Biografia Norah Jones

Inviato da ElyAle | 23 Set, 2008

Norah Jones è una giovane artista con delle qualità veramente notevoli.Nasce il 30 marzo del 1979 a New York City e trascorre la sua adolescenza a Dallas,in Texas.Infatti all'età di quattro anni si trasferisce con la madre Sue nella periferia di Gravepine.Agli inizi era solita cantare nei cori della chiesa;era fortemente influenzata dai gusti musicali della madre."Mia madre aveva questa ottavo set di album di Billie Holiday.Ne ho tirato fuori uno che mi è piaciuto e l'ho suonato per tanto tempo.You Go To My Head,questa è la mia preferita."All'età di cinque anni Norah si esercita al piano e due anni dopo inizia a suonare il sassofono contralto nella scuola elementare.

Mostra il suo talento nella scuola superiore Booker T.Washington per le Performing and Visual Arts.A 16 anni si esibisce nell'open-mic night in un locale coffeehouse con una versione di I'll Be Seeing You ispirata all'esecuzione di Etta James di questo suo pezzo favorito di Billie Holiday. 
Nel 1996 vince anche il Down Beat Student Music Award per Miglior Jazz e Migliore Originale Composizione nel 1996 nonché il secondo SMA per Miglior Cantante Jazz nel 1997.Nell'Università del Nord del Texas Norah si specializza in jazz piano.Crea anche una band "Laszlo",dallo stile "dark,jazzy rock"-così come lei stessa l'ha definito.
L'estate del 1999 rappresenta la svolta per la carriera di Norah.Accetta l'offerta di un subaffitto nel Greenwich Villane e successivamente si reca a Manhattan dove inizia la sua carriera.Così dichiarava: "La musica mi ha preso lì.La scena musicale è così immensa,l'ho trovata molto emozionante.Soprattutto mi piaceva ascoltare meravigliosi cantautori nei piccoli posti,come il soggiorno.Tutto si scopriva a me."
Frequentemente Norah appare con la funk-fusion band Wax Poetic;in seguito crea il suo gruppo con Lee Alexander (bassista),Dan Rieser (batterista),Jess Harris e Adam Levy (chitarristi).Norah,come cantante,al piano e al Wurlitzer piano elettrico,trova un grande supporto nella sua band.
Iniziano a registrare qualche demo per Blue Note Records e poi l'artista firma un contratto nel Gennaio 2001.
Debutta con due canzoni -Roxy Music's More Than This e Day Is Done Nick Drake- e si esibisce live con la band di Charlie Hunter.
Norah registra Come Away With Me nel maggio del 2001,lavorando con il producer Craig Street nello Bearsville Studio a Woodstock,New York.Ad agosto lei e il suo gruppo incontrano Arif Mardin nel Sorcerer Sound a Manhattan.Si tratta del produttore e arrangiatore pietra miliare delle registrazioni di Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Laura Nyro, Roberta Flack, e Willie Nelson, solo per nominarne alcuni.

"Sono stata nervosa all'inizio.Non volevo un grande produttore che avesse fatto tutte queste registrazioni famose per entrare nella scena musicale e mi ha fatto paura dirgli ciò che pensavo.Ma Arif è il ragazzo più carino del mondo,molto facilone.Lui era lì a cogliere la mia performance e a rassicurami sul fatto che avrei avuto un'ottima registrazione.Arif ha avuto delle grandi idee".

"Non avrei mai pensato che avrei avuto una registrazione come questa.Ho pensato che sarebbe accaduto almeno cinque anni prima che io raggiungessi questo punto.Questa era davvero la registrazione che volevo fare."
Come Away With Me include anche ospiti speciali come Bill Frisell ( chitarra), Kevin Breit (chitarra), Brian Blade (batteria), Jenny Scheinman (violino), Rob Burger (fisarmonica), Sam Yahel (organo Hammond B-3) and Kenny Wollesen (batteria).
Mescola elementi di jazz, soul, country,e folk-pop in uno speciale ed unico sound.
La musica di Norah riecheggia le sue influenze,come Billie Holiday, Nina Simone e Joni Mitchell.

E' raro trovare un'artista di 23 anni con una voce così affascinante e un così dolce tocco al piano.



