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Fleet Foxes, Quincy Jones and KEXP to be honored at Seattle City of Music Gala

September 24th, 2009

Seattle City of Music, Seattle’s effort to celebrate and enhance the city’s renowned music culture, announced yesterday that it will honor Quincy Jones, Fleet Foxes and radio and online music hub KEXP at the inaugural Seattle City of Music Awards on 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.

The evening will include performances by alt-country band The Maldives; indie folk outfit Pearly Gate Music, led by Zach Tillman; and a one-of-a-kind big band tribute to Quincy Jones from players from the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. Opening the Awards will be local young artists from the Seattle Theatre Group’s More Music @ The Moore teen music program. Tea Cozies, one of the Seattle bands featured in Lynn Shelton’s $5 Cover: Seattle, will play the aftershow, to be held at the Showbox immediately following the Awards.
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To receive a ticket, RSVP to filmandmusicoffice@seattle.gov and include your full name, mailing address, phone number and email. Two ticket limit per person.  Tickets will also be made available to independent music retailers Easy Street, Everyday Music, Silver Platters and Sonic Boom Records on Friday, September 25. The Awards show is free of charge and open to all ages.