UNorah Jones ungumculi waseMelika, umbhali wamaculo, umculi nomlingisikazi. Waziwa ngezwi lakhe elimnandi, elimnandi, udale isitayela somculo esiyingqayizivele esihlanganisa izici ezihamba phambili ze-jazz, izwe ne-pop.
Eqashelwa njengezwi eligqame kakhulu ekuculeni okusha kwe-jazz, uJones uyindodakazi yomculi waseNdiya oyinganekwane uRavi Shankar.
Kusukela ngo-2001, ukuthengiswa kwakhe sekuphelele sekufinyelele kumadiski angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-50 emhlabeni wonke futhi uthole imiklomelo eminingi ehloniphekile ngomsebenzi wakhe ovelele.
Umndeni kanye nemfundo kaNorah Jones
UJitali Nora Jones Shankar wazalwa ngoMashi 30, 1979 eBrooklyn, eNew York. Abazali bakhe abakaze bashade, bahlukanisa ngo-1986 lapho eneminyaka engu-6 kuphela. Umama kaNora, u-Sue Jones, wayengumdidiyeli wekhonsathi.
Ubaba - umqambi, u-sitar virtuoso odumile u-Ravi Shankar (umnikazi wemiklomelo emithathu ye-Grammy).
Sekuyiminyaka umculi waseNdiya ehlukene nendodakazi yakhe nomama wayo. Akazange axhumane noNora iminyaka engaba ngu-10, nakuba kamuva babuyisana futhi baqala ukuxhumana.
“Ekuqaleni kwakungelula neze,” evuma. "Kungokwemvelo. Kwaba khona ulaka kunina. Kwasithatha isikhathi ukusondela. Nganginecala layo yonke leyo minyaka engangiyikhumbula futhi ngangingakwazi ukuchitha isikhathi nendodakazi yami.
Ngokusho kukaRavi, ithalente lakhe laqala ukubonakala esemncane. Ujoyine ikhwaya yesonto eneminyaka engu-5 ngaphambi kokuwina uchungechunge lwemiklomelo nezingoma e-Booker T. Washington School of Performing Arts e-Dallas.
Lo mculi osafufusa wabe esefunda upiyano eNyuvesi yaseNorth Texas, nakuba engazange aphumelele.
“Ithiyori nokufunda konke kuhle kakhulu. Kumuntu othanda i-jazz, lena akuyona indlela efanele. I-Real jazz amakilabhu ashunqa intuthu ase-Manhattan, hhayi ikhampasi eseningizimu, kusho uNorah Jones.
Ngakho ngemva kweminyaka emibili esekolishi, uNora wayeka isikole futhi wathuthela eNew York, lapho akha khona iqembu nomqambi uJesse Harris kanye nomculi webhesi u-Lee Alexander. Ukusebenzisana noJesse kube yimpumelelo.
Esinye isici esibalulekile sempumelelo yenkanyezi "ethule" kwaba ibhalansi yakhe namandla omlingiswa. “Amagama amahle ngaye ukuthi akayena umkhiqizo westudiyo esikhokhelwayo, uyinugget futhi ungowangempela,” kusho umculi wopiyano uVijay Iyer.
Ngempela, naphezu kobuhle bakhe nethalente elimangalisayo, uNora unedumela lokuba umakhelwane othule onokubonakala okuthobekile.
Izimpumelelo zomsebenzi nezomculo zikaNorah Jones
UNorah Jones wathuthela eNew York futhi wasayina inkontileka yokuqopha neBlue Note Records ngo-2001.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyedwa hamba nami, obekuyinhlanganisela yezitayela - i-jazz, umculo wezwe nowe-pop.
I-albhamu isidayise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-26 emhlabeni jikelele futhi yawina Izindondo ezinhlanu zamaGrammy okuhlanganisa I-albhamu Yonyaka, Irekhodi Lonyaka kanye Nomculi Omusha Ongcono Kakhulu.
“Kuyamangaza, angikukholwa, kuyamangalisa,” esho ngemuva kokwethulwa. Amazwi akhe afana nalawo abaphathi bezinkampani zokuqopha lapho beqala ukumuzwa edlala eminyakeni emibili edlule.
Nakuba uNora ethi uyamangala ngempumelelo yakhe, abaningi baphikisa ngokuthi le ntokazi ehlakaniphile neqoqiwe, nenhlanganisela yayo emangalisayo yethalente nobuhle, yayihlale ihloselwe ukuduma.
I-albhamu yakhe yesibili eyedwa Ngizizwa Ngisekhaya (2004) futhi uthole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kakhulu. Ibe yi-albhamu edayisa kakhulu onyakeni, idayisa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-12 emhlabeni jikelele.
UNora uwine enye i-Grammy ye-Sunrise.
Ama-albhamu akhe alandelayo Akukephuzi Kakhulu (2007), The Fall (2009) i Izinhliziyo ezincane eziphukile (2012) uye e-multi-platinamu futhi wanika umhlaba izingoma ezimbalwa ezishisayo.
I-Billboard Magazine iqambe ngokuthi uNora umculi we-Jazz Ophezulu Weminyaka Eyishumi - 2000-2009.
Umsebenzi womlingisi
Ngo-2007, uNora waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokulingisa efilimini "I-Blueberry Nights yami" iqondiswe nguWong Kar Wai. Kusukela lapho, uNora usebenze kumafilimu amaningi, amadokhumentari kanye nezinhlelo zethelevishini.
Ngokungafani nezihlabani eziningi zomculo, uNora akazange akucabange ukulingisa kumafilimu.
Imiklomelo Yomculi
UNorah Jones usewine inqwaba yezindondo emsebenzini wakhe, okuhlanganisa nezindondo eziyisishiyagalolunye zamaGrammy, amaBillboard Music Awards amahlanu kanye nezindondo ezine zomculo womhlaba.
Impilo yomuntu siqu yomculi
Umculi akakaze athande ukubukisa ngempilo yakhe yomuntu siqu. Kuphela ngo-2000, uNorah Jones akazange afihle ubuhlobo bakhe nomculi u-Lee Alexander emphakathini. Umbhangqwana wahlala ndawonye iminyaka eyisikhombisa, okwathi ngemva kwalokho bahlukana ngo-2007.
Ngo-2014, uJones wabeletha indodana, kwathi ngo-2016 ingane yakhe yesibili yazalwa. UNora ukhetha ukungakhangisi igama likayise wezingane zakhe. Ukuphikisa lokhu ngokuhlonipha isifiso somkhethileyo ukuthi ahlale engaziwa emphakathini jikelele.
Naphezu komsebenzi wakhe osheshayo, intombazane yaseBrooklyn ihlala phansi emhlabeni.
“Ngiyathanda ukuba seceleni ngoba abantu uma sebephumelele uma sebenconywa kakhulu basuke bezama ukuzihlalela phezu kodumo. Lokhu akukona okwami"
uNorah Jones ekhuluma
