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In Concert on Broadway (2011)

Where the lyrics of In Concert on Broadway take you, and where it was really made.

This Broadway concert album was made in a theatre over two nights in July 2010, not in a recording studio.

Key places

Two nights at the Neil Simon Theatre (2011)

Recording site Neil Simon Theatre — The concert with Connick's Big Band and Orchestra was filmed at the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway in New York City. The source dates the filming to 30 and 31 July 2010. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• In Concert on Broadway is a live album by Harry Connick Jr.
• Released in 2011; the release date on record is 25 February 2011.
• The album presents a concert by Connick with his Big Band and Orchestra.
• The show was staged on Broadway in New York City.
• The album reached number 76 on the Billboard 200.

Background

• The performance featured Connick's Big Band and Orchestra.
• The venue was the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway, a theatre rather than a studio.
• The concert was filmed over two nights, 30 and 31 July 2010.

Recording

• The concert was filmed on 30 and 31 July 2010 at the Neil Simon Theatre in New York City.
• Sylvia D'Avanzo is credited as concertmaster.
• Ryan Hewitt is credited as assistant engineer, and David Hewitt is credited as recording engineer.
• Chris Finney mixed the album, and the mixing was done at The Music Shed.
• Vlado Meller mastered the album at Universal Mastering Studios.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born September 11, 1967 in New Orleans; raised in the Lakeview neighborhood.
• Began learning keyboards at age three, performed publicly at five, and recorded with a local jazz band at ten.
• At nine performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra.
• Developed his talent at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts under Ellis Marsalis Jr. and James Booker.
• Moved to New York, studied at Hunter College and the Manhattan School of Music, and signed with Columbia Records.

Career

• Score for When Harry Met Sally... (1989) brought his first Grammy for Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance; a second followed for We Are in Love (1990).
• Acted in Memphis Belle (1990), Copycat (1995), Independence Day (1996), Hope Floats (1998), and The Iron Giant (1999, voice).
• Starred as Leo Markus on NBC's Will & Grace from 2002 to 2006.
• Only You (2004) reached No. 5 in the U.S. and No. 6 in Britain.
• Hosted the daytime talk show Harry from 2016 to 2018.
• Recorded Cole Porter reinterpretations in 2019 and Alone with My Faith in 2021, earning his 16th Grammy nomination.
• Sold over 30 million albums worldwide as of 2019; won three Grammys and two Emmys.

Reception

At release

• Released in 2011, In Concert on Broadway is a live album by Harry Connick Jr.
• It captures a concert given with his Big Band and Orchestra.
• No critic review of this album is confirmed, so the chart results below are the main record.

Reappraisal

• No later critical reappraisal of the album is recorded.
• Its standing rests on the chart results listed below.

Records

• Billboard 200: peak position number 76.
• Billboard Jazz Albums chart: peak position number 2.
• The Jazz Albums placement is the highest chart result given for the album.
• The album reached these two peaks on the two charts named in the source.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The concert was filmed over two nights, 30 and 31 July 2010, at the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway.
• Sylvia D'Avanzo is credited as concertmaster on the recording.
• Chris Finney mixed the album, and the mixing was done at The Music Shed.
• Vlado Meller mastered the album at Universal Mastering Studios.
• Ryan Hewitt is credited as assistant engineer, and David Hewitt as recording engineer.

Sources: www.discogs.com

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