![]() ![]() Jones attended the University of North Texas (UNT), where she majored in jazz piano and sang with the UNT Jazz Singers. While at high school, she won the Down Beat Student Music Awards for Best Jazz Vocalist (twice, in 19) and Best Original Composition (1996). She attended Interlochen Center for the Arts during the summers. She once said, "My mom had this eight-album Billie Holiday set I picked out one disc that I liked and played that over and over again". Jones always had an affinity for the music of Bill Evans and Billie Holiday, among other "oldies". At the age of 16, with both parents' consent, she officially changed her name to Norah Jones. While in high school, she sang in the school choir, participated in band, and played the alto saxophone. Her music took its first form early on in the local Methodist Church where she regularly sang solos. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. She attended Grapevine Middle School and Grapevine High School before transferring to Booker T. As a child, Jones began singing in church and also took piano and voice lessons. Īfter her parents separated in 1986, Jones lived with her mother, growing up in Grapevine, Texas. Jones was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979, in Manhattan, New York City, to American concert producer Sue Jones and Indian Bengali musician Ravi Shankar. Jones is the daughter of Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, and is the half-sister of fellow Indian musicians Anoushka Shankar, and Shubhendra Shankar. Jones made her feature film debut as an actress in My Blueberry Nights, which was released in 2007 and was directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Her seventh studio album, Pick Me Up Off the Floor, was released on June 12, 2020. Jones's fifth studio album, Little Broken Hearts, was released on Apher sixth, Day Breaks, was released on October 7, 2016. They were also generally well received by critics. Her subsequent studio albums- Feels Like Home (2004), Not Too Late (2007), and The Fall (2009)-all gained platinum status, selling over a million copies each. ![]() The record earned Jones five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist, making her the first Indian-American person of South Asian descent to win that many Grammy awards. It was certified diamond, selling over 27 million copies. In 2002, Jones launched her solo music career with the release of Come Away with Me, which was a fusion of jazz with country, blues, folk and pop. She has won nine Grammy Awards and was ranked 60th on Billboard magazine's artists of the 2000s decade chart. Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000s decade. She has won several awards for her music and, as of 2023, had sold more than 50 million records worldwide. If "play" button icon is greye unfortunately this score does not contain playback functionality.Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar March 30, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Simply click the icon and if further key options appear then apperantly this music notation is transposable.Īlso, sadly not all music notes are playable. In order to check if 'Peace Piece' can be transposed to various keys, check "notes" icon at the bottom of viewer as shown in the picture below. * Not all our sheet music are transposable. When this song was released on it was originally published in the key of. If your desired notes are transposable, you will be able to transpose them after purchase.īe careful to transpose first then print (or save as PDF). If you selected -1 Semitone for score originally in C, transposition into B would be made. If the composers Bill Evans started the song in original key of the score is C, 1 Semitone means transposition into C#. If it is completely white simply click on it and the following options will appear: Original, 1 Semitione, 2 Semitnoes, 3 Semitones, -1 Semitone, -2 Semitones, -3 Semitones. One can do this by checking the bottom of the viewer where a "notes" icon is presented. We strongly advise that one checks this functionality prior to making their online purchase. Most of our sheet music can be traponsposed, but unfortunately at the moment not all are transposable. If not, the notes icon will remain grayed. If transposition is available, then various semitones transposition options will appear. In order to transpose click the "notes" icon at the bottom of the viewer. ![]()
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