Talk:River: The Joni Letters

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Herbie hancock River the joni letters front cover.jpg

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[edit] Last jazz album to win Grammy for Best Album of the Year

Wouldn't that be 1991's Back on the Block and not Getz/Gilberto? Did Hancock specifically mention Getz/Gilberto in his acceptance speech? Hakob (talk) 08:45, 15 February 2008 (UTC) Wouldn't that be 1995's MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett? Methinks Mr Hancock is confused. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 11:25, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Hancock said, ""It's been 43 years since the first and only time that a jazz artist got an album of the year award." Multiple news sources filled in the blanks, "referring to 1964's "Getz/Gilberto."[1][2] (which won the award in 1965). Various music critics agreed. According to The New York Times, Back on the Block is a compilation album of fusion music, "from jazz to soul to funk to rap".[3] Quincy Jones produced the album. I'm not clear who received the award, but it was not given to a jazz artist for a particular jazz album in that case. MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett is classified by the Grammys as "Pop Album" and "Pop Vocal Performance". —Viriditas | Talk 06:18, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Corrections Needed

The ref. link to "Hancock Steals Grammy Album of Year" is broken (links to "no page found"). Tonymci2 (talk) 18:10, 12 March 2008 (UTC)