Harry Connick Jr.

piano, vocals · 1967 · New Orleans

Born in New Orleans, he studied with Ellis Marsalis and James Booker, then signed with Columbia, where his first album for the label came out in 1987. The soundtrack of When Harry Met Sally... (1989) earned him his first Grammy.

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Styles

• Neoclassicism, Young Lions
• Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese

Landmark tracks

• It Had to Be You (1989)

Cited in 2 radio episodes

• Dec 24, 2019: Harry Connick Jr, l'amour véritable (Émissions spéciales, TSF Jazz, in French)
• Dec 15, 2025: C'est lui qui nous a fait découvrir Harry Connick Jr (Les Matins Jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)

Sources

• Source

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