Come Away haute qualité With Me de Norah Jones

Tracks:
Dont Know Why
Seven Years
Cold, Cold Heart
Feelin the Same Way
Come Away With Me
Shoot the Moon
Turn Me On
Lonestar
Ive Got to See You Again
Painter Song
One Flight Down
Nightingale
Long Day Is Over
Nearness of You

Performer Notes:

• Personnel: Norah Jones (vocals, piano, Wurlitzer piano); Jesse Harris, Kevin Breit (acoustic & electric guitars); Tony Scherr (acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Adam Levy, Bill Frisell (electric guitar); Adam Rogers (guitar); Jenny Scheinman (violin); Sam Yahel (Hammond B-3 organ); Rob Burger (organ); Lee Alexander (bass); Brian Blade (drums, percussion); Dan Reiser, Kenny Wollesen (drums).
• Producers: Arif Mardin, Norah Jones, Jay Newland, Craig Street.
• Recorded at Sorcerer Sound, New York, New York and Allaire Studios, Shokan, New York.
• Norah Jones won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
• COME AWAY WITH ME won the 2003 Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical).
• "Dont Know Why" won the 2003 Grammy Awards for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
• Arif Mardin won the 2003 Grammy Award for Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical).
• A direct descendant from the pedigree of one of the 20th centurys virtuosos, Norah Jones might not be on such a lofty artistic level as her dad Ravi Shankar, but certainly inherited some musical intuition from him. With nary a sitar nor raga within earshot, the young newcomer sounds very much an assimilated, western, 21st century pop-jazz singer. One thing that separates her from the pack is Ms. Jones own piano stylings--not flashy, but deftly doubling or echoing her voice--that discreetly act as the glue holding together these airy, delicate, and beautiful arrangements.
• But the centerpiece is certainly the 22-year-olds confident-beyond-her-years vocal delivery in addition to a precise diction and velvety tone. Shades of Nina Simone, vintage Phoebe Snow, and a less beatnik Rickie Lee Jones are evident throughout as the young siren coolly sashays through mostly new material by guitarist-songwriter Jesse Harris (formerly of Once Blue) and a few choice covers. Veteran producer Arif Mardin frames a most notable debut with a translucent touch, and appearances by jazz heroes Bill Frisell and Brian Blade gild the lily.

Professional Reviews: Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.104) - Ranked #8 in Rolling Stones list of 2002s "10 Best Debuts"

Rolling Stone (3/28/02, pp.68,70) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A quietly captivating triumph of torch song[s]..."

Entertainment Weekly (12/20-27/02, p.128) - Ranked #10 on EWs list of 2002s "Albums of the Year"

Entertainment Weekly (3/8/02, p.73) - "...Jones album has the lope of Western swing and the flow of a good live set....Her voice is supple and precise, her touch on piano lovely..." - Rating: A-

Down Beat (June 2002, pp.63-64) - 3.5 out of 5 stars - "...Jones delivers...multigenre cross-cultural eclecticism....It is a voice containing seductive mysteries and also the most exposed human vulnerabilities..."

JazzTimes (6/02, p.88) - "...Ranks among the most bracing and beautiful in recent memory..."

Vibe (4/02, p.168) - 3.5 discs out of 5 - "...She allows a pared-down, semi-acoustic backdrop to showcase her lilting soprano....an auspicious debut..."

Mojo (Publisher) - Ranked #74 in Mojos "100 Modern Classics" -- "[S]eductive, mysterious songs, slouched jazzily around the rhythm, and slipped in a lonesome touch of twang."

Mojo (Publisher) (April 2002, p.110) - "...Jones debut is a calming delight, a delicate acoustic dance that pulls country, blues and jazz into a gorgeous, soft-edged rootsy singer-songwriter world...Soothing and substantial."

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: Japan

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: Bill Frisell; Brian Blade; Jesse Harris

Release Date: 10 November, 2003

Label: Toshiba EMI (Japan)