![]() ![]() ![]() He soon acquired a reputation in jazz because of extended stays at high-profile New York City venues. His first record, Harry Connick Jr., was a mainly instrumental album of standards. There he met Columbia Records executive, George Butler, who persuaded him to sign with Columbia. Following an unsuccessful attempt to study jazz academically, and having given recitals in the classical and jazz piano programs at Loyola University, Connick moved to the 92nd Street YMHA in New York City to study at Hunter College and the Manhattan School of Music. Ĭonnick attended Jesuit High School, Isidore Newman School, Lakeview School, and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts which are all in New Orleans. His musical talents were developed at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and under the tutelage of Ellis Marsalis Jr. The clip was also shown in a Bravo special called Worlds of Harry Connick, Junior. This was recorded for a Japanese documentary called Jazz Around the World. The song was " I'm Just Wild About Harry". Later he played a duet with Eubie Blake at the Royal Orleans Esplanade Lounge in New Orleans. 3 Opus 37 with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra (now the Louisiana Philharmonic). When he was nine years old, Connick performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. Ĭonnick started learning keyboards at age three, playing publicly at age five, and recording with a local jazz band at ten. Connick and his sister, Suzanna, were raised in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans. Connick's mother, who died of ovarian cancer, was Jewish (her parents had emigrated from Minsk and Vienna, respectively). Connick's father is a Roman Catholic of Irish, English, Northern Irish, and German ancestry. His father, Harry Connick Sr., was the district attorney of Orleans Parish from 1973 to 2003. His mother, Anita Frances Livingston (née Levy), was a lawyer and judge in New Orleans. In 2011, he appeared in the family film Dolphin Tale as Dr. I Love You (2007), and the leading man in New in Town (2009) with Renée Zellweger. ![]() Additionally, he played a violent ex-husband in Bug, before two romantic comedies, P.S. His first thriller film since Copycat was Basic (2003) with John Travolta. He also lent his voice to the animated cult classic The Iron Giant (1999). Connick's first role as a leading man was in Hope Floats (1998) with Sandra Bullock. He played a serial killer in Copycat (1995) before being cast as a fighter pilot in the blockbuster Independence Day (1996). He played Leo Markus, the husband of Grace Adler (played by Debra Messing) on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace from 2002 to 2006.Ĭonnick began his acting career as a tail gunner in the World War II film Memphis Belle (1990). He has won three Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards. His highest-charting album is his release Only You (2004), which reached No. Ĭonnick's best-selling album in the United States is his Christmas album When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993). He has had seven top 20 US albums, and ten number-one US jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in US jazz chart history. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million in certified sales. As of 2019, he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host. ![]()
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