NORAH JONES — Come Away With Me (2002-2022) Super Deluxe Edition | 3CD SHM-CD Japan | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Norah Jones' debut on Blue Note is a mellow, acoustic pop affair with soul and country overtones, immaculately produced by the great Arif Mardin. Jones is not quite a jazz singer, but she is joined by some highly regarded jazz talent: guitarists Adam Levy, Adam Rogers, Tony Scherr, Bill Frisell, and Kevin Breit; drummers Brian Blade, Dan Rieser, and Kenny Wollesen; organist Sam Yahel; accordionist Rob Burger; and violinist Jenny Scheinman. Her regular guitarist and bassist, Jesse Harris and Lee Alexander, respectively, play on every track and also serve as the chief songwriters. Both have a gift for melody, simple yet elegant progressions, and evocative lyrics. (Harris made an intriguing guest appearance on Seamus Blake's Stranger Things Have Happened.) Jones, for her part, wrote the title track and the pretty but slightly restless "Nightingale." She also includes convincing readings of Hank Williams' "Cold Cold Heart," J.D. Loudermilk's "Turn Me On," and Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You." There's a touch of Rickie Lee Jones in Jones' voice, a touch of Bonnie Raitt in the arrangements; her youth and her piano skills could lead one to call her an Alicia Keys for grown-ups. While the mood of this record stagnates after a few songs, it does give a strong indication of Jones' alluring talents. David R. Adler

Tracklist :
CD1 - Come Away With Me - Time: 00:45:09
CD2 - Come Away With Me - The Demos , First Sessions Outtakes , First Sessions EP - Time: 00:58:19
CD3 - The Allaire Sessions - Time: 00:46:08

NORAH JONES — Visions (2024) Two Version (Blue Note – 00602458671445) + (Blue Note – UCCQ-9666 Japan Bonus Track) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless & FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Norah Jones named her eighth proper studio set Visions because many of the musical ideas occurred to her in the middle of the night, right when her consciousness was hazy: they weren't fully realized so much as an apparition. That sense of dreaminess carries through to the finished product but not in ways that are commonly associated with such a description. Far from being an album constructed for twilight hours -- a dimly lit excursion into mood music -- Visions is clear and light, its textures vividly articulated and its rhythms mellow and fluid. It's music that feels alive, inhaling and exhaling with a gentle insistence; it's never rushed, never clipped. Despite the record's inherent relaxation, Visions never quite proceeds in a linear path. Chalk this up to Jones' choice of collaborator. Working again with Leon Michels, a veteran of the seminal retro-soul outfit Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings who previously produced Norah's 2021 seasonal set I Dream of Christmas, Jones embraces the possibilities of psychedelic-tinged soul without succumbing to its trappings. Visions pulsates softly and sweetly, like a lava lamp slowly shifting colors in the background. The hues aren't hyper-saturated; they're pleasing pastels radiating warmth. The emphasis on atmosphere isn't unusual for a Norah Jones album -- after all, she has worked with hip-hop collage artist Danger Mouse -- but Visions feels bright and open. It glides between modulated soul jams, languid ballads, and hopeful pop tunes, each enlivened by flair that's felt more than heard: horns start to sigh in the background, Jones' voice gets an off-kilter filter, guitars take an elliptical journey to a resolving chord. The results aren't startling so much as they're fresh, avoiding musical and lyrical clichés. Witness "That's Life," a closing number that offers its inspirational advice not only with a knowing shrug but a song that rushes into a chorus and backs away on its bridge; the sentiment is familiar, but the execution isn't. It's a fitting farewell on a record that offers boundless imagination underneath its cool surface. Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracklist  :
1    All This Time 3:15
Written By, Drums, Bass, Guitar, Tambourine – Leon Michels
Written By, Vocals, Guitar, Piano – Norah Jones
2    Staring At The Wall 4:31
Written By, Drums, Bass, Tambourine – Leon Michels
Written By, Vocals, Guitar, Piano – Norah Jones
3    Paradise 3:25
Written By, Drums, Bass, Tambourine – Leon Michels
Written By, Vocals, Piano, Guitar – Norah Jones
4    Queen Of The Sea 4:46
Drums, Bass, Tenor Saxophone – Leon Michels
Written By, Vocals, Guitar, Piano – Norah Jones
5    Visions 2:42
Engineer – Leon Michels
Trumpet – Dave Guy
Written By, Vocals, Guitar – Norah Jones
6    Running 3:28
Written By, Drums, Tambourine, Baritone Saxophone – Leon Michels
Written By, Vocals, Piano, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Bass – Norah Jones
7    I Just Wanna Dance 3:07
Written By, Bass, Tambourine, Tenor Saxophone – Leon Michels
Written By, Drums – Homer Steinweiss
Written By, Vocals, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer Electric Piano], Electric Guitar – Norah Jones
8    I'm Awake 4:18
Bass – Jesse Murphy
Drums – Brian Blade
Tambourine – Leon Michels
Written By, Vocals, Piano, Organ – Norah Jones
9    Swept Up In The Night 3:34
Drums – Brian Blade
Electric Bass – Jesse Murphy
Trumpet – Dave Guy
Written By, Tambourine, Tenor Saxophone – Leon Michels
Written By, Vocals, Piano, Omnichord – Norah Jones
10    On My Way 3:52
Drum Programming, Tambourine – Leon Michels
Written By – Pete Remm
Written By, Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Organ, Keyboards, Bass – Norah Jones
11    Alone With My Thoughts 4:14
Bass [Upright Bass] – Jesse Murphy
Drums – Brian Blade
Trumpet – Dave Guy
Written By, Organ, Tenor Saxophone – Leon Michels
Written By, Vocals, Piano – Norah Jones
12    That's Life 4:22
Written By, Drums, Bass – Leon Michels
Written By, Vocals, Piano, Organ – Norah Jones
— JAPAN BONUS TRACK —
13    Can You Believe 3:56
Written By, Drums, Bass – Leon Michels
Written By, Vocals, Piano, Organ – Norah Jones