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FEELS LIKE HOME - Norah Jones

Inviato da ElyAle | 23 Set, 2008
FEELS LIKE HOME (2004)

1. Sunrise
2. What Am I to you?
3. Those Sweets Words
4. Carnival Town
5. In the Morning
6. Be Here to Love Me
7. Creepin' In
8. Toes
9. Humble Me
10. Above Ground
11. The Long Way Home
12. The Prettiest Thing
13. Don't Miss You At All
 
Copertine degli album di Norah Jones 


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COME AWAY WITH ME - Norah Jones

Inviato da ElyAle | 23 Set, 2008
COME AWAY WITH ME (2002)

1.Don't Know Why
2.Seven Years
3.Cold Cold Heart
4.Feelin' The Same Way
5.Come Away With Me
6.Shoot The Moon
7.Turn Me On
8.Lonestar
9.I've Got to See You Again
10.Painter Song
11.One Flight Down
12.Nightingale
13.The Long Day Is Over
14.The Nearness Of You
 
Copertine degli album di Norah Jones 


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come away with me - Norah Jones

Inviato da ElyAle | 23 Set, 2008
come away with me (2002)

1. Come Away with Me
2. Lonestar (live)
3. Cold Cold Heart (live) 
Copertine degli album di Norah Jones 


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FIRST SESSIONS - Norah Jones

Inviato da ElyAle | 23 Set, 2008
FIRST SESSIONS (2001)

1.Don't Know Why
2.Come Away With Me
3.Something Is Calling You
4.Turn Me On
5.Lonestar
6.Peace
Copertine degli album di Norah Jones 


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feelin' the same way - Norah Jones

Inviato da ElyAle | 23 Set, 2008
feelin' the same way (2001)

1. Feelin' the Same Way
2. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
3. Ruler of My Heart 
 
Copertine degli album di Norah Jones 


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Don't know why - Norah Jones

Inviato da ElyAle | 23 Set, 2008
don't know why (2001)

1. Don't Know Why
2. Lonestar
3. Peace
Copertine degli album di Norah Jones 


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FEELS LIKE HOME lyrics testi Norah Jones

Inviato da ElyAle | 23 Set, 2008
FEELS LIKE HOME 2004

Sunrise
Sunrise sunrise
Looks like morning in your eyes
But the clocks had nine fifteen for hours

Sunrise sunrise
Couldn't tempt us if it tried
Cause the afternoon's already come and gone
And I said
hooohooo hooohooo hooohooo
Do you

Surprise surprise
Couldn't find it in your eyes
But I'm sure it's written all over my face

Surprise surprise
Never something I could hide
When I see we've made through another day
Then I say
hooohoo hooohooo hooohooo
Do you

Now the night
throw its cover down
mmm on me again
Ooo and if I'm right
It's the only way to bring me back
Hooohooo hooohooo hooohooo
Do you
Hooohooo hooohooo hooohooo
Do youUP

What Am I to You
What am I to you
Tell me darling true
To me you are the sea
Vast as you can be
And deep the shade of blue

When you're feeling low
To whom else do you go
See I cry if you hurt
I'd give you my last shirt
Because I love you so

If my sky should fall
Would you even call
Opened up my heart
I never want to part
I'm giving you the ball

When I look in your eyes
I can feel the butterflies
I love you when you're blue
Tell me darlin true
What am I to you

Yah well if my sky should fall
Would you even call
Opened up my heart
Never want to part
I'm giving you the ball

When I look in your eyes
I can feel the butterflies
Could you find a love in me
Could you carve me in a tree
Don't fill my heart with lies

I will you love when you're blue
Tell me darlin true
What am I to you
What am I to you
What am I to youUP

Those Sweet Words

What did you say
I know I saw you saying it
My ears won't stop ringing
Long enough to hear
Those sweet words
What did you say

And now the day
The hour hand has spun
Before the night is done
I just have to hear
Those sweet words
Spoken like a melody

All your love
Is a lost balloon
Rising up through the afternoon
'Til it could fit on the head of a pin

Come on in
Did you have a hard time sleeping
'Cause a heavy moon was keeping you awake
And all I know is I'm just glad to see you again

See my love
Like a lost balloon
Rising up through the afternoon
And then you appear

What did you say
I know I saw you saying it
My ears won't stop ringing
Long enough to hear
Those sweet words
And your simple melody

I just have to hear
Your sweet words
Spoken like a melody
I just wanna hear
Those sweet wordsUP

Carnival Town
Round and round carousel
He's got you under its spell
Moving so fast going no where

Up and down Ferris wheel
Tell me how does it feel
To be so high
Looking down here

Is it lonely, lonely, lonely

Did the clown make you smile
He was only your fool for a while
But now he's come back home
And left you wandering there

