COME AWAY WITH ME (20TH ANNIVERSARY)

Super Deluxe four vinyl LP pressing contains the remastered album plus 22 previously unreleased tracks including early demos and the never-before-heard first version of the album. Norah went into Allaire Studios near Woodstock in upstate New York with some of her favorite musicians including Bill Frisell and Kevin Breit on guitars, Brian Blade and Kenny Wollesen on drums, Rob Burger on accordion and organ, and Alexander on bass. oNearly everything we recorded felt special. We re-recorded most of the songs from the demos to see where else we could take them,o Norah recalls. But during the mixing session Norah began to question whether they had gone too far with some of the songs. It was decided that Norah should go back into the studio to start again with Arif Mardin producing. They ended up keeping three songs from the Allaire sessions (oSeven Years,o oFeelinAE The Same Way,o and oThe Long Day Is Overo), two from the demo sessions (oDonAEt Know Whyo and oTurn Me Ono), and recorded nine additional songs that hewed more closely to the spirit of the demos. The resulting album became Come Away With Me. As Norah reflects back upon Come Away With Me, she says oI was incredibly proud of this album and so thankful to everyone who made it with meaI figured it was a good first try and felt that it truly captured who I was u musically u at that time, which made me the proudest and is all you can really hope for when making a record. In the end I was so thankful that I got to explore a few different paths before putting them all together. No one, including the label, had any idea it would reach the success that it did. IAEm forever grateful to Bruce and the very special team at Blue Note for giving me the chance to find my sound through all of it and for never telling me who I had to be.o