Jazz Articles about Harry Connick, Jr.

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Harry Connick, Jr.: Harry For The Holidays

by Jim Santella
November 11, 2003

“It’s that time of year when the world falls in love,” sings the multi-talented Harry Connick, Jr. on his memento gift-wrapped for the occasion. His musical arrangements for big band and orchestra (Connick arranged, conducted, and orchestrated the session) include a variety of styles. Several tracks include lush strings in a melodramatic studio setting, while others feature a powerful big band with screeching trumpets and spine-tingling rhythms. Many combine both, but the intimate nature of the leader’s piano trio remains ...

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Harry Connick, Jr.: Other Hours

by Mark F. Turner
July 25, 2003

You might not recognize this side of Harry Conninck Jr. The entertainer and vocalist is more associated with “Old Blue Eyes" (Frank Sinatra) than Monk. He is renowned for his skill as a vocalist, but his passion for jazz piano and writing music has recently garnered him more attention in theatre and other venues. The fact that Connick is a serious jazz pianist and this is his first jazz quartet recording may come as a surprise, but the music speaks ...

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Harry Connick, Jr.: 30

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

Released four years after the fact (the younger Connick is now 34), the New Orleans’ District Attorney’s favorite son has released another of his bi-decade birthday albums. As with 20 and 25, Connick has chosen a selection of standards, along with three of his personal musical heroes with whom to perform them. Opening with a rollicking player piano take on Fats Domino’s “I’m Walkin’," Connick pounds through an arrangement of “Chattanooga Choo Choo" which occasionally jumps the track. “Somewhere My ...

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Harry Connick, Jr.: Come by Me

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

After some time in the land of New Orleans Funk, Harry Connick, Jr. has returned to the orchestral standards which first got him noticed and which have since garnered him multi-platinum, Grammy-winning fame. On Come By Me, Connick combines familiar originals with thoroughly represented selections from the Great American Songbook. These tunes include a punchy take on Henry Mancini’s “Charade," a yearning plea to take Irving Berlin’s advice and “Change Partners," an elevatored “Time After Time" which takes Jule Styne’s ...

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Harry Connick, Jr.: Songs I Heard

by Jim Santella
November 1, 2001

Generations have their own songs. Over the years, Walt Disney's artistic contributions have had a lot to do with that. More to the point, Broadway, television and the film industry have left us with countless memories that will never fade. Many of them are timeless and most of them cross generations. Songs from Annie, Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, The Sound Of Music, The Wizard Of Oz and Mary Poppins are etched in there permanently.

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Harry Connick, Jr.: 30

by Jim Santella
November 1, 2001

Recorded just days before his 31st birthday, 30 continues the benchmark concept envisioned with 11, 20 and 25.

Harry Connick, Jr. has opted for a suitable mix of vocal features and instrumental numbers this time out. Four multi-platinum and three platinum albums, three gold albums, two Grammy awards, an Emmy, Cable Ace, Golden Globe and Oscar nominations haven't changed his good taste. The early learning he received in New Orleans seeps through overtly. Connick studied with Ellis Marsalis before moving ...