The Nearness of You

Norah Jones · 2002 · Cover on Come Away with Me

Context

Standard by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Ned Washington (lyrics), written in 1937. Norah Jones sings it alone at the piano to close her album Come Away with Me (Blue Note, February 26, 2002), recorded between 2000 and 2001 in New York and Shokan.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Don't Know Why (2002)
• Come Away with Me (2002)

Sources

• EN: The Nearness of You
• EN: Come Away with Me

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