Norah Jones Jones is the daughter of Indian sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar, and is the half-sister of fellow musician Anoushka Shankar. Jones was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York, to American concert producer Sue Jones and Indian musician Ravi Shankar. After her parents separated in 1986, Norah lived with her mother, growing up in Grapevine, Texas. She attended Colleyville Middle School and Grapevine High School before transferring to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. While in high school, she sang in the school choir, participated in
The Fall (Norah Jones album) The Fall (Norah Jones album) The Fall is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones, released November 17, 2009, by Blue Note Records. The album debuted at number three on the "Billboard" 200, selling 180,000 copies in its first week. As of August 2012, the album has sold more than three million copies worldwide. Before the album's release, Jones' website stated that she had take a new direction, with new collaborators and producer Jacquire King. King hired songwriters Ryan Adams and Will Sheff, in addition to drummers Joey Waronker and James Gadson keyboardist James Poyser, and guitarists Marc