Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An haifi Jones Geethali Norah Jones Shankar a ranar 30 ga Maris, 1979 a Manhattan, New York, ga mai shirya waƙoƙin Amurka Sue Jones da mawaƙin Indiya Ravi Shankar. Bayan iyayenta da ba su yi aure ba sun rabu a 1986, Norah ta zauna tare da mahaifiyarta, tana girma a Grapevine, Texas. Ta halarci makarantar Colleyville Middle da kuma makarantar sakandaren Grapevine kafin ta koma makarantar Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts a Dallas. Waƙar ta ta fara ne tun da wuri a cikin Ikilisiyar Methodist na gida inda take yin waka a kai a kai. A lokacin da take makarantar sakandare, ta yi waka a ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta makaranta, ta shiga cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa, kuma ta buga alto saxophone. A lokacin da ta ke da shekaru 16, tare da yarda da iyaye biyu, ta canza sunanta zuwa Norah Jones. Jones yana da dangantaka da kiɗa na Bill Evans da Billie Holiday, a tsakanin sauran "tsofaffi". Ta taba cewa, "Mahaifiyata tana da wannan kundin kundin Billie Holiday guda takwas; Na zabi faifan da na so kuma na sake kunna shi sau da yawa".Yayin da yake yaro, Jones ya fara waka a coci kuma ya dauki darussan piano da murya. Har ila tana zuwa coci. Ta dauki kanta ta ruhaniya kuma tana jin daɗin al'adun cocin ta amma ba ta ɗaukar kanta da addini sosai. Ta halarci Cibiyar Interlochen don Arts a lokacin bazara. Yayin da yake makarantar sakandare, ta lashe lambar yabo ta Down Beat Student Music Awards don Mafi Kyawun Mawakin Jazz (sau biyu, a cikin 1996 da 1997) da Mafi Kyawun Maɗaukaki (1996). Jones ya halarci Jami'ar Arewacin Texas (UNT), inda ta yi karatun piano na jazz kuma ta yi waka tare da UNT Jazz Singers. A wannan lokacin, ta sami damar haɗuwa da mai haɗin gwiwa na gaba Jesse Harris. Ta ba da motar zuwa ƙungiyar da ke wasa a jami'ar wanda membobinta suka zama abokan Harris. Ya kasance a kan tafiya ta hanyar hanya tare da aboki da kuma dan kungiyar Little Willies Richard Julian, kuma ya tsaya don ganin wasan band. Bayan ganawa da Jones, Harris ya fara aika mata da takardun waƙoƙinsa.  Tambaya: Wace irin ƙungiyar mawaƙa ce ta ba da sufuri?
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