Ever since she I got her classic album, "Come Away with Me," I've been eagerly anticip8ng if she could sing some of the standard jazz tunes. U'no, from artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Rosemary Clooney, etc. Of course, she's done some country songs, i.e. "Cold Cold Heart" or "Turn Me On." I'd like 2 hear her sing a few Patsy Cline songs. But I've heard too many singers do "Crazy" so perhaps Norah could try "Walkin' After Midnight." I believe she does a few jazz classics on her two DVD releases. But the good thing about originals is that you don't have to pay royalties. I think that if Norah Jones started doing standards, it would be kind of like "selling out." She likes composing, and she probably doesn't want to fit the mold of a standard singer such as Diana Krall. I wouldn't want to be like Diana Krall either. |
