Legendary Music Photographer Jim Marshall to Receive Trustees Award, the Recording Academy's Highest Honor, for His Contribution to Chronicling Music History

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 14, 2014

The estate of legendary photographer Jim Marshall announced today that Marshall is being posthumously awarded the Trustees Award from The Recording Academy – a Special Merit Award that honors contributions to music in areas other than performance.

Marshall will be given the music industry’s highest accolade in the company of his peers, having photographed the Beatles, the Isley Brothers and Kris Kristofferson at early stages in their careers, who will also be accepting awards. The special invitation-only ceremony held during Grammy Week on Saturday, Jan. 25 along with a formal acknowledgment during the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards® telecast, which will be held at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network.

“Jim’s photographs, his children, remain indelible memories of the music from a timeless era, and we are so honored that the highest recognition in the music industry is being given to him,” said Amelia Davis, manager of Jim Marshall Photography LLC and the sole recipient of Marshall’s estate.

During extraordinary times for popular music, Jim Marshall was everywhere that mattered—in the Village in New York City with Bob Dylan; at sound check with Hendrix at Monterey Pop; greeting the sunrise at Woodstock with The Who; and probably flipping the bird right back at Johnny Cash once he caught the moment at San Quentin. The list goes on, beginning in the late 1950s, and ending only when he died in 2010.

“Jim attributed his ability to capture the authentic, vulnerable and insane moments of the musicians he photographed to the unencumbered access he had with them,” says Davis. “He was able to spend time with them on planes, backstage and anywhere else he could manage without time limitations and legions of other people telling him what, where or how many minutes to shoot. That and the pureness that came from the lenses of his beloved Leica cameras.”

It was this access and keen instinct to be in the right place at the right time that gives Marshall the rare distinction of having shot a photograph of at least one Grammy awardee for each of the 55 years since the Grammy’s began.

The public will be able to view a newly curated collection – “55 Years of Grammy Award Winners through the lens of Jim Marshall” – in an exclusive and limited engagement at the Leica Gallery in West Hollywood (Leica was his camera of choice). The show will be on display from January 24 – February 2, with a VIP invitation-only opening night reception on Thursday, January 23rd from 6pm – 10pm sponsored by Jack Daniels.

The artists in the 55 Years of Grammy Award Winners through the lens of Jim Marshall include:

1958 – Count Basie


1959 – Duke Ellington


1960 – Ray Charles


1961 – Stan Kenton


1962 – Tony Bennett


1963 – Peter, Paul & Mary


1964 – Louis Armstrong


1965 – Miriam Makeba


1966 – John Lennon & Paul McCartney


1967 – Aretha Franklin


1968 – Simon & Garfunkel


1969 – Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell


1970 – BB King


1971 – Carole King


1972 – Muddy Waters


1973 – Stevie Wonder


1974 – Oscar Peterson


1975 – Dizzy Gillespie


1976 – Boz Saggs


1977 – Stevie Nicks


1978 – Quincy Jones


1979 – Doobie Brothers


1980 – Billy Joel


1981 – John Coltrane


1982 – Willie Nelson


1983 – Michael Jackson


1984 – Elisabeth Cotton


1985 – Wynton Marsalis


1986 – Elton John


1987 – Bruce Springsteen


1988 – Gil Evans


1989 – Bonnie Raitt


1990 – Eric Clapton


1991 – Buddy Guy


1992 – Miles Davis


1993 – Scott Wailand


1994 – Sheryl Crow


1995 – Frank Sinatra


1996 – George Harrison & Ringo Starr


1997 – John Lee Hooker


1998 – Jimmy Page


1999 – Cher


2000 – Shelby Lynne


2001 – Lenny Kravitz


2002 – John Mayer


2003 – June Carter Cash


2004 – Ben Harper


2005 – Sonny Rollins


2006 – Peter Frampton


2007 – Bob Dylan


2008 – Robert Plant


2009 – Booker T. Jones


2010 – Jeff Beck


2011 – Allman Brothers


2012 – Dr. John

About Jim Marshall

Born in 1936, Jim Marshall fell in love with music early, and went on to photograph the world’s pre-eminent jazz, country, folk, blues and rock musicians. For more information on Jim Marshall, his career, or to purchase one of his prints, go to http://www.jimmarshallphotographyllc.com.

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