Many artists interviewed after this morning's 2008 Grammy Awards announcement in Hollywood noted a diversity among the list of nominees. A clear example of this may have been the album of the year nomination for jazz veteran Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letter.
Probably the most surprised was Hancock himself. Album of the year for jazz record?" he told billboard.biz, I was shocked. But Jazz is out there. It's alive and manifests itself in a lot of different ways; its influence on other genres of music still continues."
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