Talk:River: The Joni Letters

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BetacommandBot (talk) 13:57, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

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." (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". 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". &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 06:18, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

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)

Fabian
Last edit states Lara Fabian featuring on this album??? Anyone can confirm this?--Dongiello (talk) 08:41, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * It's an IP edit from a university. I'll check the liner notes right now... Viriditas (talk) 09:32, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Nothing listed in the liner notes. It therefore appears to be vandalism.  I've removed it. Viriditas (talk) 09:50, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Viriditas, thanks! That would've been... TOO... cool. Thanks for the cookies still warm though :p --Dongiello (talk) 09:55, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Relevance of last black artist in 13 yrs
I question the relevance of this (syntactically tortured) sentence: "Since River received the Album of the Year award, no other act of Afro-American or black ethnicity has won the category, which is considered the main at Grammys, that has lasted for 13 years to date." The referenced source says that black artists have won 20 of 62 best album awards. What's so special about a 13 year gap? Correlation isn't causation. Is it really necessary to inject cheap racial politics in EVERY subject? Mikeroetto (talk) 21:24, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

accuracy of claim
The Wikipedia page for Album of the Year lists Black-Eyed Peas among the 2010 winners of this award -- only two years later. Which claim should we believe? (note: this is my first comment on Talk, so I don't know how to link my Wikipedia ID). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ocsirpeoj (talk • contribs) 23:15, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, Ocsirpeoj, and welcome. I left a message on your talk page explaining how to sign your comments.  The article on Grammy Award for Album of the Year lists River: The Joni Letters by Herbie Hancock as the winner in 2008.  The E.N.D. by The Black Eyed Peas was a nominee in 2010 and lost out to Fearless by Taylor Swift. Viriditas (talk) 00:20, 17 January 2022 (UTC)