Ahead of her new album release this coming Friday, 7th October, Marc Zisman of Qobuz had the opportunity to sit with the world renowned jazz artist to chat about life, music, and more... Norah Jones
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An artist like no other, the whimsical melodies and jazz infused albums of Norah Jones blur the lines between pop, soul, and country, and have enchanted listeners ever since her big break in 2002, with the release of Come Away With Me. A smash hit, the album sold over 26 million copies and earned the singer 5 Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year (“Don’t Know Why”), not bad for a debut!
Daughter to the sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and concert producer Sue Jones, Norah Jones is the product of a rich cultural heritage. After the separation of her parents, the young Norah (née Geetali Norah Jones Shankar) relocated to her mother’s home in Texas and changed her name. It was there, at the Brooker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas, that she began to nurture her interest in music, listening to records, singing in the school choir and at church, and playing the alto saxophone. A few years later, she would pursue music at the University of North Texas, where she majored in jazz piano and sang with the university Jazz singers, meeting her future collaborator Jesse Harris along the way.
Like so many aspiring young artists, Jones sought inspiration on a well-trod path, and headed to the bohemian musical mecca that is Greenwich Village in the Big Apple, to begin performing as a lounge singer in jazz clubs and writing her own material. It was then that she signed with Blue Note Records, her long time label, and got to work on her debut album, Come Away With Me. Following its resounding success, both with critics and the wider audience, she released Feels Like Home two years later in stunning fashion. Feels Like Home sold a million copies in the first week of its U.S release, becoming the first album to do so since Eminem’s The Eminem Show in 2002, and scooped up more grammys for the singer, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2007, she returned to the top of the charts with Not Too Late and, never one to be pigeon-holed, also tried her hand at acting, appearing in the film My Blueberry Nights with Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman.
After more releases in 2009 (The Fall) 2012 (Little Broken Hearts), and 2014 (No Fools, No Fun), as well as collaborations with fellow artists Dangermouse, Jack White and Daniele Luppi, Jones has continued to produce music with the same kind of intelligent and delicately crafted songwriting at its heart. So much more than a late-night crooner, for which she is most known, Norah Jones is arguably one of the greatest living artists of our time, combining mainstream appeal with critical success. Deservedly so.
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Wie zich terugtrekt uit de schijnwerpers, doet dat meestal niet zo gematigd als op het derde album van Norah Jones, Not Too Late, maar zo'n understatement is gebruikelijk voor deze o zo rustige singer/songwriter. Not Too Late is misschien niet scherp of bevreemdend, maar het is inderdaad een bewuste stap weg van haar positie als gevestigde crooner in koffiehuizen en een stap in de richting van kunst met het oog op kunst. Een groot deel van het album klinkt als een schetsboek, waarin je ziet hoe Jones en Lee Alexander proberen te ontdekken hoe ze nu best verdergaan. Het schilderij dat ontstaat na de schets is daarbij niet het eindresultaat van die experimenten, maar het is een weergave van het proces dat ze doormaken. Door Not Too Late uit te brengen, maakt Jones duidelijk dat haar doel vooral artistiek is.
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Met The Fall voltooit Norah Jones de overgang van haar smooth cabaret beginperiode naar een meer kunstzinnige, moderne singer-songwriter. The Fall draagt nog wel een paar naweeën van Fiona Apple of Aimee Mann in ballad modus in zich, maar de arrangementen eisen nooit de aandacht op. De focus ligt altijd op Jones' stem en nummers, allemaal eigen materiaal, soms samen geschreven met haar langdurige collega’s Jesse Harris, Ryan Adams, en Will Sheff van Okkervil River. Op dit album knoopt Jones de losse eindjes aan elkaar. Ze is niet bang om glad of zwoel te klinken, en laat net genoeg dissonantie en onenigheid toe, waarmee ze een subtiel en nogal buitengewoon ingetogen album heeft gecreëerd dat goed functioneert als achtergrondmuziek maar dankzij de fijn bewerkte nummers blijft hangen.
