Na fanau Jones ia Geethali Norah Jones Shankar ia Mati 30, 1979 i Manhattan, Niu Ioka, i le fale o le American concert producer Sue Jones ma le Indian musician Ravi Shankar. Ina ua vavae ese ona matua e leʻi faaipoipo i le 1986, sa nofo Norah ma lona tina, ma ola aʻe i Grapevine, Texas. Sa auai o ia i le Colleyville Middle School ma Grapevine High School ae leʻi siitia atu i le Booker T. Washington High School mo le Performing and Visual Arts i Dallas. O lana musika na muamua faia i le lotu Metotisi i le lotoifale lea na ia usuina ai solo. A o i ai i le aoga maualuga, sa ia usuina i le aufaipese a le aʻoga, auai i le aufaipese, ma taaalo i le saxophone alto. I le 16 o ona tausaga, faatasi ai ma le maliega a ona matua, na ia suia aloaia lona igoa ia NJ.
o se fusi