First Sessions

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Background

As the name suggests, First Sessions marked the first recordings released by Jones after being signed with Blue Note Records.<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> Label A&R Brian Bacchus tasked Jones with experienced engineer Jay Newland to record demos of around nine songs in October 2000. Six of these were chosen for the sampler release First Sessions, while the remainder were set aside for consideration for her debut album Come Away with Me.<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> Ultimately, most of the songs featured here ended up on Come Away with Me, with slight modifications and additions under the direction of producer Arif Mardin,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with the unaltered versions included on the 20th anniversary edition re-issue of Come Away With Me, released in 2022.

Personnel

• Norah Jones - piano, vocals
• Lee Alexander - bass
• Jesse Harris - guitar
• Olivier Vieser - guitar
• Dan Rieser - drums
• Adam Rogers - guitar (track 4)
• Tony Scherr - acoustic and slide guitar (track 5)

Production

• Recording engineer and mix: Jay Newland