Grammy Jam
(12/1/05) EIF.com

WHO:

Performers include: 22-time GRAMMY® Award winner Stevie Wonder, joined by Spensha Baker, Eric Benét, George Benson, Wayne Brady, Chris Brown, George Clinton, George Duke, Josh Groban, Ellis Hall, Anthony Hamilton, Herbie Hancock, Hootie & The Blowfish, India.Arie, James Ingram, Randy Jackson, Boney James, Keb' Mo', Josh Kelley, KEM, Jeff Lorber, Mary Mary, Jesse McCartney, Ray Parker Jr., Raphael Saadiq, Slash, Angie Stone, Tamia, Michelle Williams, and Lizz Wright. Additional performers to be announced shortly. Recording Academy® Trustee Rickey Minor is the executive producer of the event.

Follow up:

Attendees include: Recording Academy President Neil Portnow, Entertainment Industry Foundation President and CEO Lisa Paulsen, Pam Anderson ("Stacked"), Ever Carradine ("Commander in Chief"), recording artist JC Chasez, Katherine Heigl ("Grey's Anatomy"), Freddy Rodriguez ("Six Feet Under"), Henry Simmons ("NYPD Blue," Lackawanna Blues) Kate Walsh ("Grey's Anatomy"), talk-show host Montel Williams, Constance Zimmer ("Entourage"). Additional special guests to be announced shortly.

WHAT:

GRAMMY Jam™
In conjunction with the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), The Recording Academy will present GRAMMY Jam, an evening celebrating the distinguished career and music of Stevie Wonder. GRAMMY Jam will feature artists and musicians performing a set of hits from Stevie Wonder's catalog in a jam-style setting, including a finale featuring the distinguished man himself.

Proceeds from GRAMMY Jam will benefit EIF's National Arts Education Initiative beneficiaries including the following nonprofit organizations: The GRAMMY Foundation®, InnerSpark/California State Summer School for the Arts, For The Arts, Inner-City Arts, and the Museum of Contemporary Art.

WHERE:

Orpheum Theatre
842 South Broadway (@ 9th Street)
Los Angeles, CA 90014

WHEN:

Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005
5:30 p.m. Media Check-in:
6 p.m. Red Carpet Arrivals
7 p.m. GRAMMY Jam concert begins