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Label: Sears - SPS 407 • Format: Vinyl LP, Stereo • Genre: Jazz •

None of these renditions resulted in any hits, but this is one of Jones ' stronger jazz sets from the period despite the brevity of the selections. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Energetic Happy Hypnotic. Old School Rap. West coast Rap. East coast Rap. Others US Rap. French Rap.

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The most-mentioned accomplishment of this style is their version of " On The Street Where You Live ", a strong-swinging treatment of the Broadway tune with a boogie-woogie jump blues feel. This effort succeeded and he began to be known to a wider audience. Jones enjoyed especial popularity in France, being featured in a jazz festival in the Salle Pleyel. Jones performed in the orchestra pit under the direction of Alexander Smallens and briefly in an onstage musical sequence of Porgy and Bess , starring Cab Calloway.

Jonah Jones married the trumpeter, clarinetist and hornist Elizabeth Bowles — , [2] sister of Russell Bowles. Less than a year later, she started a band with Harris, and her recordings with them were bestsellers.

Jones was a lounge singer before becoming a recording artist. As Peter Malick states in the liner notes, "I started looking for a singer who might be open to recording [my latest songs] for me. On a Tuesday night, I walked into the Living Room just as the singer announced the last song of the set. Here, in the tradition of Billie Holiday, was a stunningly beautiful, blues infused voice.

This was my first contact with Norah Jones. The signing came as an indirect result of her performing as lead singer for the JC Hopkins Biggish Band. Shell White, who was the wife of J. The demo contained two jazz standards and a song by Jesse Harris.

The two executives agreed that Jones had potential. Despite their misgivings about the direction of her music, they signed her to the label. Bacchus told HitQuarters , "We let her find her own direction We knew that if she could develop her songwriting and we could find great songs, it would work. Bacchus thought producer and engineer Jay Newland 's experience in jazz, blues, rock, country, and folk music would give a "feeling for her sound.

Four appeared on the sampler First Sessions The rest were set aside for her debut album. Billboard The single " Don't Know Why " hit No. In February , it was certified diamond for selling ten million copies. Feels Like Home debuted at No. Jones released her third album, Not Too Late , on January 30, The album was the first for which she wrote or co-wrote every song. She has said some of these songs are much darker than those on her previous albums.

It is her first album without producer Arif Mardin, who died in the summer of Jones described the sessions as "fun, relaxed and easy" and without a deadline; Blue Note executives reportedly did not know she was recording an album.

The song "My Dear Country" is political commentary; she wrote it before the United States Presidential election day in Not Too Late reached the No. It reached No. Jones as Elizabeth is a young woman who goes on a soul-searching journey across the US to resolve her questions about love, and finds along the way a series of curious characters. Jones' fourth studio album, The Fall , debuted at No. Although it was her first album that did not reach No. The Fall featured a St.

Bernard on the cover; his name is Ben. Billboard ' s — decade awards ranked Jones as the top jazz recording artist, at No. Come Away With Me was elected the No. The album sold 1. Jones released Ward , and others. Jones said, "It's so exciting and flattering and fun when I get asked to sing with somebody that I admire It takes you a little bit out of your comfort zone when you're doing something with another artist.

You don't know what to expect—it's kind of like being a little kid and having a playdate. She played the album in its entirety at SXSW She performed in London at the Roundhouse on September 10, , as part of the iTunes Festival which was broadcast on the internet. She toured three cities in India for the first time because her father wanted her to do so. She also performed a headlining performance at Summer's Day, music festival produced by Only Much Louder. The episode was broadcast within two weeks of Letterman's retirement as host.

Guest Star. Jumpin' with a Shuffle. Hit Me Again. Broadway Swings Again. Jazz Bonus. A Touch of Blue. Blue Moon. That Righteous Feeling. Blowin' Up a Storm. And Now, in Person: Jonah Jones. Hello, Broadway.

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