Norah Jones

...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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..." 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...

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...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...

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...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."

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