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What does a shrug sound like? On "Don't Know Why,” the opening track of her debut effort, Norah Jones suggests a few possibilities. The first time she sings the title phrase, she gives it a touch of indifference, the classic tossed-off movie-star shrug. Her tone shifts slightly when she hits the chorus, to convey twinges of sadness; here the casual phrasing could be an attempt to shake off a sharp memory. Later, she shrugs in a way that conveys resignation, possibly regret—she's replaying a scene, trying to understand what happened.
Those shrugs and shadings, tools deployed by every jazz vocalist of the 1950s, are inescapable throughout Come Away With Me—in part because everything surrounding Jones' voice is so chill. There's room for her to emote, and room for gently cresting piano and organ chords. Unlike so many of her contemporaries, Jones knows instinctively how much (or how little!) singer the song needs. The secret of this record, which came out when Jones was 22, is its almost defiant approachability: It is calm, and open, and gentle, music for a lazy afternoon in a porch swing. As transfixing covers of Hank Williams' "Cold Cold Heart” and Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You” make clear, Jones thinks about contours and shadows when she sings; her storytelling depends as much on the scene and the atmosphere as the narrative.
And Jones applies the same understatement to the original songs here, which weave together elements of country, pop, jazz and torch balladry in inventive ways. It's one thing to render an old tune with modern cleverness, a skill Jones had honed as a solo pianist/singer before she was discovered. It's quite another to transform an original tune, like Jesse Harris' "Don't Know Why,” into something that sounds ageless and eternal, like a standard. Jones does that, over and over, using just shrugs and implications, rarely raising her voice much above a whisper. © Tom Moon/Qobuz
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Arif Mardin, Producer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Harris, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norah Jones, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Birkey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Rieser, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Producer, Mixer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Kevin Breit, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Street, Producer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Todd Parker, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Husky Huskolds, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Arif Mardin, Producer - Hank Williams, Composer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Adam Levy, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dick Kondas, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Producer, Mixer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Kevin Breit, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Street, Producer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Todd Parker, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Husky Huskolds, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Arif Mardin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Harris, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Rieser, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Adam Levy, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dick Kondas, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Arif Mardin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Harris, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Adam Levy, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dick Kondas, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Yahel, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
John D. Loudermilk, Composer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Rogers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norah Jones, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Birkey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Rieser, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Yahel, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Arif Mardin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Rob Burger, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Levy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dick Kondas, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Scherr, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Arif Mardin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Harris, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Adam Levy, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dick Kondas, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Blade, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jenny Scheinman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Arif Mardin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Rob Burger, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Levy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dick Kondas, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - J.C. Hopkins, ComposerLyricist - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Arif Mardin, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Harris, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Rieser, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Adam Levy, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dick Kondas, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Yahel, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Jenny Scheinman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Arif Mardin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Harris, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Adam Levy, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dick Kondas, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Producer, Mixer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Harris, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norah Jones, Composer, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kevin Breit, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Street, Producer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Todd Parker, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Frisell, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Wollensen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Husky Huskolds, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Arif Mardin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ned Washington, Composer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Newland, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dick Kondas, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Swope, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Album review
What does a shrug sound like? On "Don't Know Why,” the opening track of her debut effort, Norah Jones suggests a few possibilities. The first time she sings the title phrase, she gives it a touch of indifference, the classic tossed-off movie-star shrug. Her tone shifts slightly when she hits the chorus, to convey twinges of sadness; here the casual phrasing could be an attempt to shake off a sharp memory. Later, she shrugs in a way that conveys resignation, possibly regret—she's replaying a scene, trying to understand what happened.
Those shrugs and shadings, tools deployed by every jazz vocalist of the 1950s, are inescapable throughout Come Away With Me—in part because everything surrounding Jones' voice is so chill. There's room for her to emote, and room for gently cresting piano and organ chords. Unlike so many of her contemporaries, Jones knows instinctively how much (or how little!) singer the song needs. The secret of this record, which came out when Jones was 22, is its almost defiant approachability: It is calm, and open, and gentle, music for a lazy afternoon in a porch swing. As transfixing covers of Hank Williams' "Cold Cold Heart” and Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You” make clear, Jones thinks about contours and shadows when she sings; her storytelling depends as much on the scene and the atmosphere as the narrative.
And Jones applies the same understatement to the original songs here, which weave together elements of country, pop, jazz and torch balladry in inventive ways. It's one thing to render an old tune with modern cleverness, a skill Jones had honed as a solo pianist/singer before she was discovered. It's quite another to transform an original tune, like Jesse Harris' "Don't Know Why,” into something that sounds ageless and eternal, like a standard. Jones does that, over and over, using just shrugs and implications, rarely raising her voice much above a whisper. © Tom Moon/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:07
- Main artists: Norah Jones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CM BLUE NOTE (A92)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2013 Blue Note Records
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