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.
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."
A DVD with Connick and Marsalis performing music live from this album, A Duo Occasion, was released in November 2005.
Track listing
All 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 "" – 2:17 "Good To Be Home" – 6:25
Notes "", track #12, means "Song of the French Quarter". 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 Award nominated score for the 2001 Broadway musical Thou Shalt Not.
Personnel 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
External links Audio samples at Harry Connick Jr.'s site NPR: "Harry Connick Jr., Branford Marsalis Team Up"