in the "Sorrento Room" on the 7th Floor of The Sorrento Hotel.
SOURCE The Northwest African American Museum
Carver C. Gayton of The Northwest African American Museum, +1-206-518-6000,
+1-206-254-4667, cgayton@naamnw.org
