Jr. Harry Connick - Occasion: Connick on Piano, Vol. 2
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Artist: Jr. Harry ConnickEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-06-14
Music Label: Marsalis Music
Soundtracks:
- Brown World
- Valentine's Day
- Occasion
- Spot
- I Like Love More
- All Things
- Win
- Virgoid
- Remember the Tarpon
- Lose
- Steve Lacy
- Chanson Du Vieux Carre
- Good to Be Home
Music reviews of Occasion: Connick on Piano, Vol. 2
Music Review: Good, raw music
Rating: 5 Stars
Wow, I could go on for days about this album. The instrumentation is perfect, even just being a piano and a sax. Any more would almost certainly detract from the musical freedom that's so obvious in these songs. Each section of each song speaks, and has its own flavor, section for section. After a run through or so, you'll be able to easily identify each song, an occasional difficulty for newbies to jazz. The melodic lines really shine on this work, too. A lot of improvisational jazz is pretty much devoid of a solid, workable melody, replaced instead by a rambling string of notes that's not cohesive enough for the lay listener. Of course, there are a few good jazz solos to be heard, but they are just that, solos, and they embellish the song instead of taking it over, add to the mood (take the "Valentine's Day" solo at 2:26). If you're into jazz, this album's outstanding, and if you're not, listen to it and try not to appreciate two guys pulling off the same (or more) as a full band.
My faves: Occasion, Spot, Remember the Tarpon, I Like Love More, Valentine's Day (this one was really enjoyable; the tension is obvious from the first note - a bit of humor, perhaps, in naming it so)
Description of Occasion: Connick on Piano, Vol. 2
'Occasion,' the second volume of Marsalis Music's Connick on Piano series, presents Harry Connick, Jr. in one of the most challenging and spontaneous settings of his career - a series of duos featuring saxophonist Branford Marsalis. Like 'Other Hours,' the acclaimed first album in the series, 'Occasion' reminds us that Connick, who has also made his mark as a vocalist and actor, is at his core a commanding pianist and composer.This new recording by pianist/vocalist/actor Harry Connick recording on Branford Marsalis's label, is a delightful and diverse, thirteen track saxophone/piano duet. In this setting, these New Orleans homeboys display their dizzying interplay and invention with the kind of ease that can only come from years of friendship. Marsalis's throaty tenor and silken soprano lines blend beautifully with Connick's Errol Garner meets Thelonious Monk and Professor Longhair pianisms. On "Valentine's Day" and "Virgoid" Connick's left hand is steady, with a trace of the Latin tinge. It's beautifully contrasted by the the Broadway-type tunes, "I Like Love More" and "All Things." The pianist's performance on Marsalis's "Steve Lacy" - an atmospheric elegy to the late sax giant - and the boppish title track -- proves that, to the contrary, familiarity breeds good jazz, not contempt. It also reminds us that there's more to Connick than Independence Day, When Harry Met Sally, or Hope Floats. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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