Mitra I. Arthur | July 22, 2024
“I finally made it to Tiny Desk,” singer-songwriter Norah Jones excitedly declares during her performance. Her first Tiny Desk experience was a solo piano and vocal (home) concert, which reflected all the meditative, sonic hallmarks of performing in isolation. Since her juggernaut debut album, Come Away With Me, was released in 2002, she has crafted intimate songs that showcase her beguiling vocals. In the course of building her genre expansive catalog, she has racked up nine Grammy awards and collaborations with as varied a group as you can imagine, from Herbie Hancock and Willie Nelson, to Q-Tip and Foo Fighters.
For her long-awaited in-person performance, Jones presents a light, breezy set of soulful tracks from her newest album, Visions, a collaboration with producer Leon Michels. “Paradise,” a deceptively light and whimsical tune about letting go, begins the concert, followed by the contemplative “Swept Up in the Night.” For the psychedelic “Staring at the Wall,” featuring Jones on the guitar, drummer Brian Blade and bassist Josh Lattanzi lay down a fun, body-moving groove. To close her set, Jones turns to the title track from her debut album, disclosing that the tune was written only using the five guitar chords she knew at the time. Here she reimagines her classic, opening it up in a dreamy fashion.
SET LIST
“Paradise”
“Swept Up in the Night”
“Staring at the Wall”
“Come Away With Me”
MUSICIANS
Norah Jones: piano, lead vocals
Sami Stevens: glockenspiel, vocals
Sasha Dobson: guitar, vocals
Josh Lattanzi: bass
Brian Blade: drums
TINY DESK TEAM
Producers: Mitra I. Arthur, Felix Contreras
Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Grace Raver
Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
Production Assistant: Elle Mannion
Photographer: Michael Zamora
Tiny Desk Team: Ashley Pointer, Hazel Cills
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
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I sometimes watch singers on old TV shows and wonder how in the world their voices sound like there is some record mechanical thing happening. I also wonder if it is the way the Mid-Atlantic Walter Kronkite voice sounded. It’s the latter with Norah Jones, right?
Awesome performance! We saw her at the Yaamava Theatre last night—great performance as well 👍🏻
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