Norah Jones1979年3月30日出生在纽约，15岁进入具有“灵魂美声”之称的艾瑞卡巴度的母校Booker T.Washington中学主修表演及视觉艺术。在连续获得1996年Down Beat学生音乐奖及1997年“最佳爵士歌手”音乐奖后，1999年夏天前往纽约，2000年秋，签入美国著名的爵士乐加工厂Blue Note，成为Blue Note音乐大厂中最年轻的爵士女歌手。

专辑简介十二颗破碎的心 十二首闪烁新作 一首首 抚平着每道伤口 诺拉琼丝 用细腻却汹涌的全新歌路 倾吐着 「心碎」故事 伤痛传感娠强优美－在心灵深处 刻划下爱的伤痕 歌咏爱情的最新作品~迎接出道第10年的世界歌姬．诺拉琼丝与葛莱美金奖制作人．鼠尾老大共同炮制而成的得意之作！ 小天后Norah Jones把自己的失恋故事，转化成给每个人的正面力量！— 沉鸿元（台北爱乐电台「爵士大道」、「台北爵士夜」主持人） 小天后诺拉琼丝〈Norah Jones〉的全新专辑，请来了制作人鼠尾老大〈Danger Mouse〉合作，带来十二首闪烁黑暗光彩的新作品。音乐主题明显，是张谈「失恋」的专辑，因此，每首作品里都有一个故事，也代表一颗破碎的心。事实上，就在诺拉琼丝开始制作这张专辑之前，她才刚结束一段恋情…。 诺拉琼丝和鼠尾老大是旧识，公元2008年合作过一张唱片，他建议这次可以做一些较黑暗，较情绪化的音乐。只是诺拉琼丝当时仍处在「疗伤期」，不是那么愿意让音乐再次揭开心里那道还没结痂的伤。两人不断沟通，谈了许多与感情相关的主题，鼠尾老大提供了不同的视角让诺拉琼丝看待这一切，让她有了新的想法：「这是做音乐有趣的地方，自己生活里的烦恼或痛苦，其实可以藉由音乐，转化成对其他人的一种向上力量。」 专辑就象是一趟色调昏暗的心灵之旅，有些歌听起来就像我们熟悉的诺拉琼丝，比方开场的《Good Morning》，但大部分其它作品的节奏与质地，对她来说都是新鲜的挑战。《Travelin’ On》是将印象派古典音乐与七零年代乡村音乐结合而成。《Out on the Road》充满孤寂、苦涩，却带些甜意，英文单字Bittersweet大概是最好的形容。《After the Fall》，则彷彿灰色梦境里的镜像，见着自己如此憔悴，却怎么也走不出去。至于《Miriam》，诺拉琼丝用一种极具魅力的平静声音诠释，细细雕琢过的情感，象是一道来自伤心世界里的冷光。整张专辑有条固定的故事线，主轴就是伤痛。标题曲《Little Broken Hearts》讲着旧爱虽美，但碎心人儿们决定挥刀斩情丝。而最跳Tone的一首歌，非《Happy Pills》莫属！旋律与节奏都象是在晴空底下欢乐游行，听来一点不伤感，但歌词里讲述着「试着把一切搞定，便再也不用看见你那张脸」，毕竟只要自己愿意，心念一转，伤痛早不知所踪!

Joe Pass was an American jazz guitarist. Pass worked often with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald.

BILL EVANS - piano SCOTT LAFARO - bass PAUL MOTIAN - drums Recorded live at the Village Vanguard New York; June 25, 1961.

Recorded - November 6, 1962 - March 29, 1963 in New York City Thelonious Monk – piano Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone John Ore – bass Frankie Dunlop – drums Charts

William John Evans was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly played in trios. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continues to influence jazz pianists today.

Joe Pass was an American jazz guitarist. Pass worked often with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald.

Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet, released in January 1960 by Prestige Records. It was recorded in two sessions on May 11 and October 26, 1956, that produced four albums: this one, Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet. Track 2 is a composition written for Davis by Eddie Vinson (see Blue Haze for more details). "Trane's Blues" (also known as "Vierd Blues", a tongue-in-cheek reference to Blue Note founder Francis Wolff's heavily accented verdict on it), also credited to Davis, is in fact a John Coltrane composition (originally titled "John Paul Jones", and from an earlier session led by bassist Paul Chambers; before the closing statement of theme, Coltrane and Davis play a bit of Charlie Parker's "The Hymn").

Duet albums were rare in 1962 and encounters of this quality are still rare. Bill Evans and Jim Hall, two modern jazz giants, were in peak creative form at the time, Evans leading his own trio and Hall working with Sonny Rollins's quartet at the time. These two masters challenge and complement each other brilliantly on a series of standards and jazz originals. Newly remixed and remastered in 24 bit, this new edition of Undercurrent, which contains two more tunes (tracks 7 & 8) and two alternate takes (tracks 9 & 10) added to the original United Artists album, sound exceptional.