Occasion: Connick on Piano, Volume 2 is an instrumental album recorded in 2005, presenting Harry Connick Jr. on piano and Branford Marsalis on saxophone, playing their own jazz compositions.
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| Released | June 14, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | March 4–6, 2005 | |||
| Studio | Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, North Carolina | |||
| Label | Marsalis Music/Rounder | |||
| Producer | Branford Marsalis, Tracey Freeman | |||
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| All About Jazz |  [2] |
It is presented as Volume 2 in the Connick on Piano series from Marsalis Music. (Volume 1 is Connick's quartet album Other Hours.)
Connick explains how it came to be a duo album: "When my drummer Arthur Latin hurt his shoulder, I decided to wait before recording another quartet album, and asked Branford if he would do something with me. What started as a project intended to mix solo piano and duo performances turned into an entire duo album."[3]
A DVD with Connick and Marsalis performing music live from this album, A Duo Occasion, was released in November 2005.
Track listing
editAll songs written by Harry Connick Jr. except where noted.
- "Brown World" – 4:40
- "Valentine's Day" – 5:14
- "Occasion" (Branford Marsalis) – 3:01
- "Spot" – 5:58
- "I Like Love More" – 5:05
- "All Things" – 5:58
- "Win" – 6:04
- "Virgoid" – 4:12
- "Remember The Tarpon" – 7:10
- "Lose" – 5:51
- "Steve Lacy" (Marsalis) – 3:16
- "Chanson Du Vieux Carre" – 2:17
- "Good To Be Home" – 6:25
Notes
- "Chanson Du Vieux Carre", track #12, means "Song of the French Quarter". Chanson du Vieux Carré is also the name of the third album in the Connick on Piano series.
- Track #5 "I Like Love More", #6 "All Things" and #13 "Good To Be Home" are compositions from Connick's Tony nominated score for the 2001 Broadway musical Thou Shalt Not.
Personnel
edit- Harry Connick Jr. – piano, liner notes
- Branford Marsalis – saxophone (soprano, tenor), producer
- Arnold Levine – art direction, design
- Jean-Pierre LeGuillou – art producer
- Frank Hunter – album photography
- Rob "Wacko" Hunter – engineer, mixing
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Rick Dior – assistant engineer
- Tracey Freeman – producer
References
edit- ^ Collar, Matt. Occasion: Connick on Piano, Volume 2 at AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ^ Kelman, John (2005-07-22). "Harry Connick, Jr.: Occasion: Connick on Piano 2 album review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ "Occasion: Connick on Piano, Vol. 2". Harry Connick Jr. - Official Site. Retrieved 2023-04-08.