The guitar player wrote the song.
Nora Jones - Pretty Girl Singin a Pretty Song
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Weazel
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Pretty girl?
Are you 67 years old or something?
Oh wait....
Are you 67 years old or something?
Oh wait....
gimmeatele
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One of my favourite when wanting some relaxing music
I can't edit the OP . . . She is also Ravi Shankar's daughter.
God bless Norah, she’s a national treasure!
oldunc
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She's underestimated as a musician. Her first record was absolutely wonderful; critics agreed, until it sold so many copies they decided there must be something wrong with her, and she got shuttled off into the pop star category. Sexiest voice to come along since Emmy Lou Harris, but that's really not what she's about.
SixStringSlinger
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I have her first album and it is great, though for whatever reason I don't revisit it as often as it deserves.
I can't hear her looks though, which bodes very, very well for most of the rest of my music collection.
I can't hear her looks though, which bodes very, very well for most of the rest of my music collection.
jrblue
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She's a complete musician combined with an expressive vocalist with a distinctive vocal tonality that is hugely appealing. She's also a nice person with an interesting bio. Her famous father (who I saw in concert at the height of his popularity) had nothing to do with her upbringing or success, which she discovered and earned on her own. I like the comments posted about how the music "industry" doesn't know how to categorize her. I think this issue of having to put any artist in a category has become even more problematic with online distribution of music, as it is really easy to miss out on an artist who will not necessarily up on a search because of the way they are tagged. These so-called "crossover" artists (stupid name) can end up being bypassed. I'd actually call her "mainstream" because like some others, she is both jazz and pop, appeals to many who like "rock" as a genre. She reminds me a bit of Carole King, Roberta Flack, Phoebe Snow, and others who really created songs without working in a genre format.
Sparky472
Tele-Afflicted
There are a couple times in my life that I remember having to pull my car off to the side to listen when a song came on the radio. This song, when it first came out, was one of them (The other was in 1993 when Junior Brown’s Guit With It was released and the local station played Sugarfoot Rag…).
JIMMY JAZZMAN
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Norah Jones is top 5 female singers all time. She's one of my favorites.
rand z
Friend of Leo's
Norah is fabulous.
A great voice and "Interpreter."
She defy's categorization/style... much like Danny Gatton.
It's probably hindered her career (like Danny Gatton.)
But, she probably doesn't really care.
imo.
A great voice and "Interpreter."
She defy's categorization/style... much like Danny Gatton.
It's probably hindered her career (like Danny Gatton.)
But, she probably doesn't really care.
imo.
billy logan
Tele-Afflicted
watch <--- (audio) Norah Jones was the guest on "Piano Jazz," hosted by Marian McPartland. NPR, 2003
01 - Introduction 02 - September In the Rain 03 - In The Dark 04 - Comes Love 05 - For All We Know 06 - I Can't Get Started 07 - Don't Know Why 08 - Peace 09 - The Nearness of You 10 - Beautiful Friendship
acoustic
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gitold
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Someone asked here in an interview what “Don’t know why I didn’t come” meant kind of sarcastically. Norah smiled sweetly and said “I didn’t write it. You’d have to ask the writer”.
omahaaudio
Friend of Leo's
Is that Jesse Harris?
Don't know, don't care, but I dare say that a version of the song with HIM singing would not have been as big a hit as one by this "Pretty Girl"...
Don't know, don't care, but I dare say that a version of the song with HIM singing would not have been as big a hit as one by this "Pretty Girl"...
omahaaudio
Friend of Leo's
Would it have been as big a hit if it came from Geethali Shankar?
This debut from Norah Jones is incredibly good, and benefits from great session musicians, including (shameless plug) Torontonian Kevin Breit. He would have been in the above video but he chose not to go on tour because it would mean being away from his family.
Kevin also wrote a song that Norah recorded for her second album.
Kevin also wrote a song that Norah recorded for her second album.
memorex
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