Norah Jones yog ib tug neeg Asmeskas hu nkauj, sau nkauj, suab paj nruag thiab ua yeeb yam. Paub txog nws lub suab sultry, suab paj nruag, nws tau tsim cov suab paj nruag tshwj xeeb uas suav nrog cov ntsiab lus zoo tshaj plaws ntawm jazz, lub teb chaws thiab pop.
Pom tau tias yog lub suab nrov tshaj plaws hauv kev hu nkauj jazz tshiab, Jones yog tus ntxhais ntawm legendary Indian kws ntaus nkauj Ravi Shankar.
Txij li thaum xyoo 2001, nws qhov muag tag nrho tau mus txog ntau dua 50 lab discs thoob ntiaj teb thiab nws tau txais ntau yam khoom plig rau nws txoj haujlwm zoo.
Tsev neeg thiab kev kawm ntawm Norah Jones
Jitali Nora Jones Shankar yug rau lub Peb Hlis 30, 1979 hauv Brooklyn, New York. Nws niam nws txiv yeej tsis sib yuav, lawv sib nrauj xyoo 1986 thaum nws muaj 6 xyoo xwb. Nora niam, Sue Jones, yog tus tsim kev hais kwv txhiaj.
Txiv - composer, legendary sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar (tus tswv ntawm peb Grammy khoom plig).
Tau ntau xyoo, tus kws ntaus nkauj Indian tau nyob deb ntawm nws tus ntxhais thiab nws niam. Nws tsis sib txuas lus nrog Nora txog li 10 xyoo, txawm tias tom qab ntawd lawv tau sib haum xeeb thiab pib sib txuas lus.
"Thaum xub thawj nws yog qhov txawv me ntsis," nws lees. "Nws yog ib txwm. Muaj kev npau taws heev los ntawm nws niam. Nws siv sijhawm peb mus ze. Kuv tau ua txhaum ntawm tag nrho cov xyoo uas kuv nco thiab tsis muaj peev xwm siv sij hawm nrog kuv tus ntxhais.
Raws li Ravi, nws lub peev xwm pib qhia thaum ntxov. Nws tau koom nrog pawg ntseeg hu nkauj thaum muaj hnub nyoog 5 xyoos ua ntej tau txais khoom plig thiab kev sau nkauj ntawm Booker T. Washington School of Performing Arts hauv Dallas.
Tus neeg hu nkauj uas tab tom kawm piano hauv University of North Texas, txawm tias nws tsis tau kawm tiav.
“Kev xav thiab kev kawm yog txhua yam zoo heev. Rau ib tus neeg uas nyiam jazz, qhov no tsis yog txoj hauv kev zoo. Tiag tiag jazz yog cov koom haum haus luam yeeb ntawm Manhattan, tsis yog lub tsev kawm ntawv yav qab teb, Norah Jones hais.
Yog li tom qab ob xyoos ntawm tsev kawm qib siab, Nora tau tawm mus thiab tsiv mus rau New York, qhov chaw nws tau tsim ib pab pawg nrog tus kws sau nkauj Jesse Harris thiab bassist Lee Alexander. Kev koom tes nrog Jesse tau ua tiav.
Lwm qhov tseem ceeb ntawm lub hnub qub "tsim" kev vam meej yog nws tus kheej sib npaug thiab lub zog ntawm tus cwj pwm. "Cov lus zoo tshaj plaws txog nws yog tias nws tsis yog cov khoom lag luam ntawm cov kws tshaj lij studio, nws yog ib tus nugget thiab yog ib tus neeg tiag tiag," said pianist Vijay Iyer.
Tseeb tiag, txawm tias nws txoj kev zoo nkauj thiab cov txuj ci zoo kawg nkaus, Nora muaj lub koob npe nrov ua ib tus neeg nyob ze nrog lub ntsej muag zoo nkauj.
Kev ua haujlwm thiab suab paj nruag ua tiav ntawm Norah Jones
Norah Jones tau tsiv mus rau New York thiab kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus nrog Blue Note Records hauv 2001.
