Grammy Award for Steve Jobs on Feb. 11

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be posthumously honored with a Grammy award for his contribution to music technology.

Jobs, who died Oct. 5, 2011 of pancreatic cancer, will receive a Trustees Award for helping create products "that transformed the way we consume music, TV, movies and books."

Apple Computer Inc. first received a Technical Grammy Award in 2002 for contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.

Along with Jobs, bandleader and composer Dave Bartholomew, recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder will also receive the award.

The honorees will be formally acknowledged during the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States on Feb. 11, 2012.