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The New York Big Band Concert (1999)

Where the lyrics of The New York Big Band Concert take you, and where it was really made.

This concert DVD won a 1993 Emmy for sound mixing, and its RIAA Gold video certification came in June 2002, three years after its release.

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Where the big band concert was performed (1999)

Live show Paramount Theatre — The DVD is a live performance by Harry Connick Jr. and his big band. Paramount Theatre in New York City is the performance venue linked to this release. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The New York Big Band Concert: live performance DVD by Harry Connick Jr. with his big band
• Released 15 June 1999
• Track listing: 12 songs, followed by Paramount Fanfare
• Total running time of the 12 listed songs: about 54 minutes 20 seconds
• Opens with Sweet Georgia Brown (3:29)
• Includes Don't Get Around Much Anymore by Duke Ellington and Bob Russell (5:12)
• Includes They Can't Take That Away from Me by George and Ira Gershwin (6:11)
• Includes It Had To Be You by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn (2:10)
• Longest track is All Of Me by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons (8:25), listed last before the fanfare
• Connick wrote Recipe For Love, He Is They Are, We Are In Love and Just Kiss Me
• Connick and Ramsey McLean co-wrote You Didn't Know Me When and With Imagination (8:07)

Background

• Concert material presented on DVD with Harry Connick Jr. and his big band
• Listed as a related title under See also: Blue Light, Red Light

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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

Records

• 1993 Emmy Award winner: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or a Special
• Emmy credits: Gregg Rubin as pre-production and re-recording mixer
• Emmy credits: Randy Ezratty as production mixer
• Emmy credits: John Alberts for the master
• RIAA certification: Video longform, Gold, dated June 24, 2002
• The Gold video certification came about three years after the 15 June 1999 release
• The award and certification both concern the production's audio and video work rather than its songs

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• See Also lists Blue Light, Red Light as a related title.
• Ramsey McLean co-wrote two tracks with Harry Connick Jr.: You Didn't Know Me When and With Imagination.
• The Gershwin standard They Can't Take That Away from Me runs 6:11 on the album.
• The 1993 Emmy for sound mixing credits three people: Gregg Rubin, Randy Ezratty and John Alberts.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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