Norah Jones
Musician
Dallas does culture: Lights down, curtain up...just opened, is of a piece. It spans 68 acres or 19 city blocks, and also includes several museums, a concert hall, a dance theatre and a performing-arts high school once attended by Erykah Badu and Norah Jones. To city leaders, all this... In this article: Dallas, Silver, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Norah Jones, and Erykah Badu |
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Wikipedia | November 03, 2009
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
...performers and artists have been educated in the school. Some examples include Norah Jones, Erykah Badu, Adario Strange, Valarie Rae Miller, Edie Brickell, and Roy Hargrove. In 1892, Dallas established its first high school for African...
In this article: Booker T. Washington High School, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, Texas, Skyline High School, Washington, Dallas Independent School District, and Roy Hargrove
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Independent.ie | November 05, 2009
Wide awake: Norah Jones
...by her mother, she began her musical career tinkling a piano in hotel bars in Dallas. Aged 19, she moved to New York with dreams of a glittering career. It was a tough apprenticeship. At the start, she would make ends meet by literally...
In this article: Come Away with Me, Ravi Shankar, Ryan Adams, Okkervil River, Will Sheff, Blue Note Records, EMI, and Beatles
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
Norah Jones
...on March 30, 1979 to sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and Sue Jones. She spent her childhood with her mother, who moved to the Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine , Texas, when Jones was four. She attended Colleyville Middle School, followed by a short...
In this article: Not Too Late, Blue Note Records, Jesse Harris, Feels like Home, New York City, Two Weeks Notice, My Blueberry Nights, and University of North Texas
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all about jazz | December 31, 2008
Take Five With Carolyn Lee Jones
...the main vocalist. I had the good fortune of meeting Julie Bonk, a great pianist and musician. Julie was Norah Jones' jazz piano teacher in Dallas. She led the band and, as the story goes, the party was a success and a new singer and performer...
In this article: Dallas, Texas, New York City, Neiman Marcus, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, and Tierney Sutton
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Denton, Texas
...shows in local festivals. Several notable bands and performers have attended the University of North Texas, including Eli Young Band, Bowling for Soup and Norah Jones, who has sold over 30 million records worldwide. The city's live music...
In this article: John B. Denton, University of North Texas, Texas Woman's University, Dallas, Texas, Texas, Denton County, North Texas, Fort Worth, and Brave Combo
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Wikipedia | August 28, 2009
Zac Baird
...Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas A high school that has produced other artist such as musicians Edie Brickell, Erykah Badu, jazz trumpet player Roy Hargrove and singer Norah Jones. His first project was the band BillyGoat which...
In this article: Zac Baird, Korn, Edie Brickell, Daniel Powter, Beck, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Alone I Play, Grammy, and Fear and the Nervous System
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Dallas Morning News | February 18, 2009
Taurus designer has Dallas roots
..." said Lucas, 38, who attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas with singers Norah Jones and Erykah Badu as well as jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove. Lucas, a big, good-natured man unfazed by...
In this article: Taurus, Dallas, Detroit, Texas, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Auto industry, The Dallas Morning News, and Ford Flex
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NPR | August 22, 2008
Norah Jones On Piano Jazz : NPR Music
...and over again. When she was 15, Jones moved to Dallas with her mother. She became a student at the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Inspired by an Etta James recording of "I'll Be Seeing You," she...
In this article: Marian McPartland, Etta James, Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Billie Holiday, Dallas, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, My Blueberry Nights, I'll Be Seeing You, and University of North Texas
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www.washingtonpost.com | March 21, 2008
Jazz Grande Dame McPartland Turns 90
...cultural show on National Public Radio at 29 years and counting. "Now thinking back (that) seems cool, but at the time ... you killed my social life," Jones joked. "But happy birthday and I'm so happy to be here and I love you madly."
In this article: Marian McPartland, National Public Radio, Wynton Marsalis, Karrin Allyson, Arthritis, All the Things You Are, Alfie, and The Nearness of You
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Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, guitarist, and occasional actress of Anglo-American and Indian-Bengali descent. She is the daughter of sitarist Ravi Shankar and half-sister of Anoushka Shankar .
Jones' career was launched with her 2002 debut album Come Away with Me. It is an adult contemporary pop/vocal jazz album with a sensual, plaintive soul/folk/country tinge, that sold over 22.5 million copies worldwide and received five Grammy Awards, with Jones winning "Best New Artist". Her second album, Feels like Home, was released in 2004. In 2007, she released her third album, Not Too Late.
Jones' albums have reached sales of more than 16 million records in the US and 36 million records worldwide.
- Name At Birth:
- Geethali Norah Jones Shankar
- Birth Date:
- March 30, 1979
- Birthplace:
- New York City, New York, United States
- Occupation:
- Singer-songwriter, musician, actress
- Instrument Played:
- Singing, piano/keyboards, guitar
- Record Label:
- Blue Note
- Years Active:
- 2001–present
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