Is it lonely, lonely, lonelyUP

In the Morning

I can't stop myself from callin'
Callin' out your name
I can't stop myself from fallin'
Fallin' back again

In the mornin'
Baby in the afternoon

Dark like the shady corners
Inside a violin
Hot like to burn my lips
I know I can't win

In the mornin'
Baby in the afternoon

I tried to quit you but I'm too weak
Wakin' up without you I can hardly speak at all

My girlfriend tried to help me
To get you off my mind
She tried a little tea and sympathy
To get me to unwind

In the mornin'
Baby in the afternoon

Funny how my favorite shirt
Smells more like you than me
Bitter traces left behind
Stains no one can see

In the mornin'
Baby in the afternoon

You're gonna put me in an early grave
I know I'm your slave whenever you call

I can't stop myself from callin'
Callin' out your name
I can't stop myself from fallin'
Fallin' back again

Fallin' back again
Fallin' back again
Fallin' back again
Fallin' back againUP

Be Here to Love Me

Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine
Though you and I both know it's only the warm glow of wine
That's got you to feeling this way, but I don't care,
I want you to stay
and hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today

Children are dancin', the gamblers are chancin' their all
The window's accusing the door of abusing the wall
But who cares what the night watchmen say
The stage has been set for the play
Hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today

The moon's come and gone but a few stars hang on on to the sky
The wind's runnin' free but it ain't up to me ask why
The poets are demanding their pay
They've left me with nothin' to say
'cept hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today
Just hold me and tell me that you'll be here to love me todayUP

Creepin' In
There's a big old hole
Goes right through the sole
Of this old shoe

And the water on the ground ain't got no places it's fine
So its only got one thing left to do
Just creep on in
Creep on in
Creep on in

And once it has begun it won't stop until it's done
Sneakin' in

There's a silver moon
Came a little too soon
Oh for me to bear
It shines brightly on my bed and the shadow's over head
Won't let me sleep as long as it's there

Just creep on in
Creep on in
Creep on in

And once it has begun won't stop until it's done
Sneakin' in

Creep on in
Creep on in

And once it has begun won't stop until it's done
Sneakin' in

There's a big old hole
Goes right through my soul
Oh that ain't nothin' new

So as long as you're around
I got no place else you've found
There's only one thing left for you to do

I just creep on in
Creep on in
Creep on in

And once you have begun don't stop until you're done
Sneakin' in

And once it has begun it won't stop until it's done
Sneakin' in

And once it has begun it won't stop until it's done
Sneakin' in
Sneakin' in
Sneakin' in
Sneakin' in
Creepin' in
Sneakin' in
Sneakin' in
Sneakin' in
Sneakin' in
Sneakin' in
Creepin' in
You want to keep creepin' on in
Creep
Creepin' inUP

Toes

The current is strong from what I've heard
It'll wisk you down the stream
But I never seem to have the time

My toes just touched the water
My toes just touched the water

Daydreamed on the bank again
I was swimming with the fish
And I thought this time that it may be true

(But) My toes just touched the water
My toes just touched the water
My toes just touched the water

Walked a mile just to find the edge
Some place low enough to step right in
Now I'm here and I can't begin - to move

Walked a mile just to find the edge
Some place low enough to step right in
Now I'm here and I can't begin - to move

The spoiled sun up over there
It always has to have its way
And I know that the river's there to shelter me

My toes just touched the water
My toes just touched the waterUP

Humble Me
Went out on a limb, gone too far
I broke down at the side of the road
Stranded out the outskirts and the sun's creepin' up

Babies in the backseat still fast asleep
Dreamin' of better days
I don't want to call you but you're all I have to turn to

What do you say when it's all gone away
Baby I didn't mean to hurt you
True spoken whispers will tear you apart
No matter how hard you resist it

It never rains when you want it to
You humble me low
You humble me low

I'm on my knees empty
You humble me low
You humble me low

So please, please, please forgive me

Baby Theresa she's got your eyes
I see you all the time
When she asks about her daddy
I never know what to say

Heard you kick the bottle and you helped to build the church
And carry an honest wage
Is it true you have somebody keepin' you company

What do you say when it's all gone away
Baby I didn't mean to hurt you
True spoken whispers will tear you apart
No matter how hard you resist it

It never rains when you want it to
You humble me low
You humble me low

I'm on my knees empty
You humble me low
You humble me low

So please, please forgive me

You humble meUP

Above Ground

Underground I'm waiting
Just below the crowded avenue
Watching red lights fading out of you

