HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MAY 11: Gregory Porter speaks onstage during the GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends at Dolby Theatre on May 11, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NARAS)
A Grammy Salute to Music Legends
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Fred Vigeant
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MAY 11: Gregory Porter speaks onstage during the GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends at Dolby Theatre on May 11, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NARAS)
In collaboration with the Recording Academy™, Great Performances presents GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends®, the fourth annual all-star concert offering a primetime spotlight for the Recording Academy’s 2019 Special Merit Awards recipients.
This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Black Sabbath, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Billy Eckstine, Donny Hathaway, Julio Iglesias, Sam & Dave and Dionne Warwick. Lou Adler, Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson and Johnny Mandel are Trustees Award honorees. Saul Walker is the Technical GRAMMY Award recipient. Jeffery Redding is also honored as this year’s recipient of the Music Educator Award™, presented by the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum®.
Four-time GRAMMY Award nominee Sheila E. hosts the star-studded evening with GRAMMY-nominated industry icon Greg Phillinganes as musical director. Presenters for the evening include GRAMMY winners Cheech & Chong and 16-time GRAMMY nominee Snoop Dogg.
This singular event, filmed on May 11, 2019 at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre, features rare performances by both the honorees and artists they’ve inspired with never-before-seen renditions of their classic songs. GRAMMY nominee Snoop Dogg salutes Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic; two-time GRAMMY winner Garth Brooks honors Sam Moore; five-time GRAMMY winner Lalah Hathaway and Kenya Hathaway pay tribute to their father Donny; past Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Johnny Mathis honors Warwick; and two-time GRAMMY winner Gregory Porter (pictured) pays tribute to Eckstein.
Watch the Grammy Salute to Music Legends 2019 as part of Great Performances on WITF Friday October 18 at 9:00pm. The program will also be available via the PBS Video app.
A collection of interviews, photos, and music videos, featuring local musicians who have stopped by the WITF performance studio to share a little discussion and sound. Produced by WITF’s Joe Ulrich.
