Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. is an American singer,pianist,composer,actor,and former television host. As of 2019,he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America,with 16 million in certified sales. He has had seven top 20 US albums,and ten number-one US jazz albums,earning more number-one albums than any other artist in U.S. jazz chart history as of 2009.
The Meters are an American funk band formed in 1965 in New Orleans by Zigaboo Modeliste (drums),George Porter Jr. (bass),Leo Nocentelli (guitar) and Art Neville (keyboards). The band performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977 and played an influential role as backing musicians for other artists,including Lee Dorsey,Robert Palmer,Dr. John,and Allen Toussaint. Their original songs "Cissy Strut" and "Look-Ka Py Py" are considered funk classics.
The Krewe of Orpheus is a New Orleans Mardi Gras super krewe and social organization.
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is a New Orleans jazz band founded in New Orleans by tuba player Allan Jaffe in the early 1960s. The band derives its name from Preservation Hall in the French Quarter. In 2005,the Hall's doors were closed for a period of time due to Hurricane Katrina,but the band continued to tour.
When My Heart Finds Christmas is American artist Harry Connick Jr.'s first Christmas album. Released in 1993,it is among the most popular holiday collections of the past three decades in the United States. Connick Jr composed four songs for the album:"When My Heart Finds Christmas","(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus","The Blessed Dawn Of Christmas Day" and "I Pray On Christmas". The other songs are traditional Christmas songs and carols.
Harry for the Holidays is American artist Harry Connick Jr.'s second Christmas album,released in 2003. The album features Connick and his 16 piece Big Band and a full section of chordophones.
Lucien Barbarin was an American trombone player. Barbarin toured internationally with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and with Harry Connick Jr.
She is a funk album by Harry Connick Jr. recorded in 1994,accompanied by his newly formed funk band. "(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name" was included on Columbia Records' soundtrack from action-comedy The Mask,starring Jim Carrey. It was also Connick's only single to reach the Billboard charts,peaking at #67. The album was certified Platinum.
Blue Light,Red Light,a big band album by American artist Harry Connick Jr.,released in 1991. The multi-platinum album features Connick's vocals and piano,accompanied by his 14-piece big band.
Star Turtle is an album by Harry Connick Jr.,released in 1996,receiving a Gold Album Certification July 8,2004. It is primarily a funk album but also features pop,Mardi Gras rhythms,ballads and rock.
"City Beneath the Sea" is a song by Harry Connick Jr,which first appears on the 1996 album Star Turtle and is included in the 2005 multi-artist benefit album Hurricane Relief:Come Together Now. The song depicts unique scenes from New Orleans,and features a brief piano solo.
"I Pray on Christmas" is a Christmas carol with music and lyrics by Harry Connick Jr. First released in 1993 on his multi platinum album When My Heart Finds Christmas. Connick has also released the song on his Christmas Special VHS in 1994,and again on his DVD Harry for the Holidays (2003) as a bonus track featuring Connick and Kim Burrell.
Musicians' Village is a neighborhood located in the Upper Ninth Ward in New Orleans,Louisiana. Musicians Harry Connick,Jr. and Branford Marsalis teamed up with Habitat for Humanity International and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity to create the village for New Orleans musicians who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina.
"All These People" is the first single from Harry Connick Jr.'s 2007 album Oh my NOLA,and the single was released on iTunes on August 29,2006. Music and lyrics by Harry Connick Jr.
Chanson du Vieux Carré :Connick On Piano,Volume 3 (2007) is Harry Connick Jr.'s 3rd album from Marsalis Music. It is recorded with his big band,and features mostly instrumental tracks except for two vocal tracks by band members Leroy Jones on "Bourbon Street Parade" and Lucien Barbarin on "Lucious,".
The My New Orleans Tour was a 2007 concert tour by American singer,pianist,and actor Harry Connick Jr. backed by his big band. The tour promoted his albums Oh,My NOLA and Chanson du Vieux Carré. The first concert of the tour was on February 23,2007 at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre in Boca Raton,Florida. The first part of the tour took place in the USA and Canada. The second part of the tour was in Europe,and in 2008 the tour came to Asia and Australia.
"Yes We Can Can" is a funk song written by Allen Toussaint,and first released by Lee Dorsey in 1970. It was popularized when it was recorded by the American R&B girl group the Pointer Sisters.
What a Night! A Christmas Album,by American singer,pianist and bandleader Harry Connick Jr.,was released on November 4,2008.,being his third Christmas album,since 1993's When My Heart Finds Christmas and 2003's Harry for the Holidays. The album consists of new recordings of Christmas classics,and new songs written by Connick.
David Russell Batiste Jr. was an American drummer based in New Orleans. Batiste played drums for the bands the funky Meters,Papa Grows Funk,and Vida Blue.
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