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TIL Herbie Hancock's 2007 Joni Mitchell tribute album titled River: The Joni Letters is one of only two jazz albums to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The other album is Getz/Gilberto which featured American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto.

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