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Harry Connick Jr announces Australian tour! | Music News

Posted on January 29 2008

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Harry Connick, Jr. returns to Australia in March for a limited set of performances with his acclaimed 12 piece Big Band.

Over the past two decades, Harry Connick, Jr. has proven himself to be among the world’s most successful and
multi-talented artists.

Having first reached a mass audience as a pianist, singer and bandleader, Harry Connick, Jr has now firmly secured
his place in the public eye as a renaissance man and exceptionally versatile entertainer.

His love of music and performing dates back to his childhood in New Orleans, where he studied piano with such
luminaries as James Booker and Ellis Marsalis. He first performed publicly at age five, appeared on his first jazz
recording at age ten, and released his self-titled major label debut for Columbia Records at 19, only a year after his high school graduation and his move to New York City.
Connick achieved widespread success as a musician when director Rob Reiner asked him to contribute the score to
his 1989 smash When Harry Met Sally, leading to Connick's first big-band recording and first multi-platinum album.

In the ‘90s, the full scope of Connick’s artistry emerged.

His albums featured original instrumental and vocal music
(Lofty’s Roach Soufflé and We are in Love, respectively), explored funk (She and Star Turtle) and romantic balladry
(To See You), and then pulled all of these strands together in the decade-ending big band tour de force Come by Me.

Recent years have seen further triumphs, including his Grammy-winning reflection on favourite music of his youth,
Songs I Heard, and his blockbuster hit albums Harry for the Holidays, a Christmas classic, and subsequent collection of ballads, Only You.

Connick began 2007 with the January 30th Columbia Records release of Oh, My NOLA, a new album of New Orleans-inspired music. On the same day, Marsalis Music released a companion album of instrumentals by Connick’s big band, Chanson du Vieux Carré.

All of these achievements – not to mention his album sales of over 25 million, his three Grammy awards, Emmy award, Tony nominations, and his dedication to the New Orleans Musicians Village post Hurrican Katrina – reflect a
creative energy and undeniable drive that makes Harry Connick Jr. unique in the world of contemporary entertainment.

There is simply no stopping the marvel that is Harry Connick Jr…don’t miss his triumphant return to Australia this March with his outstanding Big Band.

Tour dates are:

Sydney, Opera House - Sunday March 23
Melbourne, Palais Theatre - Thursday March 27
Canberra, Royal Theatre - Friday March 28
Perth, Kings Park - Sunday March 30

Tickets on sale Tuesday February 5

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