As a New Orleans native, Harry Connick, Jr., is deeply attuned to the devastation caused by Katrina. Connick teamed up with Branford Marsalis, and the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity to create “Musicians’ Village”.

Over the past two decades, Harry Connick, Jr. has proven to be among the world’s most successful and multi-talented artists. Connick first reached a mass audience as a pianist, singer and bandleader, securing his place in the public eye as a renaissance man and versatile entertainer. His love of music and performing dates back to his childhood in New Orleans, where he studied piano with such luminaries as James Booker and Ellis Marsalis. He first performed publicly at age five, appeared on his first jazz recording at age ten, and released his self-titled major label debut for Columbia Records at 19, only a year after his high school graduation and his move to New York City.

Connick achieved widespread success as a musician when director Rob Reiner asked him to contribute the score to his 1989 smash When Harry Met Sally, leading to Connick’s first multi-platinum album (also his first big band recording.) In the ’90s, the full scope of Connick’s artistry emerged. His albums featured original instrumental and vocal music (Lofty’s Roach Soufflé and We are in Love, respectively), explored funk (She and Star Turtle) and romantic balladry (To See You), and then pulled all of these strands together in the decade-ending big band tour de force Come by Me. Recent years have seen further triumphs, including his Grammy-winning reflection on favorite music of his youth, Songs I Heard, and his blockbuster hit albums Harry for the Holidays, a Christmas classic, a subsequent collection of ballads, Only You and the 2007 release of Oh, My NOLA, an album of New Orleans-inspired music, and the Marsalis Music companion album of instrumentals by Connick’s big band, Chanson du Vieux Carre. At the same time, Connick has displayed his instrumental prowess in more intimate settings, a goal realized with his Connick on Piano series recordings for Marsalis Music which include the releases Other Hours, by Connick’s quartet, and Occasion, Connick’s duo encounter with Branford Marsalis.

Watch Harry Connick Jr. in a video as he sings (They Long to Be) Close to You.

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