Jazz Cruises, LLC wishes to extand our deepest congratulations to Herbie on winning the Album of the Year Grammy Award! Once again, Herbie has reminded us, in the most magnificent way, of the power and importance of Jazz.
 

Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while still maintaining his unique, unmistakable voice. Herbie's success at expanding the possibilities of musical thought has placed him in the annals of this century's visionaries. With an illustrious career spanning five decades, he continues to amaze audiences and never ceases to expand the public's vision of what music, particularly jazz, is all about today. Herbie Hancock's creative path has moved fluidly between almost every development in acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B since 1960. He has attained an enviable balance of commercial and artistic success, arriving at a point in his career where he ventures into every new project motivated purely by the desire to expand the boundaries of his creativity. There are few artists in the music industry who have gained more respect and cast more influence than Herbie Hancock. As the immortal Miles Davis said in his autobiography, "Herbie was the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven't heard anybody yet who has come after him."

Hancock's new release "River: The Joni Letters" has been nominated for three GRAMMY® awards, including Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Jazz Album and Best Instrumental Jazz Solo for the track "Both Sides Now".  Probably the most surprised by the nomination 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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