Harry Connick Jr. - Harry For The Holidays
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Track List: Harry For The Holidays
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- Frosty The Snowman - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- Blue Christmas - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- The Christmas Waltz - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- I Wonder As I Wander - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- Silver Bells - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- Mary's Little Boy Child - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- The Happy Elf - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- I'll Be Home For Christmas - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- I Come With Love - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- Nature Boy - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- I'm Gonna Be The First One - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- This Christmas - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- Nothin' New For New Year - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
- Silent Night - Harry Connick, Jr.Download & Buy
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Album Details: Harry For The Holidays
- Release Date:
- 10/28/2003
- Label:
- Sony
- UPC:
- 827969055021
User Reviews: Harry For The Holidays
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Harry For The Holidays
, February 14, 2005Reviewer: luvmyemi - See all luvmyemi's reviews
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Pro Reviews: Harry For The Holidays
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Ten years after his first holiday themed album When My Heart Finds Christmas, pianist/vocalist Harry Connick, Jr. finds the spirit again with Harry For the Holidays. Still centered around Connick's vocals, this foray into "tinsel tunes" is more jazz oriented than his 1993 release and allows for his growth as a performer, arranger and conductor. Like a Brooks Brothers' suit worn at Mardi Gras, Connick's writing for his big band and full orchestra mixes New Orleans rhythms with crisp, swinging arrangements that call to mind '60s Michel Legrand and Quincy Jones. Nothing Connick has done before can quite prepare you for the screaming trumpets and rollicking secondline style swing of his leadoff take on "Frosty The Snowman". In fact, most of the classic standards here including "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" and "Silver Bells" get highly unexpected treatments as on "Santa Clause Is Coming To Town" which is worked up into a funky, brass band "gogo" dance number. Similarly tasty, is "I'll Be Home For Christmas" which not only features some of the best crooning the Will And Grace star has ever done, but also a beautifully modest Count Basieinspired piano solo. There is also an appealing balance to Harry For The Holidays between songs of Christmas nostalgia and heartfelt ruminations on what the season means in a deeper sense. Throw in four original compositions that touch on Scott Walkeresque orchestrated pop, tinpan alley songcraft and country yes, that is THE George Jones dueting with Connick on "Nothin' New For the New Year" and not only do you have one of the best holiday albums in years, but easily the best album of Connick's career. - Matt Collar, All Music Guide |
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With very few exceptions, the career of Harry Connick, Jr. can be divided in half -- his first two albums encompassed straightahead New Orleans jazz and stride piano while his later career (which paralleled his rising celebrity status) alternated bet...Full Harry Connick Jr. Biography
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Pros: Song selection, vocals, and arrangement
Cons: None
Harry does an excellent job of capturing the fun and spirit of the season. Not taking himself too seriously, he still delivers an album that is both traditional and unique. This album will fill your heart with warmpth if you give it half a chance.
He does it all with such class and sophistication.
If you're not a fan-look out!