2015 Special Merit Awards Ceremony Highlights
The Recording Academy honored recipients of the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Awards, Technical GRAMMY Award, and Music Educator Award at the Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception on Feb. 7 in Los Angeles. Receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award were the Bee Gees, Pierre Boulez, Buddy Guy, George Harrison*, Flaco Jiménez, the Louvin Brothers*, and Wayne Shorter; the Trustees Award honorees were Richard Perry, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, and George Wein; Ray Kurzweil was honored with the Technical GRAMMY Award, and Jared Cassedy was honored with the Music Educator Award. (*denotes posthumous)