Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to


Norah Jones is the darling of Jazz and Audiophile press for a few years.  I've heard her albums, maybe even bought one.  Look, being a musical artist is hard as hell and I can't do it, but I realize in listening to others talk about her that I'm missing something special while listening to her.

Please, without wanting to pile on her, if you love her tell me why.  What has you going about Miss Jones that makes her a standout? No wrong answers.

erik_squires

I'm mostly disappointed that you missed the opportunity to weave "don't know why" into the topic...

I'm not a fan of a lot of audiophile music, so I completely understand your sentiment.  I've purchased several audiophile albums and can often recognize the quality of the recording, but still don't always connect.

I only the the one Norah Jones album and do enjoy it from time to time.  It's sort of light jazz which is why I can enjoy it.

I agree with @jerryg123 about Diana Krall...

Hmmm make your own decisions.

I cannot stand Diana Krall or whatever her name is and every Stereo Studio I go in plays that crap. 

 

With the Peter Malick group, before she was famous. There's more to her than 'softness'.

 

I like her, but only come back to listening to her every 3-6 months, or so.

Perhaps a bit too understated for my taste and my wife, not me, purchased her CD so otherwise I would probably not own it.

Loved her father, especially after playing a sitar throughout the summer of 1971 when in Hawaii without a guitar, so this may factor in.

Funny in that I'm listening to "A meeting by the River" Cooder/Bhatt as I type this.

 

DeKay

 

That's kind of it though.  She's kind of a super-soft art music person.  Perhaps I need more time with art and narrative music to appreciate her.

I never thought too much about her until I heard her live album. I think I’m officially a fan.

Softness.

Looks, Voice, Touch on the Keyboard. And I love the way she plays the small Wurlitzer.

Always great musicians with her

Saw her live, she played a Guitar, also a soft touch.

I would love to see her do something, anything, with her half sister, Anouska, another beauty I was lucky enough to see/hear live also.

 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Anoushka+Shankar

 

I’ve got a couple Norah DVDs of concerts, New Orleans, she was hardly known, Nashville, awesome, and I’m gonna get this Austin, TX DVD for my late Christmas Gift

 

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just found used dvd ebay, 7.00 shipped. Merry Merry