Xyoo tom qab, nws tau tso nws qhov debut solo album nrog kuv mus, uas yog kev sib xyaw ntawm cov qauv - jazz, lub teb chaws thiab pop suab paj nruag.
Cov nkauj tau muag ntau dua 26 lab luam tawm thoob ntiaj teb thiab yeej tsib Grammy Awards suav nrog Album ntawm Lub Xyoo, Cov Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Lub Xyoo thiab Zoo Tshaj Lij Choj Tshiab.
"Nws zoo heev, Kuv tsis tuaj yeem ntseeg nws, nws zoo kawg," nws hais tom qab kev nthuav qhia. Nws cov lus hais rau cov thawj coj ntawm lub tuam txhab cov ntaub ntawv thaum lawv thawj zaug hnov nws ua si ob xyoos dhau los.
Txawm hais tias Nora hais tias nws xav tsis thoob ntawm nws txoj kev vam meej, ntau tus neeg sib cav tias tus poj niam zoo nkauj thiab sau tau zoo, nrog nws cov txuj ci zoo nkauj thiab kev zoo nkauj, yeej ib txwm muaj rau kev ua yeeb yam.
Nws thib ob solo album Yim Zoo Li Tsev (2004) kuj tau txais kev tshuaj xyuas zoo heev. Nws tau dhau los ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws-muag album ntawm lub xyoo, muag tshaj 12 lab luam thoob ntiaj teb.
Nora yeej lwm Grammy rau Sunrise.
Nws cov albums tom ntej Tsis lig (2007), lub caij nplooj zeeg (2009) i Me Nyuam Lub Siab (2012) mus ntau platinum thiab muab lub ntiaj teb ob peb hit singles.
Billboard Magazine npe hu ua Nora the Top Jazz Artist of the Decade - 2000-2009.
Kev ua yeeb yam
Nyob rau hauv 2007, Nora pib nws txoj hauj lwm ua yeeb yam hauv zaj duab xis "Kuv Blueberry Nights" qhia los ntawm Wong Kar Wai. Txij thaum ntawd los, Nora tau ua haujlwm hauv ntau cov yeeb yaj kiab, cov ntawv sau cia thiab cov yeeb yaj kiab hauv TV.
Tsis zoo li feem ntau cov hnub qub suab paj nruag, Nora yeej tsis xav txog kev ua yeeb yaj kiab.
Singer Awards
Norah Jones tau yeej ntau yam khoom plig hauv nws txoj haujlwm, suav nrog cuaj Grammy Awards, tsib Billboard Music Awards thiab plaub lub Ntiaj Teb Music Awards.
Tus kheej lub neej ntawm tus kws kos duab
Tus neeg hu nkauj yeej tsis nyiam khav nws tus kheej lub neej. Tsuas yog xyoo 2000, Norah Jones tsis zais nws txoj kev sib raug zoo nrog tus kws ntaus nkauj Lee Alexander los ntawm cov pej xeem. Cov khub niam txiv nyob ua ke tau xya xyoo, tom qab ntawd lawv tau sib nrauj hauv xyoo 2007.
Hauv 2014, Jones yug tau ib tug tub, thiab hauv 2016 nws tus menyuam thib ob tau yug los. Nora nyiam tsis tshaj tawm lub npe ntawm leej txiv ntawm nws cov menyuam. Nws sib cav qhov no los ntawm kev hwm lub siab nyiam ntawm nws tus neeg xaiv kom nyob twj ywm tsis paub rau pej xeem.
Txawm tias nws txoj hauj lwm nrawm nrawm, tus ntxhais Brooklyn tseem nyob hauv ntiaj teb.
"Kuv nyiam nyob sab nraud, vim tias thaum tib neeg ua tiav, thaum lawv tau txais kev qhuas dhau lawm, lawv sim ua kom muaj koob meej. Qhov no tsis yog rau kuv "
Norah Jones hais lus
