#NorahJones returns to her ...

This is huge: @NorahJones returns to her jazz roots on new album. @wayneshorter and Dr. Lonnie Smith join her. https://t.co/Gea5NWMQ6k pic.twitter.com/EgiEcwMZyN

— CBC Radio 2 (@CBCRadio2) October 12, 2016

#NorahJones performs

On #DayBreaks @NorahJones performs #HoraceSilver's #Peace featuring a saxophone solo for the ages by @Wayne_Shorter https://t.co/VjaQO8CeAt pic.twitter.com/7w6V7yEbyl

— Blue Note Records (@bluenoterecords) October 9, 2016

A conversation with #NorahJones

https://t.co/qUpcdqGbzM
A conversation with Norah Jones@JazzTimes @bluenoterecords @norah pic.twitter.com/klPaRCcnoZ

— eJazznews (@eJazzNews) August 8, 2016

#NorahJones played on Jazz FM yesterday

BRAND NEW @NorahJones played on Jazz FM yesterday- new album 'Daybreaks' released this autumn with stellar jazz cast https://t.co/zmFEWjw4G1

— Jazz FM (@jazzfm) August 10, 2016

Norah Jones - Summertime

NORAH JONES - I've Got to See You Again

Norah Jones Influenced By Country Music, Releases New Country Project

By Sarah Wyland / Photo courtesy of norahjones.com.
Norah Jones is a GRAMMY-winning jazz/pop artist, but country music has always been one of her biggest influences. Following the success of her debut album, Come Away With Me, she and four friends formed the group The Little Willies. Named after Norah’s childhood hero, Willie Nelson[Norah grew up in Texas], the group started performing unannounced shows of country cover songs at a small venue in New York.

“I think I had to leave home for me to know how much country music meant to me,” she told the New York Times. “I listened to Hank Williams, Dolly Partonand Willie growing up, but I wanted to play jazz. When I listened to Bill Evans, I transcribed the chords. When I listened to ‘Red Headed Stranger,’ I just listened to enjoy it. But it really seeped in more than I could have known.”

Almost six years after The Little willies released their debut album, they’re back with a new album, For the Good Times. The album, which hits stores January 10, includes covers of songs by Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash andDolly Parton. The New York Times asked Norah to create a five-song playlist of her favorite Texas songwriters. Willie Nelson, of course, came in on top. The Little Willies cover Willie’s “Permanently Lonely” on their new album.

“Willie’s songs are deceptively complicated,” Norah said. “He’s like a twisted jazz musician under all that country. He writes these chords that are just beautiful — the way they come together so simply, yet they go against normal forms that you learn as a musician. But he makes them sound so beautiful and simple. You don’t try to that, you just do. And that’s what’s great about Willie: he just does.”

Kris Kristofferson’s “Best of All Possible Worlds” is also on the album and made Norah’s playlist. “Best of All Possible Worlds” is “so much fun because it stacks up a lot of words and a lot of clever lines; it’s so well crafted, but also so soulful,” she said. “That’s the trick to songwriting — you want craft, but you also need soul and honesty. And who’s as inherently soulful as Kris Kristofferson? Look at ‘For the Good Times.’ It’s one of the most heartbreaking, beautiful lyrics ever. If he only wrote those two songs, he’d be on the list. But obviously, he’s given us so much more.”

Townes Van Zandt’s “No Place To Fall,” Sly and the Family Stone’s “If You Want Me To Stay,” and Cindy Walker’s “You Don’t Me” rounded out Norah’s playlist.

http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2012/01/03/norah-jones-influenced-by-country-music-releases-new-country-project/

Norah Jones - The Fall

by Bruce Warren

November 2, 2009 from WXPN - It's best to disregard much of the pre-release attention surrounding Norah Jones' new album, The Fall.

Yes, the album was recorded with a new band of well-known session musicians. Drummer Joey Waronker has worked with Beck and R.E.M. Guitarists Marc Ribot and Smokey Hormel have performed on records by Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer. Keyboardist James Poyser has contributed to records by Erykah Badu, Al Green and Common, and is a member of The Roots' house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Legendary R&B drummer James Gadson — who's performed on studio sessions with Bill Withers, Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock — lends additional work.

Yes, she chose a new producer in Jacquire King, who'd previously worked with Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse and Tom Waits. Yes, she enlisted new co-writers such as Ryan Adams and Okkervil River's Will Sheff, while continuing to work with her frequent co-conspirator, Jesse Harris. The Fall isn't a major change for Norah Jones, so much as it represents an evolution toward a new sound altogether. Jones has gone on record as saying she wanted to revamp her music, but The Fall is by no means her "rock" album. Fans of her previous work won't be disappointed: She pushes toward her new direction gently and subtly rather than plowing into it.

