Norah Jones

Norah Jones出生于音樂(lè)世家，父親是著名的印度席塔琴演奏家Ravi Shankar。在達(dá)拉斯的Booker T. Washington高中，學(xué)習(xí)鋼琴和表演的時(shí)候，她沉醉到了爵士樂(lè)中，結(jié)束了在北德克薩斯的兩年大學(xué)生活以后，Norah Jones來(lái)到了紐約，紐約的音樂(lè)氛圍令Norah Jones激動(dòng)不已。在這里Norah Jones開(kāi)始熱衷于一些出色的詞曲作者的作品，也是在這里，她逐漸形成了目前爵士鋼琴，創(chuàng)作型的風(fēng)格，并開(kāi)始嘗試多種音樂(lè)風(fēng)格的融合。后來(lái)Norah Jones和詞曲作者Jesse Harris，以及貝斯手Lee Alexander組成了一支小樂(lè)隊(duì)，Norah Jones在樂(lè)隊(duì)中擔(dān)任主唱并兼奏鋼琴。2000年10月Blue Note Records為他們錄制了一張?jiān)囈魧?zhuān)輯《First Sessions》，Norah在專(zhuān)輯中盡情展示了自己的才華，在創(chuàng)作中她在源于爵士樂(lè)的曲調(diào)中加入了自己的激情，并用自己圓潤(rùn)，柔美的嗓音打動(dòng)了唱片公司，于是僅過(guò)了三個(gè)月Norah Jones正式簽約Blue Note Records，并于2002年2月26日發(fā)布了第一張專(zhuān)輯《Come Away With Me》。 Norah Jones獲得了2003年葛萊美最佳新人獎(jiǎng)，《COME AWAY WITH ME》獲得了年度專(zhuān)輯獎(jiǎng)，最佳流行樂(lè)演唱專(zhuān)輯，《Don't Know Why》獲得了年度最佳唱片獎(jiǎng)，和最佳年度單曲獎(jiǎng)，Norah Jones因《Don't Know Why》獲得了最佳流行女歌手獎(jiǎng)。 1979年3月30日出生于美國(guó)紐約，擁有超齡的才華與甜美溫柔的歌聲。20歲不到便贏(yíng)得著名爵士雜志《Down Beat》學(xué)生爵士獎(jiǎng)的“最佳演唱”及“最佳編曲”獎(jiǎng)。她的出現(xiàn)讓久未有驚喜的爵士樂(lè)壇，灌注了一絲青春活力。 一直以來(lái)，諾拉瓊絲都被歸類(lèi)為爵士歌手，而在流行音樂(lè)掛帥的西洋歌壇，爵士是小眾音樂(lè)，但諾拉瓊絲改變了這一點(diǎn)，她的「遠(yuǎn)走高飛」專(zhuān)輯全球創(chuàng)下六百萬(wàn)張的銷(xiāo)售量，在中國(guó)臺(tái)灣也有接近白金唱片（三萬(wàn)張）的銷(xiāo)售數(shù)字，葛萊美獎(jiǎng)入圍公布後，她的專(zhuān)輯更打敗眾多流行音樂(lè)，登上告示牌專(zhuān)輯榜的冠軍。 23歲的諾拉瓊絲去年發(fā)行首張專(zhuān)輯《遠(yuǎn)走高飛》為她贏(yíng)得年度最佳唱片、最佳專(zhuān)輯、最佳新人、最佳流行女歌手、最佳流行專(zhuān)輯等五項(xiàng)個(gè)人大獎(jiǎng)。此專(zhuān)輯還獲頒年度最佳歌曲、非古典類(lèi)最佳錄音工程專(zhuān)輯以及非古典類(lèi)年度制作人三個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。 在流行樂(lè)大量充斥東西方樂(lè)壇的情況之下，其他類(lèi)型的音樂(lè)似乎成為樂(lè)壇中的弱勢(shì)族群，但這不代表這些音樂(lè)將因此而殆盡，仍有許多出色的音樂(lè)人默默作出好音樂(lè)，諾拉瓊絲就是一位將夢(mèng)想付諸實(shí)現(xiàn)的歌手。 從小接受音樂(lè)的薰陶、15歲即主修表演、還曾連續(xù)兩年獲得Down Beat學(xué)生音樂(lè)獎(jiǎng)"最佳爵士歌手的Norah Jones，擁有一副彷佛來(lái)自天上的好聲音。這位來(lái)自美國(guó)的年輕女孩，少了一份大都會(huì)的嬌縱世故，卻多了幾許清新古典氣質(zhì)，再加上她出色的琴藝、獨(dú)特的嗓音、以及創(chuàng)作才華，儼然成為本世紀(jì)初最閃耀的一顆新星。 Sultry vocalist and pianist Norah Jones developed her unique blend of jazz and traditional vocal pop with hints of bluesy country and contemporary folk due in large part to her unique upbringing. Born March 30, 1979, in New York City, the daughter of Ravi Shankar quietly grew up in Texas with her mother. While she always found the music of Billie Holiday and Bill Evans both intriguing and comforting, she didn't really explore jazz until attending Dallas' Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. During high school, Jones won the Down Beat Student Music Awards for Best Jazz Vocalist and Best Original Composition in 1996, and earned a second Best Jazz Vocalist award in 1997. Putting her vocal talents on the back burner, Jones worked toward earning a degree in jazz piano at the University of North Texas for two years before accepting a friend's offer of a summer sublet in Greenwich Village during the summer of 1999. Although she fully intended to return to