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现年37岁的美国爵士创作歌手Norah Jones（诺拉琼丝）宣佈即将在今年10月7日推出久违四年的第六张专辑“Day Breaks”。
今天（8月5日）诺拉琼丝以“Carry On”做为首波主打歌，在iTunes开放预购。歌曲以一贯诺拉式的爵士乐结合福音编曲，歌曲虽然不让人感到惊喜，但却意外地让我蛮感动的，瞬间将时间拉回初听诺拉琼丝一鸣惊人的首张专辑“Come Away With Me”（这张专辑至今居然已经14年了，Time Flies！）
葛莱美天后诺拉琼斯睽违 4 年重返乐坛 新专辑【Day Breaks】
葛莱美天后诺拉琼斯睽违4年重返乐坛 新专辑【Day Breaks】首支单曲《Carry On》释出
曾获得九次葛莱美奖殊荣、拥有全球超过 4 千 500 万张专辑销售的流行爵士天后诺拉琼斯 Norah Jones，睽违四年没有发行个人专辑，经历漫长的等待，终於宣布即将在 10 月发行个人第六张录音室专辑【Day Breaks】，专辑风格将会回归到她最熟悉且广为人知的钢琴爵士乐。身为一位创作才女，诺拉琼斯的脑海中随时随地都充满了创作的灵感，她表示，新专辑中的首支单曲《Carry On》就是趁著深夜时分在厨房创作完成的。波士顿环球报（Boston Globe）还为重返乐坛的诺拉琼斯下了评语：「诺拉琼斯总有办法在你需要之时，陪伴在你身边…一股温暖如蜂蜜般的嗓音，在你耳边轻声呢喃。」
Day Break
诺拉琼斯说：「【Day Breaks】就像是我演唱生涯的一个循环週期，回到了最初演唱事业的原点。」自从发行了第一张专辑之后，她渐渐远离钢琴演奏，虽然偶尔还是会抽空弹奏，但更常以吉他来创作，「在【Day Breaks】中，我又继续以钢琴为创作灵感，我非常热爱这部分。」回想创作这张新专辑时的光景，诺拉琼斯说：「2014 年那段时间，我刚生完小孩，所以在家里休息，但常常在半夜醒来想著许多事情，我会一边餵宝宝，一边试著要录下脑中的旋律。」她比以前更常弹钢琴，还在厨房里放了一架钢琴，所以漫漫黑夜经常会变成一场厨房钢琴独奏会，「这张专辑在那时逐步在我脑中成形」，首支单曲《Carry On》就是在她自己的私家厨房孕育而成。
诺拉琼斯拥有与眾不同的歌声，乐风交织数种美国音乐类型，包括乡村、民谣、摇滚、灵魂以及爵士，甚至被美国告示牌（Billboard）评选为「2000 年代最佳爵士歌手」。儘管拥有响亮的名声，但诺拉琼斯可是出了名的低调到不能再低调，外媒想尽办法要打听她的男友以及儿子的姓名，但这位歌手从来都没有公开过这二位生命中最重要男性的名字，一直到今年年初，诺拉琼斯才首度在 Instagram 放上 2 岁宝贝儿子的照片和影片，媒体也在今年七月发现，原来诺拉琼斯已经隐密地诞下第二个孩子，不过她至今都还没有公开宝宝的姓名和性别。
美国爵士女伶 Norah Jones 将於今年 10/7 发行继 2012 年《Little Broken Hearts》的第六张专辑《Day Breaks》，并展开欧美巡迴演唱会。新专辑共收录 12 首歌曲，包含 9 首新歌以及 3 首翻唱 Neil Young、Horace Silver 和 Duke Ellington 的作品，其中更邀请到萨克斯风大师 Wayne Shorter、电风琴手 Dr. Lonnie Smith 和鼓手 Brian Blade 等一流爵士乐手助阵。回归首张专辑《Come Away with Me》身为创作者最原始的自己，本次专辑新歌皆使用钢琴谱曲，送上首支抒情主打「Carry On」，舒缓悠扬使人忘记一切纷扰，找寻自我静謐，放鬆鼓舞后继续向前。MV 中一对年长夫妻在厨房做饭、甜蜜慢舞，走过人生半百更能珍惜生命中单纯的片刻，享受两人专属的美好时光。
Release Date October 7, 2016
Duration 48:47
Genre Pop/Rock
Vocal Jazz
Styles Contemporary Jazz Contemporary Singer/Songwriter Vocal Jazz Torch Songs Jazz Blues Contemporary Jazz Vocals http://www.hdtracks.com/day-breaks
Year: 2016
Genre: Jazz
Audio Channels: 2.0
Sample Rate: 24-96
Size: 1.1 GB
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-]
Norah Jones took liberty with her blockbuster success to set out on a musical walkabout, spending a good portion of the decade following 2004's Feels Like Home experimenting, either on her own albums or on a variety of collaborations. Day Breaks, released four years after the atmospheric adult alternative pop of the Danger Mouse-produced Little Broken Hearts, finds Jones returning home to an extent: it, like her 2002 debut Come Away with Me, is a singer/songwriter album with roots in pop and jazz, divided between originals and sharply selected covers. Such similarities are immediately apparent, but Day Breaks is much slyer than a mere revival. That term suggests a slight air of desperation, but Jones comes from a place of confidence on Day Breaks, happy to demonstrate everything she's learned over the years. Often, these tricks are deliberately sly: she'll pair her torchy original "And Then There Was You" with a woozy, bluesy cover of Neil Young's "Don't Be Denied" that winds up evoking Come Away with Me, then follow that up with the dense, nocturnal rhythms of "Day Breaks." She threads in versions of Horace Silver's "Peace" and Duke Ellington's "African Flower" while inviting saxophonist Wayne Shorter and organist Lonnie Smith in to play -- moves that signal that there's a strong, elastic jazz undercurrent to Day Breaks that means this record breathes more than her debut. Such a sense of quiet adventure gives the record depth, but what gives it resonance are the exquisitely sculpted songs. Jones' originals feel as elegant as time-honored standards, and all her covers feel fresh. The former speak to her craft, the latter to her gifts as a stylist, and the two combine to turn Day Breaks into a satisfying testament to her ever-evolving musicianship.
专辑曲目:
01. Burn (4:39)
02. Tragedy (4:15)
03. Flipside (3:41)
04. It's A Wonderful Time For Love (3:54)
05. And Then There Was You (3:06)
06. Don’t Be Denied (5:36)
07. Day Breaks (3:58)
08. Peace (5:15)
09. Once I Had A Laugh (3:13)
10. Sleeping Wild (3:08)
11. Carry On (2:48)
12. Fleurette Africaine (African Flower) (5:22)
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