ʻO Norah Jones he mele ʻAmelika, haku mele, mea hoʻokani a me ka mea hana keaka. ʻIke ʻia ʻo ia no kona leo sultry a me ka leo mele, ua hana ʻo ia i kahi ʻano mele kūʻokoʻa e hoʻopili ana i nā mea maikaʻi loa o ka jazz, ka ʻāina a me ka pop.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka leo hoihoi loa i ka hīmeni jazz hou, ʻo Jones ke kaikamahine a ka moʻolelo mele India ʻo Ravi Shankar.
Mai ka makahiki 2001, ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia ma luna o 50 miliona mau palapala a puni ka honua a ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana hanohano he nui no kāna hana koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka ʻohana a me ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana o Norah Jones
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Gitali Nora Jones Shankar ma Malaki 30, 1979 ma Brooklyn, New York. ʻAʻole i male kona mau mākua; ua haʻalele lāua i ka makahiki 1986, ʻoiai ʻo ia he 6 mau makahiki. ʻO ka makuahine o Nora, ʻo Sue Jones, he mea hana ʻaha mele.
He haku mele ʻo Pāpā, ʻo Ravi Shankar (ka mea nona nā makana Grammy ʻekolu).
No nā makahiki, ua kaʻawale ka mea hoʻokani mele India mai kāna kaikamahine a me kona makuahine. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i kamaʻilio me Nora ma kahi o 10 mau makahiki, ʻoiai ua hui hou lāua a hoʻomaka e kamaʻilio.
"He mea ʻino iki i ka wā mua," ʻae ʻo ia. "Makemake ia. Nui ka huhū mai kona makuahine. Ua liʻuliʻu mākou a kokoke. Ua hewa wau i kēlā mau makahiki a pau aʻu i nalo ai a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻolimalima manawa me kaʻu kaikamahine. "
Wahi a Ravi, ua hoʻomaka kāna talena e hōʻike iā ia iho i kona wā ʻōpiopio. Ua komo 'o ia i ka papa himeni o ka halepule i ka makahiki 5 ma mua o ka lanakila 'ana i kekahi mau makana a me ka haku mele ma ke Kula 'o Booker T. Washington of the Performing Arts ma Dallas.
A laila ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka piano ma ke Kulanui o North Texas, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i puka i ke kula.
“Maikaʻi loa ke kumumanaʻo a me nā haʻawina. No ka mea makemake i ka jazz, ʻaʻole kēia ke ala pololei. ʻO ka jazz maoli mai nā hui uwahi o Manhattan, ʻaʻole he kūlanakauhale kolepa Hema, wahi a Norah Jones.
No laila, ma hope o ʻelua makahiki o ke kulanui, ua haʻalele ʻo Nora a hele i New York, kahi i hoʻokumu ai i kahi hui me ka haku mele ʻo Jesse Harris a me Lee Alexander. Ua holomua ka hana pū me Jesse.
ʻO kekahi mea koʻikoʻi i ka holomua o ka hōkū mālie, ʻo ia kona kūpaʻa a me ka ikaika o kona ʻano. "ʻO nā ʻōlelo maikaʻi loa e pili ana iā ia ʻaʻole ia he huahana o kahi keʻena ʻoihana, he nugget a ʻoiaʻiʻo nō ia," wahi a ka mea piano ʻo Vijay Iyer.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ʻo kona nani a me kāna kālena maikaʻi ʻole, ua kaulana ʻo Nora ma ke ʻano he hoa noho mālie me ke ʻano haʻahaʻa.
ʻO ka hana a me nā hana mele a Norah Jones
Ua neʻe ʻo Norah Jones i New York a kau inoa i kahi palapala hoʻopaʻa leo me Blue Note Records ma 2001.
I ka makahiki aʻe, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kāna album solo mua E hele mai me aʻu i hui pū ʻia nā ʻano - jazz, ʻāina a me nā mele pop.
Ua kūʻai aku ka album ma mua o 26 miliona mau kope ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a lanakila i ʻelima Grammy Awards, me Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist.
"He mea kupanaha, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke manaʻoʻiʻo, he mea kupaianaha," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia ma hope o ka hōʻike. Ua hoʻokani kāna mau ʻōlelo i nā luna o ka ʻoihana hoʻopaʻa leo i ka wā i lohe mua ai lākou i kāna pāʻani ʻana i ʻelua makahiki ma mua.
ʻOiai e ʻōlelo ana ʻo Nora ua kahaha ʻo ia i kāna kūleʻa, nui ka poʻe e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo kēia wahine ʻōpio akamai a nānā pono, me kāna hui pū ʻana o ke kālena a me ka nani, ua koho mau ʻia no ka kaulana.
ʻO kāna mele mele ʻelua Manaʻo Like Home (2004) loaʻa nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa. Ua lilo ia i album kūʻai maikaʻi loa o ka makahiki, kūʻai aku ma mua o 12 miliona mau kope ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Ua loaʻa iā Nora kahi makana Grammy hou no ke mele Sunrise.
ʻO kāna mau album hope ʻAʻole maikaʻi loa (2007), ka Hopu (2009) i Na Puuwai Haehae (2012) hele multi-platinum a hāʻawi i ka honua i mau mele mele.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Nora i ka makasina Billboard ka mea pena kiʻi jazz kiʻekiʻe o nā makahiki - 2000-2009.
ʻoihana keaka
I ka makahiki 2007, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Nora i kāna hana hana ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni "ʻO koʻu mau pō blueberry" alakaʻi ʻia e Wong Kar Wai. Mai ia manawa, ua hana ʻo Nora i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni he nui, nā palapala a me nā hōʻike televise.
ʻAʻole like me ka hapa nui o nā hōkū mele, ʻaʻole noʻonoʻo ʻo Nora e hana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
Nā makana mele
Ua lanakila ʻo Norah Jones i nā makana he nui i kāna ʻoihana, me ʻeiwa mau Grammy Awards, ʻelima Billboard Music Awards a me ʻehā World Music Awards.
Ke ola pilikino o ka mea pena
ʻAʻole makemake ka mea mele e hoʻonani i kona ola pilikino. Ma 2000 wale nō, ʻaʻole i hūnā ʻo Norah Jones i kāna pilina me ka mea hoʻokani mele ʻo Lee Alexander mai ka lehulehu. Ua noho pū lāua no ʻehiku mau makahiki, a ma hope iho ua kaʻawale lāua i ka makahiki 2007.
Ma 2014, hānau ʻo Jones i kahi keikikāne, a ma 2016, hānau ʻia kāna keiki lua. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Nora e hoʻolaha i ka inoa o ka makuakāne o kāna mau keiki. Ke kumu ʻo ia i kēia me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua mahalo ʻo ia i ka makemake o kāna mea i koho ai e noho ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka lehulehu.
ʻOiai ʻo kāna ʻoihana wikiwiki, ke noho nei ke kaikamahine Brooklyn i lalo i ka honua.
"Makemake au e noho ma ka ʻaoʻao no ka mea ke kūleʻa ka poʻe, ke loaʻa ka mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻāʻo lākou e noho ma ka piko o ka kaulana. ʻAʻole kēia noʻu"
ʻŌlelo ʻo Norah Jones
