So I really did expect Herbie Hancock to win album of the year for the pretty, but bland, "River: The Joni Letters" because it was one of those albums that had so many people involved in it that it gets a lot of votes from all those folks and the people who like them.
Also, it's on Verve and, man, do those people know how to run Grammy campaigns, as multiple winner Norah Jones has shown in the past and the surprise best new artist nomination for Ledisi showed this year.
For music fans, the Grammys are almost always about disappointment and this year is no different. For the jazz purists who will try to argue why this award is deserved, let's just see how many people will know Hancock's versions five, 10, 20 years from now compared to how many people will know Winehouse's songs from "Back to Black" or Kanye's "Graduation."