Norah Jones/Don Was

Norah Jones/Don Was

From Backstage Pass with Eric Vetro by Pushkin Industries

October 15, 2024 · 1h 22m · Season 6 · Episode 131

About this episode

Norah Jones discusses her musical journey and latest album while celebrating 85 years of Blue Note Records.

Blue Note is one of the first and longest standing institutions of Jazz music. Since its formation in 1939 the label has put out albums by Robert Glasper, Lee Morgan, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Gergory Porter, Bobby McFerrin, and so many more. To celebrate 85 years of music from this iconic label, Justin Richmond and Blue Note’s current President Don Was recorded a series of interviews with the label’s past present and future: Ron Carter, Meshell Ndegeocello, Charles Lloyd, Julian Lage and today, Norah Jones. Norah has been with Blue Note Records since releasing her juggernaut 2002 debut album, Come Away With Me. Her latest album, Visions, was created with New York’s Leon Michels of El Michel’s Affair. Their two distinctive sounds blend beautifully to make an album that stands out not only as a new texture in her discography, but some of her strongest work to date. On today's episode, Norah Jones details her musical upbringing and what it was like striking it big with her debut album. She also performs for us, and talks about the musical freedom she's found as part of the Blue Note family. You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite Norah Jones songs HERE . See…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Vetro

Guests: Norah Jones, Don Was

Topics covered

  • Jazz music
  • Blue Note Records
  • Musical upbringing
  • Album release
  • Music performance
  • Artistic freedom

Keywords

  • Norah Jones
  • Don Was
  • Blue Note
  • Jazz
  • Come Away With Me
  • Visions
  • music performance
  • album release
  • musical freedom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blue Note, Pushkin Industries

Books & works: Come Away With Me, Visions

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