Stax founder Jim Stewart to be honored posthumously with Grammy Trustees Award 2023

Stax Records founder Jim Stewart will be honored posthumously on February 4, 2023 at The Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony by receiving the Grammy Trustees Award, placing him in the company of The Beatles, Les Paul, Walt Disney, Clive Davis, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, and Stax label mates Estelle Axton and Al Bell, who have all received the award. Mr. Stewart passed away on December 5, 2022.