Norah Jones: Live in New Orleans (2003 Video) User Reviews

Suspended Mist in a Body

[tedg · 1 August 2008]

Norah does essentially nothing on stage in terms of showmanship and patter.

She simply sits there, plays and sings, with a calm that contradicts the soul we hear that can only be true and come from some sort of purity. So we hear this music. Its a bit similar, all of it, but it touches deeply and we know its mined from some hidden but known place.

So it matters that we see her placid. It matters a whole lot. In fact, its everything to see a woman deliver such emotion with such a calm demeanor as if she were cleaning a kitchen.

I have seen comments here and elsewhere that this is "not wort watching" because she makes no show. That IS the show, folks. And its everything that matters. Everything.

If you see this, you will know why our greatest living filmmaker of films about women chose her to build a movie around, a movie about a slightly ever so slightly off center soul.

Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.

Stick With The CD

[ccthemovieman-1 · 5/10 · 6 April 2007]

Although young and pretty so she's nice to look at, this is another example of a DVD that really is a waste if you already own the CD with the same music. Norah is so young she really isn't much of a performer, nervous when she talks or tries to ad-lib anything.

Thus, after the first viewing, this isn't much more than a glorified CD. Neither her nor the drummer or guitarist in the small jazz combo are flashy enough to bring notice. In other words, none of the musicians are animated nor is there any noteworthy camera-work. It's mainly straight-on shots of Nora singing and playing the piano.

It's nice music and she has a calming, smooth voice but don't waste your money on this. Stick with the CD.