college that fall, the lure of the folk coffeehouses and jazz clubs proved too strong and she soon became inspired to write her own songs. Jones appeared regularly with the trip-hop-electronica band Wax Poetic and assembled her own group around songwriters Jesse Harris (guitar) and Lee Alexander (bass), with Dan Rieser on drums. In October of 2000, the group recorded a handful of demos for Blue Note Records and on the strength of these recordings, Jones signed to the jazz label in early 2001. Following an appearance on Charlie Hunter's Songs from the Analog Playground, Jones spent much of 2001 performing live with Hunter's group and working on material for her debut. Come Away with Me, recorded by Craig Street (Cassandra Wilson, Manhattan Transfer, k.d. lang) and legendary producer Arif Mardin (Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, the Bee Gees), was released in early 2002 and garnered much public attention. The combination of her striking beauty and the fact that she was the daughter of an internationally renowned musician placed Jones in the awkward position of defending her music from those who dismissed her as another pretty face (the same argument used by those opposed to Diana Krall) and/or another riding the coattails of her musical royal heritage (see Natalie Cole, Miki Coltrane, Corey Parker). Although not by any stretch a "jazz" album (the label chose to call it "jazz-informed"), it featured jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and session drummer Brian Blade, and indicated a new direction for Blue Note combining jazz aesthetics and talent with a pop sensibility. Come Away with Me eventually went multi-platinum, selling 18 million copies worldwide and winning Jones eight Grammy awards. In 2004, Jones released her highly anticipated follow-up album, Feels Like Home. Pairing once again with producer Arif Mardin, Jones pursued a similar approach to Come Away with Me, mixing '70s singer/songwriter-style tracks with blues, country, and her own mellow take on piano jazz. In 2003, Jones played in a group called the Little Willies along with Lee Alexander (bass), Richard Julian (guitar/vocals), Dan Rieser (drums), and Jim Campilongo (guitar), playing covers of classic American music like Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. This one-off performance ultimately turned into sporadic shows at the venue whenever their individual schedules would allow, slowly incorporating original songs into their set along the way. In time, the Little Willies began considering the release of a live album, but instead wound up documenting their sound in the recording studio. Milking Bull Records issued the resultant self-titled album in March 2006. Late in the year the single "Thinking About You" announced her return to her solo career. It landed on the album Not Too Late, released in early 2007. 更多>>