Artist.......: Norah Jones
Album........: Concert PrivΘ (Canal+)
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Pop
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2012-12-03
Str.date.....: 2012-05-00
Quality......: 213kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www2.norahjones.com/
track title time
1. Concert PrivΘ (Canal+) 69:25
* Live
* Interview
Runtime 69:25
Size 106.07
Release Notes:
Sultry vocalist and pianist Norah Jones developed her unique blend of jazz and
traditional vocal pop with hints of bluesy country and contemporary folk due in
large part to her unique upbringing. Born March 30, 1979, in New York City, the
daughter of Ravi Shankar quietly grew up in Texas with her mother. While she
always found the music of Billie Holiday and Bill Evans both intriguing and
comforting, she didn't really explore jazz until attending Dallas' Booker T.
Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. During high school,
Jones won the Down Beat Student Music Awards for Best Jazz Vocalist and Best
Original Composition in 1996, and earned a second Best Jazz Vocalist award in
1997. Putting her vocal talents on the back burner, Jones worked toward earning
a degree in jazz piano at the University of North Texas for two years before
accepting a friend's offer of a summer sublet in Greenwich Village during the
summer of 1999.
Although she fully intended to return to college that fall, the lure of the folk
coffeehouses and jazz clubs proved too strong and she soon became inspired to
write her own songs. Jones appeared regularly with the trip-hop-electronica band
Wax Poetic and assembled her own group around songwriters Jesse Harris (guitar)
and Lee Alexander (bass), with Dan Rieser on drums. In October of 2000, the
group recorded a handful of demos for Blue Note Records and on the strength of
these recordings, Jones signed to the jazz label in early 2001. Following an
appearance on Charlie Hunter's Songs from the Analog Playground, Jones spent
much of 2001 performing live with Hunter's group and working on material for her
debut.
Come Away with Me, recorded by Craig Street (Cassandra Wilson, Manhattan
Transfer, k.d. lang) and legendary producer Arif Mardin (Aretha Franklin, Dusty
Springfield, the Bee Gees), was released in early 2002 and garnered much public
attention. The combination of her striking beauty and the fact that she was the
daughter of an internationally renowned musician placed Jones in the awkward
position of defending her music from those who dismissed her as another pretty
face (the same argument used by those opposed to Diana Krall) and/or another
riding the coattails of her musical royal heritage (see Natalie Cole, Miki
Coltrane, Corey Parker). Although not by any stretch a "jazz" album (the label
chose to call it "jazz-informed"), it featured jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and
session drummer Brian Blade, and indicated a new direction for Blue Note
combining jazz aesthetics and talent with a pop sensibility. Come Away with Me
eventually went multi-platinum, selling 18 million copies worldwide and winning
Jones eight Grammy awards.
In 2004, Jones released her highly anticipated follow-up album, Feels Like Home.
Pairing once again with producer Arif Mardin, Jones pursued a similar approach
to Come Away with Me, mixing '70s singer/songwriter-style tracks with blues,
country, and her own mellow take on piano jazz. In 2003, Jones played in a group
called the Little Willies along with Lee Alexander (bass), Richard Julian
(guitar/vocals), Dan Rieser (drums), and Jim Campilongo (guitar), playing covers
of classic American music like Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, and Kris
Kristofferson. This one-off performance ultimately turned into sporadic shows at
the venue whenever their individual schedules would allow, slowly incorporating
original songs into their set along the way. In time, the Little Willies began
considering the release of a live album, but instead wound up documenting their
sound in the recording studio. Milking Bull Records issued the resultant
self-titled album in March 2006.
Late in 2006, the single "Thinking About You" announced a return to her solo
career. It landed on the album Not Too Late, released in early 2007. The Fall
arrived in 2009, followed in 2010 by ...Featuring Norah Jones, a collection of
musical collaborations. The following year Jones was asked to provide some
vocals for Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton) and and Italian composer Daniele
Luppi's spaghetti western project, Rome. Burton returned the favor in 2012 by
producing and co-writing the songs on Jones' fifth studio album, Little Broken
Hearts.