Home / Music / River: The Joni Letters was the second jazz album to win Album of the YearMusic linernotes album music herbie-hancockRiver: The Joni Letters was the second jazz album to win Album of the YearHerbie Hancock’s River: The Joni Letters became only the second jazz album to win Album of the Year at the Grammys, following Getz/Gilberto’s win in 1965. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesBill Summers blew into a beer bottle to mimic a hindewhu flute on Herbie Hancock's 'Watermelon Man'Head Hunters brought jazz-funk to the mainstreamThrust kept the Headhunters band together for one more roundRiver: The Joni Letters made Herbie Hancock only the second jazz Album of the Year winnerHead Hunters was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2008ExploreShirley Horn's I Remember You was released on Verve Records during her late-career renaissanceBlue Train was Coltrane's only album as a leader for Blue Note RecordsGiant Steps was Coltrane's first album as a leader for Atlantic RecordsJohn Coltrane's 'Kulu Sé Mama' arrived on Impulse! Records in 1965John Coltrane's 'Meditations' was released on Impulse! Records in 1966Previous Rounder Records released Madeleine Peyroux's Nightsongs in 2009Next Patricia Barber's Café Blue is jazz that knows when to leave space