30 (Harry Connick Jr. album)

30
Studio album by Harry Connick Jr.
Released	October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23)
Recorded	September 4–8, 1998
Studio	Sony Music, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Sony/Columbia (U.S.)
Producer	Tracey Freeman
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
Come by Me (1999) 30 (2001) Songs I Heard (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
PopMatters	favorable [2]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [3]

30 is an album by American singer Harry Connick Jr. The album was recorded in 1998, when Connick was 30 years old, but it was not released until 4 years later, on the same date as his album Songs I Heard . The album includes both vocal and instrumental tracks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Walkin'"	Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino	2:48
2.	"Chattanooga Choo Choo"	Mack Gordon, Harry Warren	3:39
3.	"Somewhere My Love"	Maurice Jarre	7:09
4.	"The Gypsy"	Billy Reid	5:31
5.	"If I Were a Bell"	Frank Loesser	6:55
6.	"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"	Henry Creamer, Turner Layton	3:45
7.	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree"	Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown	4:10
8.	"There Is Always One More Time"	Ken Hirsch, Doc Pomus	3:52
9.	"New Orleans"	Hoagy Carmichael	4:01
10.	"Speak Softly Love"	Nino Rota	4:02
11.	"Junco Partner"	Bob Shad	6:10
12.	"Don't Fence Me In"	Robert Fletcher, Cole Porter	3:58
13.	"Don't Like Goodbyes"	Harold Arlen, Truman Capote	3:20
14.	"I'll Only Miss Her (When I Think of Her)"	Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen	8:51

Personnel

• Harry Connick Jr. – piano, vocals, arranger, liner notes
• Ben Wolfe – bass on track #5 "If I Were a Bell"
• Rev. James Moore – organ, vocals on track #8 "There Is Always One More Time"
• Wynton Marsalis – trumpet on track #14 "I'll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her"
• Tracey Freeman – producer
• Vladimir Meller – mastering
• Steven Kadison – assistant mastering engineer
• Gregg Rubin – recording & mix engineer
• Ryan Hewitt – assistant engineer
• Christopher Austopchuk – art direction
• Alice Butts – art direction
• Palma Kolansky – photography

Charts

Chart (2001)	Provider(s)	Peak position
Billboard 200 (U.S.) [4]	Billboard	94
Billboard Top Jazz Albums (U.S.) [4]		3
Billboard Top Internet Albums (U.S.) [5]		24
Chart (2002)	Provider(s)	Peak position
Norwegian Album Chart [6]	VG Nett	35

References

1. Allmusic review
2. PopMatters review
3. Entertainment Weekly review
4. U.S. Album Charts
5. Allmusic, 30 Chart History
6. "Norwegian Album Chart". Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2007.