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Norah Jones, born on March 30th 1979 in New York City, is one of the most popular contemporary jazz and jazz-influenced singers of our time. She was a member of Wax Poetic before her debut album Come Away With Me. She can still be heard singing with them on two tracks of their release, Nublu Sessions. Her debut album Come Away With Me was released in 2002 and sold 22 million copies worldwide. It won 5 Grammy Awards in 2003. |
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News in english
about Norah Jones
(June / 2009)
Willie Nelson's New Album To Feature Norah Jones and Diana Krall Date: 12 Jun 2009
antiMUSIC -
On August 25, legendary singer Willie Nelson will be releasing American Classic, his first album of standards since his landmark 1978 masterpiece Stardust
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Willie Nelson's New Album To Feature Norah Jones and Diana Krall Date: 14 Jun 2009
antiMUSIC -
A top story from this week. On August 25, legendary singer Willie Nelson will be releasing American Classic, his first album of standards since his landmark 1978 masterpiece Stardust
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Fourteen-year-old Laila Smith named nation's top middle-school jazz vocalist by Down Beat Date: 19 Jun 2009
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Laila, who just finished eighth grade at San Jose's Valley Christian and will attend next year as a freshman, joins impressive company: Past Down Beat winners in various categories include Norah Jones, Maria Schneider, Roy Hargrove, Chris Potter and Larry Grenadier, to name a few.
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Blue Note keeps 'em lookin' as smooth as they sound Date: 28 Jun 2009
National Post -
When German emigrés Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff founded the Blue Note record label 70 years ago in New York City, jazz held most of the market for recorded music. Nowadays, it’s decidedly a niche genre. So why do so many artists with mainstream success, from Norah Jones to Anita Baker, still want to record music for the legendary bastion of small-group instrumental jazz?
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