Recording Academy sets honorees

It Academy has introduced its lifetime achievement, Trustees and technical honours honorees for 2012. Readers is going to be acknowledged in a private NARAS event throughout Grammy Week in Feb. Next year's readers of lifetime achievement nods are Southern rock originators the Allman Siblings Band, country-pop singer-guitarist Glen Campbell, late Brazilian singer-songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim, country singer George Johnson, session stars the Memphis Horns (trumpeter Wayne Jackson and saxophonist Andrew Love), Supremes lead singer and Motown solo star Diana Ross and late singer-songwriter and rap progenitor Gil Scott-Heron. Trustees Award readers, acknowledged for his or her contributions in non-performance fields, are New Orleans producer, songwriter, arranger and bandleader Dork Bartholomew, late Apple co-founder Jobs and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. Technical Grammy readers, reported through the Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing Advisory Council and chapter committees in addition to NARAS trustees, are German audio firm Celemony and late engineer Roger Nichols. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com