NEW YORK (AP) β Saxophonist Sonny Rollins is receiving a lifetime achievement prize this week from the Jazz Foundation of America, and Keith Richards will be on hand to honor former Rolling Stones backup singer Merry Clayton.
The foundation on Tuesday announced the lineup for its 14th annual “A Great Night In Harlem” benefit gala. The show Thursday at the Apollo Theater also will feature performances by Randy Weston, Ravi Coltrane, Donald Fagen and many others. Actor Danny Glover will host a musical tribute to the late civil rights leader Julian Bond, who died earlier this year.
Clayton, who suffered numerous injuries in a car accident in 2014, is to receive the foundation’s first ever Clark & Gwen Terry Award for courage.
