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Norah Jones will make a special guest appearance at the Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis concerts at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Feb. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m.
Jones is scheduled to perform a selection of songs on both nights. The concert is part of Blue Note’s 70th anniversary events taking place throughout New York.
In January 2007, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis performed live in The Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The event was recorded for the CD Two Men With The Blues, released on Blue Note, and for the DVD Willie Nelson And Wynton Marsalis Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center, New York City, released on Eagle Eye Media.
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