Oh the air feels heavy
Everything just passes by
And I think that I'm a little shy

Meet me outside above ground
I'll see you on your way
I'll be with you someday, someday

Drawing lines above my head
But the fan keeps spinning over me
Just my toughs to keep me company

Now I know I'm ready
For the night into a glass
And I sip it slow to make it last

Meet me outside above ground
I'll see you on your way
I'll be with you someday, someday

Meet me outside above ground
I'll see you on your way
I'll be with you someday
I'll be with you someday
I'll be with you someday
I'll be with you somedayUP

The Long Way Home

Well I stumbled in the darkness
I'm lost and alone
Though I said I'd go before us
And show the way back home
There a light up ahead
I can't hold onto her arm
Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home

Money's just something you throw
Off the back of a train
Got a handful of lightening
A hat full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
And I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home

I put food on the table
And roof overhead
But I'd trade it all tomorrow
For The highway instead
Watch your back if I should tell you
Loves the only thing I've ever known
One thing for sure pretty baby I always take the long way home

You know I love you baby
More than the whole wide world
You are my woman
I know you are my pearl
Let's go out past the party lights
We can finally be alone
Come with me and we can take the long way home
Come with me, together we can take the long way home
Come with me, together we can take the long way homeUP

The Prettiest Thing

Prettiest thing
I ever did see
Was lightening from the top of a cloud
Moving through the dark million miles an hour
With somewhere to be

So why does it seem
Like a picture
Is hangin' up on someone else's wall
Lately I just haven't been myself at all
Heavy on my mind
And I 'm dreamin' again
Like I've always been
Way down low
I still know
That the prettiest thing
I ever did see
Was dusty as the handle on the door
Rusty as a nail stuck in the ol' pine floor
Looks like home to me

Now I'm dreamin' again
Like I've always been
Way down low
Thinkin' of the prettiest thing

Dreamin'
Dreamin'UP

Don't Miss You At All

As I sit and watch the snow fallin' down
I don't miss you at all
I hear children playin', laughin' so loud
I don't think of your smile
So if you never come to me
You'll stay a distant memory

Out my window, I see lights going dark
Your dark eyes don't haunt me
And then I wonder who I am
Without the warm touch of your hand

And then I wonder who I am
Without the warm touch of your hand

As I sit and watch the snow fallin' down
I don't miss you at all
I don't miss you at all
I don't miss you at allUP


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COME AWAY WITH ME lyrics testi Norah Jones

Inviato da ElyAle | 23 Set, 2008
COME AWAY WITH ME (2002)

Seven Years

Spinning, laughing, dancing to
her favorite song
A little girl with nothing wrong
Is all alone

Eyes wide open
Always hoping for the sun
And she'll sing her song to anyone
that comes along

Fragile as a leaf in autumn
Just fallin to the ground
Without a sound

Crooked little smile on her face
Tells a tale of grace
Thats all her own

Spinning, laughing, dancing to her
favorite song
A little girl with nothing wrong
and she's all aloneUP

Cold Cold Heart

I've tried so hard, my dear, to show that you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart?

Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is payin' for things I didn't do
In anger, unkind words I say that make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart?

Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you, the more we drift apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart?UP

Feelin' The Same Way

The sun just slipped its note below my door
And I can't hide beneath my sheets
I've read the words before so now I know
The time has come again for me

And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend

Another day that I can't find my head
My feet don't look like they're my own
I'll try and find the floor below to stand
And I hope I reach it once again

And I'm feelin' the same way...

So many times I wonder where I've gone
And how I found my way back in
I look around awhile for something lost
Maybe I'll find it in the end

And I'm feelin' the same way...UP

Come Away With Me

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they cant tempt us
With their lies

I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows
knee-high
So wont you try to come

Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And i'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with meUP

Shoot The Moon

The summer days are gone too soon
You shoot the moon
And miss completely
And now you're left to face the gloom
The empty room that once smelled sweetly
Of all the flowers you plucked if only
You knew the reason
Why you had to each be lonely
Was it just the season?

Now the fall is here again
You cant begin to give in
Its all over

When the snows come rolling though
You're rolling too with some new lover
Will you think of times you've told me
That you knew the reason
Why we had to each be lonely
It was just the seasonUP

I've Got To See You Again

Lines on your face dont bother me
Down in my chair when you dance over me
I cant help myself
Ive got to see you again

Late in the night when Im all alone
And I look at the clock and I know youre
not home
I cant help myself
Ive got to see you again
I could almost go there
Just to watch you be seen
I could almost go there
Just to live in a dream

But no I wont go for any of those things
To not touch your skin is NOT why I sing
I cant help myself
Ive got to see you again

I could almost go there...

