Norah Jones - Begin Again

The Guardian 60

(Blue Note)
Seven tracks made last year in impromptu recordings with the likes of Jeff Tweedy and Thomas Bartlett shows Jones is an artist at her ease

Releasing the 26th bestselling US album of all time as your debut buys you the right to do whatever you want for the rest of your career – although Norah Jones’ early association with dinner-party jazz may have deterred some from paying attention. More fool them: her smouldering 2012 album Little Broken Hearts is a fantastic heartbreak record (produced by Danger Mouse) and even Day Breaks (2016), a return to the soft seductions of 2002’s Come Away With Me, works its magic.