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Other Hours: Connick on Piano, Volume 1 (2003)

Where the lyrics of Other Hours: Connick on Piano, Volume 1 take you, and where it was really made.

The cover drawing was made by Connick's mother, who died when he was only 13 years old, and it hangs beside his own piano music.

Key places

Recorded at Bearsville Studios (2003)

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Album story

Overview

• Other Hours: Connick on Piano, Volume 1 is a jazz instrumental album by Harry Connick Jr.
• Released in 2003
• Connick plays piano in the context of a small jazz group
• It is his first quartet album
• It is also his first instrumental album in 13 years
• The album has twelve tracks, all written by Connick
• Track lengths range from 2:17 (Can't We Tell) to 7:47 (Oh, My Dear (Something's Gone Wrong))
• Musicians: Harry Connick Jr. (piano), Ned Goold (tenor sax), Neal Caine (bass), Arthur Latin (drums)
• It is the first album of his career not released on Columbia

Background

• Columbia signed Connick to a contract when he was 19
• Columbia allowed him to release his less commercial, nonvocal recordings on the Marsalis Music label
• Marsalis Music is a new company led by Branford Marsalis, a longtime friend of Connick
• Connick said the Connick on Piano series would be purely instrumental, with all kinds of configurations: solo, big band, quartet, trio
• The twelve compositions on the album were originally made for the 2001 musical Thou Shalt Not
• Several tracks were later recorded with vocals by Connick, including The Other Hours on the album Only You (2004)

Cover

• The cover artwork was created by his mother, Anita
• She died when Connick was only 13 years old
• The drawing is a treasured piece that holds great significance for the artist

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

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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

• The music of the album originated in the 2001 musical Thou Shalt Not
• Connick's piano work here was presented as a purely instrumental series release

Reappraisal

• The Other Hours was also recorded with vocals by Connick on the Grammy nominated album Only You (2004)
• Tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11 were recorded with vocals by Connick, featuring Kelli O'Hara, on CD2 of the double album Harry on Broadway, Act I (2006)

Records

• Thou Shalt Not (2001 musical): Tony nomination for Best Original Musical Score
• Only You (2004): Grammy nominated

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The cover drawing was made by Connick's mother, who died when he was 13.
• Connick said his mother loved hearing him play piano for her, so he wanted a piece of her vision next to his own.
• The Other Hours was later recorded with vocals by Connick on Only You.
• The twelve songs were first written for the 2001 musical Thou Shalt Not, which received a Tony nomination for its score.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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