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Little Broken Hearts, het vijfde studioalbum van Norah Jones. Het werd geproduceerd door Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) en telt 12 eigen nummers die door Burton en Jones samen werden geschreven. In 2009 lagen er al plannen na een serie van vijf vruchtbare sessies in Los Angeles, maar het duurde tot 2011 voordat Jones en Burton echt aan een nieuw album gingen werken. De aanleiding hiertoe was dat Jones gevraagd werd om te zingen in het spaghettiwesternproject Rome, van Burton en de Italiaanse componist Daniele Luppi.
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Labels have never been her thing… Jazz, pop, country, folk, world, Norah Jones has always played music that she has to blur boundaries. And that her collaborators include legends of jazz like Wayne Shorter, of soul like Ray Charles, of country like Willie Nelson, of rap like Q-Tip and of rock’n’roll like Keith Richards, this American has worked tirelessly to, above all, be herself. A serene and beautifully nonchalant voice capable of inhabiting her own themes as well as revisiting any song. Three years after the ambitious Day Breaks, this brief Begin Again (28 minutes, 7 tracks) is more than just a thrown-together collection of tracks. Instead, it’s a new self-portrait, alternating between assumed pop (My Heart is Full), expressive soul (It was You) and up-tempo jazz (Begin Again). To stay amongst people of taste, Jeff Tweedy from Wilco made appearances on the magnificent A Song with No Name and Wintertime. Surrounded as always by the finest musicians (Brian Blade's velvet drums are wonderful), Norah Jones masterfully guides us through this no-man’s land of a little bit of jazz, a bit pop, a bit soul. And it's as enjoyable as ever. © Clotilde Maréchal/Qobuz
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It is important to realize that Norah Jones is not just a famous persona waving from the cover of a glossy magazine, or simply “a pretty face". The truth is far deeper... Day Breaks is further evidence of her undeniable talent, but also of a tangible artistic evolution. Mixing beautiful original compositions with a sprinkling of great classics (Horace Silver, Neil Young and Duke Ellington), the sixth album from the New Yorker who grew up in Texas brings her many and diverse passions together in one place. Always lying within the realms of jazz, soul, pop and folk, it is her sincere and visceral love for the former that inhabits this stylish album, which doesn't dwell in the past for a single second. Over the years, the piano (much like her vocals) have toggled between nonchalance and pugnacity. Saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade are among the accomplices invited to the party here, and the experience of those involved is truly telling. Somehow, Day Breaks manages to see eye to eye with Come Away With Me, her first disc released back in 2002, and one that propelled her to the top of the charts. This 2016 vintage is even more structured than previous efforts. Mastered to perfection, the latest effort serves to epitomize the grace and beauty of this timeless artist. © MZ / Qobuz
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It is important to realize that Norah Jones is not just a famous persona waving from the cover of a glossy magazine, or simply “a pretty face". The truth is far deeper... Day Breaks is further evidence of her undeniable talent, but also of a tangible artistic evolution. Mixing beautiful original compositions with a sprinkling of great classics (Horace Silver, Neil Young and Duke Ellington), the sixth album from the New Yorker who grew up in Texas brings her many and diverse passions together in one place. Always lying within the realms of jazz, soul, pop and folk, it is her sincere and visceral love for the former that inhabits this stylish album, which doesn't dwell in the past for a single second. Over the years, the piano (much like her vocals) have toggled between nonchalance and pugnacity. Saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade are among the accomplices invited to the party here, and the experience of those involved is truly telling. Somehow, Day Breaks manages to see eye to eye with Come Away With Me, her first disc released back in 2002, and one that propelled her to the top of the charts. This 2016 vintage is even more structured than previous efforts. Mastered to perfection, the latest effort serves to epitomize the grace and beauty of this timeless artist. © MZ / Qobuz
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Qobuz: Exclusive Interview with Norah Jones
Ahead of her new album release this coming Friday, 7th October, Marc Zisman of Qobuz had the opportunity to sit with the world renowned jazz artist to chat about life, music, and more...