Harry Connick Jr. & Orchestra

June 22, 2010 — June 23, 2010 at The Chicago Theatre

About the Show

The multi-talented pianist/singer/composer/arranger/actor Harry Connick, Jr. heads to The Chicago Theatre for two nights, June 22 & 23. Fans can expect the full range of songs from throughout Harry's career, including some music from his newest record.

Over the past two decades, Harry Connick, Jr. has taken a very hands-on approach to his recording career. Connick has called the shots at the numerous phases of his album projects ? writing original material or picking songs, choosing the ensemble settings and writing arrangements, singing and playing piano, and with the aid of co-producer and longtime confidant, Tracey Freeman, overseeing mixing and mastering. Whether performing the American Songbook or in the jazz, blues or funk idiom, the process has yielded consistent success, not to mention worldwide sales of over 25 million discs.

For Your Songs, his newest collection on Columbia Records, Connick expands his vision to encompass 14 classic popular songs; his instrumental pallet through a striking integration of a string orchestra and his swinging Big Band; and his basic approach to recording.

The songs include some of the best known work of singer/songwriters Billy Joel ("Just the Way You Are"), Lennon-McCartney ("And I Love Her") and Elton John ("Your Song"), as well as classics made immortal by the likes of Nat King Cole ("Mona Lisa"), Frank Sinatra ("All the Way") and Elvis Presley ("Can't Help Falling in Love with You"). "Bésame Mucho," sung in both Spanish and English, is a long-time favorite of Connick's father, while "Some Enchanted Evening" was included after Connick heard it performed in the current revival of "South Pacific." Regardless of the source, however, Connick approached each title with his usual musicality and interpretive strength.