Front and center (10th row) for Norah Jones at MGM Friday night...

Set list

1. I Wouldn't Need You

2. Tell Yer Mama

3. Light as a Feather

4. Chasing Pirates

5. Even Though

6. It's Gonna Be

7. Rosie's Lullaby

8. Waiting

9. Sunrise

10. Cold Cold Heart

11. Back to Manhattan

12. Sinkin' Soon

13. Bullrider (Johnny Cash cover)

14. Carnival Town

15. Man of the Hour

16. Don't Know Why

17. Young Blood

18. Come Away With Me

19. Strangers (Kinks cover)

Encore

20. How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart (Hank Williams cover)

21. Stuck

Htfd Courant's Eric Danton:

Given that grand pianos have become a fixture on stage when Norah Jones performs, it was a little startling to see her without one Friday night at MGM Grand at Foxwoods Theatre.  Then again, there wasn't so much piano on her latest album, either.  That record, last year's "The Fall," provided a sizable chunk of her set list, along with a smattering of songs from Jones' three earlier records and a cover or two.  The de-emphasis on piano wasn't the only change: members of her old touring band have scattered, and she performed with a new crew, including singer and multi-instrumentalist Sasha Dobson and guitarist Smokey Hormel, who has played with Tom Waits and Johnny Cash. -more