Who was the last jazz artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year?!
Question: I was watching the Grammy Awards Sunday night;Herbie Hancock won the Album of the Year award for "River-The Joni Letters".In his speech he mentioned that it had been 43 years since a jazz artist last won the Album of the Year award. Who was that artist?
Answers: I was watching the Grammy Awards Sunday night;Herbie Hancock won the Album of the Year award for "River-The Joni Letters".In his speech he mentioned that it had been 43 years since a jazz artist last won the Album of the Year award. Who was that artist?
"Getz/Gilberto" a collaboration between Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, won in 1964.
It won the Grammy Award for: Album of the Year, Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Individual or Group, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
"The Girl from Ipanema", a song from that album, won the award for Record of the Year.
In that same Grammy Award show, held in 1965 for the year 1964, The Beatles won "Best New Artist".
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You took what he said slightly out of context. It has never been done before.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080211/ap_e...
Gotta believe oh yeah. Maybe I misread his quote!