No I wont go to share you with them
But oh even though I know where
youve been
I cant help myself
Ive got to see you againUP

Painter Song

If I were a painter
I would paint my reverie
If that's the only way for you to be with me

We'd be there together
Just like we used to be
Underneath the swirling skies for all to see

And I'm dreaming of a place
Where I could see your face
And I think my brush would take me there
But only...

If I were a painter
And could paint a memory
I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you
I'd climb inside the skies to be with youUP

One Flight Down

One flight down
There's a song on low
And your mind just picked up on the sound
Now you know you're wrong
Because it drifts like smoke
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know
Now you know

The reeds and brass have been weaving
Leading into a single note

In this place
Where your arms unfold
Here at last you see your ancient face
Now you know
Now you know

The cadence rolls in broken
Plays it over and then goes

One flight down
There's a song on low
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know
Now you knowUP

Nightingale

Nightingale
Sing us a song
Of a love that once belonged
Nightingale
Tell me your tale
Was your journey far too long?

Does it seem like I'm looking for an answer
To a question I can't ask
I don't know which way the feather falls
Or if I should blow it to the left

All the voices that are spinnin' around me
Trying to tell me what to say
Can I fly right behind you
And you can take me awayUP

The Long Day Is Over

Feeling tired
By the fire
The long day is over

The wind is gone
Asleep at dawn
The embers burn on

With no reprise
The sun will rise
The long day is overUP

The Nearness Of You

Its not the pale moon that excites me
That thrills and delights me, oh no
Its just the nearness of you

It isnt your sweet conversation
That brings this sensation, oh no
Its just the nearness of you

When youre in my arms and I feel you so close to me
All my wildest dreams come true

I need no soft lights to enchant me
If youll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night the nearness of youUP



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FIRST SESSION lyrics testi Norah Jones

Inviato da ElyAle | 23 Set, 2008
FIRST SESSION 2001

Don't Know Why

I waited 'til I saw the sun
I don't know why I didn't come
I left you by the house of fun
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come

When I saw the break of day
I wished that I could fly away
Instead of kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in my hand

My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind
Forever

Out across the endless sea
I would die in ecstasy
But I'll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road alone

My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind
Forever

Something has to make you run
I don't know why I didn't come
I feel as empty as a drum
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't comeUP

Something Is Calling You

Don't tell them, they'll only drink your tears
Don't do it, not in a hundred years
You know it
You feel it, I do too
Just listen
Something is calling you

What difference do you think that it makes
If you give, or if it's you who takes?
I know it
I feel it, you do too
Just listen
You'll hear it calling you

What difference do you think that it makes
If you give, or if it's you who takes?
I know it
I feel it, you do too
Just listen
You'll hear it calling youUP

Turn Me On

Like a flower
Waiting to bloom
Like a lightbulb
In a dark room
I'm just sittin here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on

Like the desert waiting for the rain
Like a school kid waiting for the spring
Im just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on

My poor heart
It's been so dark
Since youve been gone
After all your the one who turns me off
You're the only one who can turn me back on

My hi-fi's waiting for a new tune
My glass is waiting for some fresh ice cubes
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on
Turn me onUP

Lonestar

Lonestar where are you out tonight?
This feeling I'm trying to fight
It's dark and I think that I would give anything
For you to shine down on me

How far you are I just don't know
The distance I'm willing to go
I pick up a stone that I cast to the sky
Hoping for some kind of signUP

Peace

There's a place that I know, where the sycamores grow
And daffodils have their fun
Where the cares of the day seem to slowly fade away
And the glow of the evening sun
Peace, when the day is done

If I go there real late; let my mind meditate
On everything to be done
If I search deep inside; let my conscience be my guide
Then the answers are sure to come
Don't have to worry none

When you find peace of mind, leave your worries behind
Don't say that it can't be done
With a new point of view, life's true meaning comes to you
And the freedom you seek is won
Peace is for everyone
Peace is for everyone
Peace is for everyone
UP 


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Disclaimer

Inviato da ElyAle | 23 Set, 2008

Il materiale presente in questo blog persegue il solo fine di creare un punto di incontro nel web per condividere la passione per la musica. 
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