Montreal jazz fest to welcome Leonard Cohen with Spirit Award
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | 5:55 PM ET
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Musician Leonard Cohen poses backstage after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March. (Evan Agostini/Associated Press)Leonard Cohen's return to his hometown during the Montreal International Jazz Festival will be sweetened with a prestigious award for his lifetime contribution to the international music scene.
Cohen will be awarded the Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award, an honour that's only been given twice before — to Paul Simon and to Bob Dylan.
The Montreal poet, artist and singer will be giving three pre-opening concerts June 23 to June 25, while the festival runs June 26 to July 6.
"Through 40 years of classics, he has forged a singular, inimitable musical signature," festival organizers said in their citation for Cohen.
The festival is also presenting awards to other musical greats:
- Aretha Franklin wins the Ella Fitzgerald Award for a jazz singer of international calibre.
- Gilberto Gil of Brazil wins the Antonio Carlos Jobim Award to honour artists distinguished in the field of world music.
- McCoy Tyner, a pianist and the last living member of the legendary John Coltrane Quartet, wins the Miles Davis Award for music that regenerated the jazz idiom.
- Dave Young, a double bass player, wins the Oscar Peterson Award, which salutes a Canadian musician who's made outstanding contributions to jazz.
A fourth Cohen concert has been added in Toronto in his ongoing Canadian tour, the Sony Centre for the Arts announced Wednesday. He will now be playing Monday, June 9.
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