Editing First Sessions

{{Infobox album
| name       = First Sessions
| artist     = [[Norah Jones]]
| cover      = Norah Jones - First Sessions.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 30, 2001
| recorded   = October 8–9, 2000
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = 
| length     = {{Duration|m=19|s=17}}
| label      = [[Blue Note Records]]
| producer   =
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Come Away with Me]]
| next_year  = 2002
| type       = EP
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r584395|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
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'''''First Sessions''''' is an [[Extended play|EP]] by singer [[Norah Jones]], released on May 30, 2001.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20011015020210fw_/http://www.norahjones.com/news/default.htm</ref> The EP was a limited release of approximately 10,000 copies which were available on Jones' website and at live shows.<ref name="hitquarters.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_BBacchus.html |title=Interview with Brian Bacchus |publisher=[[HitQuarters]]|date=Sep 3, 2002 |accessdate=April 10, 2011}}</ref>

==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>{{Cite web|title=Liner notes|url=https://i.discogs.com/meETDrodOhJ7ybhDSIDfEKGqKLhfwdC7fkWhZlNNCzM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:528/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIzMDgw/OTA3LTE3MjY0MzYx/MTUtOTI1OS5qcGVn.jpeg|quote=Allaire sessions, all with a few new overdubs and new mixes.|date=2022|last=Jones|first=Norah}}</ref> with the unaltered versions included on the 20th anniversary edition re-issue of ''Come Away With Me'', released in 2022.

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| total_length    = 
| title1          = [[Don't Know Why]]
| writer1         = [[Jesse Harris]]
| length1         = 3:11
| title2          = [[Come Away with Me (song)|Come Away with Me]]
| writer2         = Norah Jones
| length2         = 3:06
| title3          = Something Is Calling You
| writer3         = Jesse Harris
| length3         = 3:25
| title4          = [[Turn Me On (Mark Dinning song)|Turn Me On]]
| writer4         = [[John D. Loudermilk]]
| length4         = 2:37
| title5          = Lonestar
| writer5         = [[Lee Alexander (musician)|Lee Alexander]]
| length5         = 3:07
| title6          = [[Peace (Horace Silver song)|Peace]]
| writer6         = [[Horace Silver]]
| length6         = 3:51
}}

==Personnel==
*Norah Jones - [[piano]], [[singing|vocals]]
*[[Lee Alexander (musician)|Lee Alexander]] - [[Double bass|bass]]
*[[Jesse Harris]] - [[guitar]]
*Olivier Vieser - [[guitar]]
*Dan Rieser - [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Adam Rogers (musician)|Adam Rogers]] - guitar (track 4)
*[[Tony Scherr]] - [[acoustic guitar|acoustic]] and [[slide guitar]] (track 5)

==Production==
*Recording engineer and mix: [[Jay Newland]]

==References==
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[[Category:2001 debut EPs]]
[[Category:Norah Jones albums]]
[[Category:Blue Note Records EPs]]