On The Fall, Jones maintains her jazzy, sultry sound while pushing into more contemporary pop territory. "Chasing Pirates," "Even Though" and "It's Gonna Be" (the album's most rock-oriented song) are excellent examples of her new approach. But she doesn't abandon the old one completely: "Back to Manhattan" may be her loveliest song since "Come Away With Me," while "Man of the Hour" is set to a bluesy shuffle and "December" possesses a lullaby-like quality.
A warm, organic-sounding record, The Fall showcases Jones' musical depth in exciting and unexpected ways, suitable for old fans and newcomers alike.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120013389&sc=nl&cc=progserv-20091105

Bonnie Raitt & Norah Jones~Tennessee Waltz

Norah Jones performs in the Apple event

Norah Jones Music was featured in a launch event at Apple. She sang for technology enthusiasts that were in place in San Francisco, the United States, on Wednesday (9).

The singer joked with the time of his presentation, which was in the middle of the afternoon. "This is the time I introduced myself earlier," he said, according to the website Music-Mix.

In the event, Steve Jobs announced a new version of iTunes and reduction in the prices of branded products. The partnership between the brand and the Beatles band was not announced, as speculated.
http://musica.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI3966462-EI1267,00-Norah+Jones+se+apresenta+em+evento+da+Apple.html

Norah Jones New Album w/ Ryan Adams, Okkervil and Harris

Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Norah Jones will release her fourth studio album on Blue Note Records this November. Jones wrote nearly all of the songs in the past two years since completing tours in support of her 2007 global chart-topping, U.S. double-platinum album Not Too Late.

Beloved by fans for her sultry vocals and jazz-informed, piano-driven pop songwriting, Jones has taken a new direction on the as-yet-untitled album, seeing it as a chance to experiment with different sounds and an opportunity to work with a new set of collaborators, including Jacquire King, a noted producer and engineer who has worked with Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, and Modest Mouse among others. Jones also enlisted several songwriting collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River's Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partner Jesse Harris.
“I knew I wanted to try some different things on this album," Jones says. “I'd been playing with the same musicians for a long time. We're all still friendly and I hope we play together again, but it felt like a good time to work with new people and experiment with different sounds. As far as a producer, I wanted someone who could take me out of my comfort zone and find the right musicians to capture what I wanted to do with this collection of songs. I got in touch with Jacquire initially because he engineered one of my favorite records of all time, Tom Waits' Mule Variations. He was really eager to do it and we got along really well, which was important."

King helped Jones put together a new group of musicians to perform on the album, including drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Al Green), and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer). Jones and King tailored the songs to the musicians' strengths. “I think the record sounds different due to the variety of musicians we used," Jones says, “I knew I wanted to play with grooves more than I have on previous albums. Some of these new songs lent themselves to having driving rhythms underneath."
Another noticeable change on Jones' upcoming album is that she plays mostly guitar. “I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano," she says. “It just felt more natural for me to play it on these songs."

Since coming on the scene in 2002, Jones has sold a collective 36 million albums worldwide. Her three studio albums, 2002's eight-time Grammy Award-winning Come Away With Me, 2004's Feels Like Home, and 2007's Not Too Late have each topped the Billboard top 200 album charts in the U.S. and gone to No. 1 around the world. All three have been certified multi-platinum, while Come Away With Me has been certified diamond. Since 2007, Jones has collaborated with a number of artists, including Herbie Hancock, Talib Kweli, Willie Nelson, Q-Tip, Irma Thomas, and Andy Samberg's comedy troupe The Lonely Island. She has also contributed to various soundtracks, including Ken Burns' The War, Ethan Hawke's The Hottest State, and Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights, as well as the Fats Domino tribute album Goin' Home. In 2007, Jones starred opposite Jude Law in My Blueberry Nights and made a cameo in this year's season finale of 30 Rock. Also this year, Jones was featured as a flagship artist on Apple's GarageBand, presenting a tutorial on how to perform her song “Thinking About You."
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=41448

Norah Jones Two Men with the Blues Willie Nelson and Wynton

Blue Note Special/ Norah Jones will make a special guest appearance at the Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis concerts at Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Jones is scheduled to perform a selection of songs on both nights.
The concert is part of Blue Note 70th Anniversary events taking place throughout New York. In January 2007, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis performed live in The Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center and the event was recorded for the CD Two Men with the Blues released on Blue Note Records and for the DVD Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City released on Eagle Eye Media.

Norah Jones is the daughter of Ravi Shankar.

Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center,
Broadway at 60th Street.
February 9 and February 10, 2009
8 p.m.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=27238