Joni Mitchell, the greatest singer-songwriter of all time, ever, period, has never won the Grammy Award for Best Album. In fact, the only time she was nominated- in 1974, for Court and Spark- she lost to Stevie Wonder. There's no shame losing to Stevie (although there's a lot of shame in having lost Record of the Year to Olivia Newton John. Gag me).So it was a small victory (and after all, isn't that all we ever really get) when Herbie Hancock won the Grammy last night for Album of the Year for his jazz renditions, half with vocals, half instrumental, of some of Ms. Mitchell's finest compositions. I have to admit, I've not yet heard this album, but I'm definitely going to purchase it now.
It's not quite the same thing as Joni getting the prize herself, but hats off to her longtime collaborator, Herbie Hancock.
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