Jones was born Geetali Shankar in 1979 in Bedford-Stuyvesant , Brooklyn , New York , to American concert producer Sue Jones and Indian Bengali sitar player Ravi Shankar .
Jones was born Geetali Norah Jones Shankar in 1979 in Bedford-Stuyvesant , Brooklyn , New York , to Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and American concert producer Sue Jones .