Day Breaks
Norah at her evocative best. With support from jazz luminaries like Wayne Shorter and Lonnie Smith, Jones weaves subtle musicianship into a set that’s uniformly stylish. No longer the innocent ingenue of *Come Away With Me*, she now conveys a melancholic knowingness in “And Then There Was You” and “Sleeping Wild”. Watch her adapt the autobiography of “Don’t Be Denied” into a work of candlelit soul.
The restive jazz star, who went on to work with Jack White, Danger Mouse, and others after her multiplatinum debut, returns with a no-frills record that fades into the background without much fuss.
Norah Jones goes back to basics with her new straight up jazz album, Day Breaks. While her 2002 breakout debut Come Away With Me is arguably...
A welcome return to jazzier roots for the US singer-songwriter. CD new music review by Peter Quinn