Herbie Hancock creates history in the world of music, Takes album of the year award at Grammy

LOS ANGELES - In a shocker, Herbie Hancock took album of the year for “River: The Joni Letters.”

“You know it’s been 43 years since the first and only time that a jazz artist got the album of the year award,” Hancock said, then proceeded to honor “the giants upon whose shoulders I stand, some of whom like Miles Davis, John Coltrane ... unquestionably deserved the award in the past. But this is a new day, that proves that the impossible can be made possible.”

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Herbie is a practicing SGI member.