Norah Jones mawaƙin Amurka ce, marubuciya, mawaƙa kuma yar wasan kwaikwayo. An santa da sultry, muryar farin ciki, ta ƙirƙiri salo na musamman na kiɗa wanda ya haɗa mafi kyawun abubuwan jazz, ƙasa da pop.
An san shi a matsayin mafi kyawun murya a sabuwar waƙar jazz, Jones diyar fitaccen mawakin Indiya Ravi Shankar ce.
Tun daga shekara ta 2001, jimillar tallace-tallacen ta ya kai sama da fayafai miliyan 50 a duk duniya kuma ta sami lambobin yabo da yawa masu daraja saboda ƙwararrun aikinta.
Iyali da ilimi na Norah Jones
An haifi Jitali Nora Jones Shankar a ranar 30 ga Maris, 1979 a Brooklyn, New York. Iyayenta ba su yi aure ba, sun rabu a 1986 lokacin tana da shekaru 6 kacal. Mahaifiyar Nora, Sue Jones, ta kasance mai shirya wasan kwaikwayo.
Uba - mawaki, almara sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar (mai uku Grammy Awards).
Shekaru da dama, mawakin na Indiya ya shaku da diyarsa da mahaifiyarta. Kimanin shekaru 10 bai yi magana da Nora ba, ko da yake daga baya sun yi sulhu kuma suka fara tattaunawa.
"Da farko yana da ɗan ban tsoro," in ji shi. "Yana da dabi'a. Haushi yayi yawa daga mahaifiyarta. Sai da muka dan yi kusa. Ina da laifin dukan waɗannan shekarun da na yi kewar kuma na kasa zama tare da 'yata.
A cewar Ravi, basirarta ta fara nunawa tun tana karama. Ta shiga ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta coci tana da shekaru 5 kafin ta sami jerin lambobin yabo da abubuwan ƙirƙira a Makarantar Koyarwa ta Booker T. Washington a Dallas.
Mawakiyar mai tasowa ta yi karatun piano a Jami'ar North Texas, kodayake ba ta kammala karatun ba.
“Ka’idar da nazari duk suna da kyau sosai. Ga wanda ke son jazz, wannan ba daidai ba ce hanya. Real jazz ita ce kulab ɗin hayaƙi na Manhattan, ba harabar kudanci ba, in ji Norah Jones.
Don haka bayan shekaru biyu na kwaleji, Nora ta bar makaranta kuma ta koma New York, inda ta kafa ƙungiya tare da mawaki Jesse Harris da bassist Lee Alexander. Haɗin kai tare da Jesse ya yi nasara.
Wani muhimmin abu na nasarar tauraruwar "shuru" ita ce ma'auni da ƙarfin halinta. "Mafi kyawun kalmomi game da ita ita ce ba samfurin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ce ta ce Vijay Iyer ɗan wasan pian ya ce: "Mafi kyawun kalmomi game da ita ita ce ba samfurin ƙwararren ɗalibi ba ne.
Lallai, duk da kyawunta da hazaka mai ban mamaki, Nora tana da suna don zama maƙwabciyar shiru mai kamanni.
Nasarar sana'a da kiɗan Norah Jones
Norah Jones ya koma New York kuma ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar rikodi tare da Blue Note Records a 2001.
A shekara mai zuwa, ta fito da kundi na farko na solo zo da ni, wanda ya kasance hade da salo - jazz, ƙasa da kiɗan pop.
Kundin ya sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 26 a duk duniya kuma ya lashe kyaututtukan Grammy guda biyar ciki har da Album na Year, Record of the Year da Best New Artist.
"Abin mamaki ne, ba zan iya yarda da shi ba, abin mamaki ne," in ji ta bayan gabatarwar. Kalamanta sun yi daidai da na shugabannin kamfanin lokacin da suka fara jin wasanta shekaru biyu da suka wuce.
Ko da yake Nora ta ce tana mamakin nasarar da ta samu, mutane da yawa suna jayayya cewa wannan budurwa mai hankali da tattarawa, tare da kyakkyawar haɗin gwaninta da kyan gani, an ƙaddara ta don tauraro.
Kundin solo dinta na biyu Ji Kamar Gida (2004) kuma ya sami tabbataccen bita. Ya zama kundi mafi kyawun siyarwa na shekara, yana sayar da kwafi sama da miliyan 12 a duk duniya.
Nora ya ci wani Grammy don Sunrise.
Albums ɗinta na gaba Bai Wuce Ba (2007), The Fall (2009) i Ƙananan karaya zukata (2012) ya tafi Multi-platinum kuma ya ba duniya da yawa hit guda.
Mujallar Billboard mai suna Nora Babban Mawallafin Jazz na Shekaru Goma - 2000-2009.
Aikin wasan kwaikwayo
A shekara ta 2007, Nora ta fara aikin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin fim "My Blueberry Nights" Wong Kar Wai directed. Tun daga wannan lokacin, Nora ya yi aiki a cikin fina-finai da yawa, shirye-shiryen shirye-shiryen talabijin da shirye-shiryen talabijin.
Ba kamar yawancin taurarin kiɗa ba, Nora bai taɓa tunanin yin aiki a fina-finai ba.
Kyautar Mawaƙa
Norah Jones ta sami lambobin yabo da yawa a cikin aikinta, ciki har da Grammy Awards tara, lambar yabo ta Billboard Music Awards da lambar yabo ta duniya guda hudu.
Rayuwa ta sirri na mai zane
Mawaƙin bai taɓa son yaɗa rayuwarta ta sirri ba. Sai kawai a cikin 2000, Norah Jones bai ɓoye dangantakarta da mawaki Lee Alexander daga jama'a ba. Ma'auratan sun zauna tare har tsawon shekaru bakwai, bayan haka sun rabu a shekara ta 2007.
A cikin 2014, Jones ta haifi ɗa, kuma a cikin 2016 an haifi ɗa na biyu. Nora ta fi son kada ta tallata sunan uban 'ya'yanta. Yana jayayya da hakan ta hanyar mutunta burin wanda ya zaba na kada jama'a su sani.
Duk da aikinta na sauri, yarinyar Brooklyn ta kasance ƙasa.
“Ina son in kasance a gefe, domin idan mutane suka yi nasara, idan an yaba musu sosai, sai su yi ƙoƙarin tsayawa kan kololuwar ɗaukaka. Wannan ba nawa bane"
Norah Jones yana magana
