Chanson du Vieux Carré : Connick on Piano, Volume 3

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Chanson du Vieux Carré
Big Band
LabelMarsalis Music
ProducerTracey Freeman
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
Harry on Broadway, Act I
(2006)
Chanson du Vieux Carré
(2007)
Oh, My NOLA

(2007)
Connick on Piano chronology
Occasion

(2005)
Chanson du Vieux Carré
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]
JazzTimes(Favorable)[2]
Music Box[3]

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," .

There are two of Connick's original compositions: "Chanson du Vieux Carre" and "Ash Wednesday". "Chanson du Vieux Carré" is also recorded on Connick's 2005 album

Occasion. The title "Chanson Du Vieux Carré", means "Song of the French Quarter
".

A portion of the royalties of the album will be donated to Musicians' Village in New Orleans.

The album was released on the same day as his big band vocal album

Jazz & Heritage Festival
, on May 6.

Track listing

  1. "Someday You'll Be Sorry" (Louis Armstrong) – 04:46
  2. "Panama" (William H. Tyers) – 04:43
  3. "Ash Wednesday" (Harry Connick Jr.) – 06:17
  4. "Chanson du Vieux Carré" (Connick) – 04:06
  5. "Bourbon Street Parade" (Paul Barbarin) – 06:01
  6. "Petite Fleur" (Sidney Bechet) – 04:11
  7. "Fidgety Feet" (Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields) – 05:34
  8. "Luscious" (Connick) – 06:32
  9. "New Orleans" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 05:38
  10. "I Still Get Jealous" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 03:00
  11. "That's a Plenty" (Lew Pollack) – 04:07
  12. "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" (Professor Longhair) – 06:06

Bonus track

  1. "Tico Tico" (Zequinha de Abreu)

Charts

Awards and nominations

Musicians

  • Harry Connick Jr. – piano, arranger, conductor, orchestration
  • Big band, including:[5]
    • vocals
      on "Luscious"
    • Leroy Jonestrumpet, and vocals on "Bourbon Street Parade"
    • John Allred – trombone
    • Joe Barati – trombone
    • Neal Caine – bass
    • Derrick Gardner – trumpet
    • Charles "Ned" Goold – saxophone
    • James Greene – alto sax
    • Roger Ingram – trumpet
    • Mike Karn – saxophone
    • Craig Klein
      – trombone
    • Arthur Latin – drums
    • Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
    • Mark Mullins
      – trombone
    • David Schumacher – saxophone
    • Jerry Weldon – saxophone

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ JazzTimes review Archived October 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Music Box review
  4. ^ "Harry Connick Jr. chart history". billboard.com.
  5. ^ "Harry Connick: Chanson du Vieux Carre". Archived from the original on 2007-02-09. Retrieved 2007-02-11.