SEATTLE CITY OF MUSIC Salutes Quincy Jones | Oct. 14th, 2009

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!”

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