![]() ![]() You know, I'd been saying 'jazz singer' for so long at that point. What do you want to be, a jazz singer or a pop singer?' And I was like, 'Uhhh, jazz singer!' I didn't know what to say. And was like, 'Well this is not really a jazz song. And then I sang a Jessie song, 'World of Trouble.' I just threw that on there for some variety because Jesse had asked me to sing some of his songs for some demos. On what Bruce Lundvall thought of Norah's demo: Read edited highlights from Norah Jones below. ![]() You can hear the full conversation with using the audio player at the top of this page. In this special edition of All Songs Considered, Chinen talks with Jones about her sometimes challenging, but ultimately golden, first recording sessions in the studio, and critic Ann Powers and host Robin Hilton join him to discuss the album's evolution, impact and staying power. Discovered mere months after arriving from Texas to try her luck in the eclectic downtown New York singer-songwriter scene, Jones essentially made three versions of the album that would go on to sell more than 27 million copies worldwide. Despite the familiarity of this unclassifiable, jazz-steeped classic, a new super-deluxe reissue reveals the stories – and song versions – most listeners don't know. It's the album you've heard a thousand times "standing in line at Starbucks," as WBGO and Jazz Night In America's Nate Chinen jokes in this deep dive into Norah Jones's 2002 debut, Come Away With Me. Norah Jones in a 2002 portrait to promote Come Away With Me.
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