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Chanson du Vieux Carre should simply be titled Harry Connick, Jr.'s New Orleans album. The material chosen for this set is comprised of jazz tunes associated with the Crescent City, or simply tunes Connick wrote about it. According to the liner notes, he arranged it all on his computer while traveling from gig to gig over a period of years. The band performed this material as it was developed, making it part of one set or another night after night for the same period of time. Needless to say, the recording of the album is seamless, celebratory, and polished -- maybe too polished, but that's a minor complaint. Connick does what he does: leads the band, plays a hell of a piano, and wraps it all up tight -- without singing. The set opens with a fine reading of Louis Armstrong's "Someday You'll Be Sorry." The swing is there, but none of the master's killer funky butt grooving; again, that's a minor tiff. Connick's own "Ash Wednesday," with its strange minor-key counterpoint horn lines and a smoking little trumpet solo by Leroy Jones, is one of the finer moments here. The arrangement of Sidney Bechet's "Petit Fleur" is a bit on the reverent side, but it is certainly beautiful. Connick's biggest surprise comes at the very end of the disc when he performs a stellar version of Professor Longhair's "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" big-band style. 'Fess is probably dancing in heaven, because the killer rhythms and brassy horn charts are intercut so well with Connick's piano fills. It's a fine sendoff to the most enjoyable record Connick has done in years.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - Armstrong, Louis, Composer - Music Sales Corp. on behalf of Louis Armstrong Music Co. Inc., MusicPublisher
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 Music Sales Corp. on behalf of Louis Armstrong Music Co. Inc.
Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - Tyers, William H., Composer - Papa's June Music, MusicPublisher
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 Papa's June Music
Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - Marsalis Music, MusicPublisher - Connick Jr, Harry, Composer
2007 Marsalis Music 2010 Marsalis Music
Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - Connick, Jr., Harry, Composer - Papa's June Music, MusicPublisher
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 Papa's June Music
Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - EMI Unart Catalog Inc., MusicPublisher - Barbarin, Paul, Composer
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 EMI Unart Catalog Inc.
Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - Bechet, Sidney, Composer - Hill & Range Songs; SDRM, MusicPublisher
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 Hill & Range Songs; SDRM
Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - Emi Feist Catalog Inc., MusicPublisher - Larocca, D. James; Shields, Larry, Composer
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - Connick, Jr., Harry, Composer - Papa's June Music, MusicPublisher
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 Papa's June Music
Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - Carmichael, Hoagy, Composer - PSO Limited, MusicPublisher
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 PSO Limited
Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - Cahn, Sammy; Styne, Jule, Composer - WB Music Corp o/b/o Cahn Music Company; Morley Music Company, MusicPublisher
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 WB Music Corp o/b/o Cahn Music Company; Morley Music Company
Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Pollack; Lew, Composer
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 Public Domain
Harry Connick, Jr., MainArtist - Professor Longhair Music, MusicPublisher - Byrd, Henry Roeland (AKA Professor Longhair), Composer
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 Professor Longhair Music
Album review
Chanson du Vieux Carre should simply be titled Harry Connick, Jr.'s New Orleans album. The material chosen for this set is comprised of jazz tunes associated with the Crescent City, or simply tunes Connick wrote about it. According to the liner notes, he arranged it all on his computer while traveling from gig to gig over a period of years. The band performed this material as it was developed, making it part of one set or another night after night for the same period of time. Needless to say, the recording of the album is seamless, celebratory, and polished -- maybe too polished, but that's a minor complaint. Connick does what he does: leads the band, plays a hell of a piano, and wraps it all up tight -- without singing. The set opens with a fine reading of Louis Armstrong's "Someday You'll Be Sorry." The swing is there, but none of the master's killer funky butt grooving; again, that's a minor tiff. Connick's own "Ash Wednesday," with its strange minor-key counterpoint horn lines and a smoking little trumpet solo by Leroy Jones, is one of the finer moments here. The arrangement of Sidney Bechet's "Petit Fleur" is a bit on the reverent side, but it is certainly beautiful. Connick's biggest surprise comes at the very end of the disc when he performs a stellar version of Professor Longhair's "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" big-band style. 'Fess is probably dancing in heaven, because the killer rhythms and brassy horn charts are intercut so well with Connick's piano fills. It's a fine sendoff to the most enjoyable record Connick has done in years.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:35
- Main artists: Harry Connick Jr.
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Marsalis Music
- Genre: Jazz
2007 Marsalis Music 2007 Music Sales Corp. on behalf of Louis Armstrong Music Co. Inc.
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