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Join the legendary Bob James, as he is inducted into the University of Michigan’s Alumni Hall of Fame.

The awards ceremony will be from 4 pm – 6 pm at the Walgreen Drama Center at the University of Michigan, and is open to the public.

Preceding the awards ceremony will be a question & answer session with Bob James at 2 pm in room 2439.

Walgreen Drama Center

1226 Murfin Ave
Ann Arbor, MI

4 pm – 6 pm

The Hall of Fame Award (formerly Citation of Merit) was established to recognize and honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to society, their profession, the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance, one of its departments or programs, or to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Alumni Society. This award has been presented annually since 1977.

Bob James is a two-time GRAMMY award-winning smooth jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer. James is recognized as one of the progenitors of smooth jazz, however, his music has also had a profound effect on the history of hip hop music, having been sampled often. Two of James’ songs – “Nautilus” from 1974’s Oneand “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” from 1975’s Two  – are among the most sampled in hip hop history. He was discovered by Quincy Jones at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival in 1963, and subsequently recorded his first solo album, Bold Conceptions, that year for Mercury Records.

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