NORAH JONES – ... Featuring Norah Jones (2010) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

In the wake of her 2002 blockbuster debut, Norah Jones became an in-demand duet partner, popping up on albums from all manners of musicians. The 2010 compilation, …Featuring, helpfully rounds up 18 of these guest appearances, including a cut by the Jones-fronted country cabaret outfit the Little Willies, and what impresses is the range of collaborators and the consistency of the music. Anybody who called Norah up for a duet was clearly smitten by her way with slow-burning seduction, as they almost without fail cast her in that role for their own recordings, smoothing out rough edges or adding some sultry sophistication. This would seem like a limited specialty, but Featuring proves it’s not. Jones sounds as comfortable trading verses with Willie Nelson and Ray Charles as she does acting as a counterpoint to Q-Tip and Outkast, providing alternating contrasts according to the setting; she freshens the veterans and provides a touch of timeless elegance to her modern rock peers. It may all be variations on a theme, but the sounds and songs change just enough for the music to be quietly absorbing. Better still, when these side shows are grouped together as a main attraction, they manage to sound of a piece. These may be songs that appeared on other artist’s albums, but when presented as a collection, they seem to belong only to Norah Jones.  Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracklist 
1. The Little Willies - Love Me (3:53)
2. Foo Fighters - Virginia Moon (feat. Norah Jones) (3:52)
3. Sean Bones - Turn Them (feat. Norah Jones) (4:06)
4. Willie Nelson - Baby It's Cold Outside (feat. Norah Jones) (4:01)
5. Norah Jones & Sasha Dobson - Bull Rider (2:58)
6. Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Ruler of My Heart (feat. Norah Jones) (3:00)
7. El Madmo - The Best Part (3:25)
8. Outkast - Take Off Your Cool (feat. Norah Jones) (2:39)
9. Q-Tip - Life Is Better (feat. Norah Jones) (4:27)
10. Talib Kweli - Soon the New Day (feat. Norah Jones) (4:04)
11. Belle & Sebastian - Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John (feat. Norah Jones) (4:25)
12. Ray Charles - Here We Go Again (feat. Norah Jones) (3:58)
13. Norah Jones - Loretta (feat. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings) (3:23)
14. Ryan Adams - Dear John (feat. Norah Jones) (4:37)
15. Norah Jones - Creepin' In (feat. Dolly Parton) (3:04)
16. Herbie Hancock - Court & Spark (feat. Norah Jones) (7:36)
17. Charlie Hunter - More Than This (feat. Norah Jones) (4:12)
18. Norah Jones - Blue Bayou (feat. M. Ward) (3:45)
– BONUS TRACK –
19. Wyclef Jean - Any Other Day (feat. Norah Jones) (4:13)
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NORAH JONES – Pick Me Up Off The Floor (2020) SHM-CD | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Once she came to the end of the promotional cycle for 2016's Day Breaks, Norah Jones decided to challenge herself by recording a series of swift sessions with a rotating cast of collaborators. The intention was to release the results quickly, issuing them as a digital single at a time, and Jones followed through on this plan, releasing a new song every few months throughout 2018. These tunes were rounded up on 2019's Begin Again, but that wasn't the end of the project. Jones cut a number of songs during these sessions that were unreleased but not forgotten by the singer/songwriter. She kept listening to the rough mixes, eventually coming to the conclusion that these tracks would make a strong album of their own accord. Pick Me Up Off the Floor proves her instincts were correct. Lacking the purposeful digressions of Begin Again -- an album where the digressions were the entire point -- Pick Me Up Off the Floor is a tighter affair than its companion record, firmly rooted in the after-hours jazz-folk-pop hybrid that's Jones' calling card. Some of the cohesion may be due to how a good chunk of the album is anchored by her standby drummer Brian Blade, but it's also true that this record's collaboration with Jeff Tweedy is the amiably rambling "I'm Alive," a number that is firmly stationed within Jones' wheelhouse. The same could be said about Pick Me Up Off the Floor in general. There are accents and flourishes that distinguish the tunes -- "Flame Twin" is charged by curlicues of guitars and smears of organ, "To Live" is graced by muted horns straight out of the Big Easy -- but as a collection of songs, Pick Me Up Off the Floor winds up emphasizing how Jones slyly and elegantly synthesizes a pop sensibility with a jazz execution, a fusion that is comforting yet relies on her idiosyncratic twists. This blend of warmth and invention is what's so appealing about Pick Me Up Off the Floor: the shape may seem familiar, but the construction of the songs and the inventiveness of the performance keeps it fresh and surprising even after the first listen. Stephen Thomas Erlewine   Tracklist + Credits :