Norah Jones has just announced her first album in four years, called Day Breaks. This follow-up to her 2012 release Little Broken Hearts will be out October 7th on Blue Note Records, and is said to be a return to her piano-based jazz roots.
“This new album feels full circle because I’m going back to my early influences,” Jones said in a recent press release. “After the first record, I drifted away from the piano a little bit. I still played it, but was more inspired to write on guitar. I really loved playing piano on this record.”
igniting her decision to go back to early sounds was the 2014 Blue Note Records at 75 concert in Washington, DC. There, she performed a cover of Jesse Harris’ “I’ve Got to See You Again” with Wayne Shorter on saxophone, drummer Brian Blade, bassist John Patitucci, and Jason Moran on piano. Shorter and Blade joined Jones for this latest effort, as did organist Dr. Lonnie Smith.
Of the 12 songs on the record, nine are originals, with the three others being covers: Neil Young’s “Don’t Be Denied”, Duke Ellington’s “Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)”, and Horace Silver’s “Peace”. Along with the announcement, Jones has shared the video for soft and dusky lead single “Carry On”. Check that out below, from B&T.
The track listing for Day Breaks is as follows:
1. Burn
2. Tragedy
3. Flipside
4. It's A Wonderful Time For Love
5. And Then There Was You
6. Don’t Be Denied
7. Day Breaks
8. Peace
9. Once I Had A Laugh
10. Sleeping Wild
11. Carry On
12. Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)
