Jazz or not? No problem: Norah Jones and GoGo Penguin create their music with the media of jazz: improvisation, groove, empathy and collaborative playing.

The soft and gentle voice of Norah Jones, combined with her brilliant piano-playing, create a mesmeric pull that's hard to resist. Her songs stay stuck in the auditory canals, regardless of whether they are classed as jazz, blues, country or Americana. And the same thing happens with the sounds of British trio GoGo Penguin: the ingenious patterns of piano, bass and drum interlock to form a whole that suddenly takes on a natural lightness.

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