The Recording Academy will punctuate Grammy week with Merit Awards to honor industry legends throughout the ages.

At the gala, to be held on 2/1 at the Wiltshire Ebell Theatre, the Academy will bestow Lifetime Achievement Awards on a number of artists, including Prince, Joe Strummer, Frankie Beverly, Dr. Bobby Jones, Frankie Valli, Roxanne Shante and Taj Mahal. Taj is nominated this year for a Best Traditional Blues Album Grammy for his Lightning Rod release Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa.

The Academy will also deliver Trustees Awards to composer-pianist Erroll Garner, whose “Misty” has been a standard for decades, as well as pioneering producer and sound engineer Glyn Johns and Cuban-born conductor and educator Tania Leon, who currently serves as Composer-in-Residence with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

This year’s Technical Grammy Award honoree is National Medal of Science recipient Dr. Leo Baranek, the author of a dozen acclaimed books, including the classic Acoustics, a cornerstone reference for both students and professional engineers.