Norah Jones plays Century II

Teeny-tiny Norah Jones, wearing a teeny-tiny short red dress, played to a not-so-teeny-tiny sold-out crowd of more than 2,200 at Century II on Tuesday — one of the biggest, most mainstream crowds since Sheryl Crow played the venue in 2008.

Jones, the 31-year-old jazz-singing multi-Grammy winner, played guitar, played piano and harmonized her way through songs from all four of her albums, including a few from her breakout recording, 2002's "Come Away With Me."

But the majority of her show focused on her most recent album, 2009's "The Fall."

Backed up by a five-piece band on a stage made to look like a nightclub lounge, complete with glowing lamps and drapey wall coverings, Jones opened with "What Am I to You," a song from her 2004 album "Feels Like Home."

That was followed by an uninterrupted set of uptempo songs from "The Fall," including "Chasing Pirates," "Tell Yer Mamma," "Light As a Feather," "Young Blood," and "It's Gonna Be." By the time the show was over, she'd played 10 of "The Fall's" 13 tracks.

But new music was not all she played. Jones also delivered her biggest radio hits, "Come Away With Me" and "Don't Know Why," albeit late in the hour-and-a-half-long set.

Jones, sporting a short hairdo, didn't talk much from the stage, and the audience was as low-key as the show was, sitting quietly through most songs but applauding enthusiastically at the end of each.

A highlight of the show was Jones' cover of Willie Nelson's "What Do You Think of Her Now," which earned a few Nelson-appropriate whoops and hollers from the audience.

Other songs Jones performed during the show: "Sinkin' Soon" and "Broken" from 2007's "Not Too Late;" "Sunrise" from "Feels Like Home," and "Lonestar" from "Come Away With Me."

The opening act was Sasha Dobson, an up-and-coming Norah Jones-esque jazz artist who also plays guitar and harmonizes in Jones' band. She played a 30-minute set and wowed with her smooth-as-butter vocals and ability to play originals and standards alike.

She also was funny, inserting editorial comments into the lyrics of the standard "My Man" and revealing that she'd eaten fried chicken for lunch, a rare indulgence for a California girl.

"I put on my Facebook page, 'In Wichita, you eat the skin.' "

This story was originally published August 18, 2010 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Norah Jones plays Century II."