Born in
New York City in 1979, then raised by her mother (her out of the picture father is
Ravi Shankar) in
Texas, Norah Jones attended the
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (as did
Erykah Badu) where she studied jazz piano. Although the
University of North Texas attracted Jones with its renowned reputation for its music school, in 1999, Jones visited New York City and decided to stay.
In NYC, Norah Jones performed with the bands
Laszlo and
Wax Poetic and soon formed a band of her own. She recorded a demo ep for
Blue Notes Records in October of 2000 and she was signed onto the label in January of 2001.
Come Away With Me contains fourteen songs, three of which she wrote or co-wrote, that range from jazz to soul to country to rock. Because of this fusion of music types, Jones has gained a wide audience and gets air time both on classical jazz radio stations and
VH1. She can also be heard covering
More Than This and
Day is Done on guitarist
Charlie Hunter’s Blue Note album
Songs from the Analog Playground.
Feelin' the Same Way, her second single from
Come Away with Me is expected be released September 10.
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