WHEREAS, Jazmine Sullivan, a singer-songwriter and North Philadelphia native from the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, won her first-ever Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album, for her critically acclaimed LP,
Heaux Tales
and Best Vocal Performance for
Pick Up Your Feelings
.
WHEREAS, After the early success of Bust Your Windows and Need You Bad and a nearly six-year hiatus, Jazmine released
Heaux Tales
on January 8, 2021, with first-week sales of 42,000 copies, debuting at number four on the US
Billboard
200
chart, becoming her highest-peaking album,
with its standout hit “Pick up Your Feelings”, Jazmine’s first ever Gold Single, receiving two nominations alone; and
WHEREAS, Quest Love aka Ahmir Thompson, University of the Arts alum, famed Philly DJ, talented drummer and founding member of the Roots, , made his directorial debut in 2021 with the Summer of Soul, a feature-length film exploring the
Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969
,
and featuring performances by
Stevie Wonder
,
Mahalia Jackson
,
Nina Simone
,
Sly and the Family Stone
, and other top soul, jazz, gospel, and Latin artists of the era
, that ultimately snagged an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and a Grammy for Best Music Film; and
WHEREAS, Debuting to widespread critical praise, Summer of Soul won a host of other awards, including
both the US Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for documentary at the 2021
Sundance Film Festival
,
Best Documentary Feature
at the
6th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
, sweeping six awards at that ceremony, and
Best Documentary
at the
75th British Academy Film Awards,
and set a new Sundance Film Festival record for documentary film acquisition price when Searchlight Pictures acquired the film for distribution in theaters and on
Hulu; and
WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Orchestra, under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor was awarded a Grammy for Best Orchestral Performance for its rendition of "Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3" ; and
WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia continues to be a standout for arts and culture with a global reach that cannot be denied; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Hereby honors and congratulates Philadelphia natives, Questlove, Jazmine Sullivan and the Philadelphia Orchestra for a stellar 2022 award season, collectively winning an Oscar and four Grammys for outstanding contributions to music and film.
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