2005 Grammy Award Winner for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Sunrise)!
When Norah Jones released her debut disc, Come Away With Me, on Blue NoteRecords in February 2002, the then 22-year-old singer had no idea the albumwould be a best-seller. As it turns out, Jones enjoyed an abundance ofsurprises. A runaway hit, Come Away With Me became a multi-Grammy winner,multi-platinum seller and opened the door for her to perform around the worldwith her band.
Norah Jones returns to the heartfelt on the eagerly anticipated Feels Like Home,her new Blue Note album. The collection features the singer-songwriter-pianistonce again teaming with Mardin, engineer Jay Newland and her close-knit touringband. Jones has penned several songsby herself and with songwriting partner LeeAlexandergathered other songs from her band mates and friends, and deliversthree covers: Townes Van Zandts “Be Here To Love Me,” Tom Waits and KathleenBrennans “The Long Way Home” and Duke Ellingtons “Melancholia,” which shewrote lyrics to and retitled “Dont Miss You At All.”
The CD was recorded in two sessions. Last April Jones and her band convened inan upstate New York studio and worked on new songs, including some they had beenperforming in concert. After an extensive U.S. summer tour, everyone reassembledin New York City to revisit the tracks already recorded, work on differentarrangements that had been road-tested and add new numbers to the mix.
On the disc, Jones plays piano, Wurlitzer electric piano and pump organ andfeatures her core group, comprising guitarists Adam Levy and Kevin Breit,background vocalist Daru Oda, bassist Lee Alexander and drummer Andrew Borger.She also brings aboard a select short-list of guests, including Dolly Parton,drummer Levon Helm and organist/accordionist Garth Hudson of The Band, long-timefriends guitarists Jesse Harris and Tony Scherr, drummer Brian Blade andkeyboardist Rob Burger.
Like the first album, Jones imbues the music on Feels Like Home with country,pop and jazz colors. Unlike the quiet, balladic mood of Come Away With Me, Jonesvaried the tempo on the new album to reflect the evolution of her liveperformances.
Selections:
1 Sunrise
2 What Am I to You?
3 Those Sweet 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 Dont Miss You At All
