There's something refreshing about Connick, a star who picks up the phone at his home in the US and dials the number himself for our interview without a team of PRs and managers paving the way. Sometimes the end result may not be as you intended but it's all about the process for me." In Life Without Dick I got to work with Sarah Jessica Parker and made a dear friend. That was an experience I will take with me for the rest of my life. When I did Excess Baggage I got to be friends with Benicio del Toro. These are movies that I would not recommend people see but I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. It's a great luxury being able to choose, but I make some really terrible decisions." "I've done movies like Excess Baggage or Life Without Dick. "When it comes down to making decisions about parts, I just do things I really want to do. He also appeared in the television sitcom Will & Grace/i> as Grace's husband, Dr Leo Markus, and was in the box-office smash Independence Day/i> with Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. Some people might think my character was just a forward person.
He's really smart and wrote the script so who wouldn't do that? I had never played anyone with Asperger's syndrome, so all of a sudden I'm reading books about it. That's how it happened with PS I Love You.
My agent just asks me if I'd like to read a script because there's a really cool part in it. He's also been in some awful turkeys, but, as he says, he just tends to go with something he likes rather than staying with safe parts in big-budget movies.
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Then he pops up in PS I Love You as a man with Asperger's syndrome or in Copycat as a serial killer. They have three daughters and that's the way he likes it.Ĭonnick is also difficult to categorise as an actor, with his clean-cut, all-American-boy good looks that land him parts such as the thoroughly decent Lieutenant Cable in South Pacific or the tail gunner in a Second World War B-17 Flying Fortress in Memphis Belle.
As for women, he's been married to a former model for 16 years. The jazz scene may conjure up images of late nights, smokey nightspots and fast women, but Connick is more likely to be tucked up in bed a couple of hours after a show so that he can get up early and go exploring. Harry Connick Jr.You can't make assumptions about Harry Connick Jr just because he's one of the most famous jazz musicians in the world.2008 Grammy Awards nomination: Best Instrumental Arrangement – "Ash Wednesday".2008 Grammy Awards nomination: Best Instrumental Composition – "Ash Wednesday"."Mardi Gras in New Orleans" ( Professor Longhair) – 06:06." That's a Plenty" ( Lew Pollack) – 04:07."I Still Get Jealous" ( Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 03:00." New Orleans" ( Hoagy Carmichael) – 05:38."Fidgety Feet" ( Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields) – 05:34."Petite Fleur" ( Sidney Bechet) – 04:11." Bourbon Street Parade" ( Paul Barbarin) – 06:01."Chanson du Vieux Carré" (Connick) – 04:06."Ash Wednesday" (Harry Connick Jr.) – 06:17."Someday You'll Be Sorry" ( Louis Armstrong) – 04:46.One of these dates was the closing act at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, on May 6. He began his concert tour, the My New Orleans Tour, on February 23, 2007. The album was released on the same day as his big band vocal album Oh, My NOLA. The title "Chanson Du Vieux Carré", means "Song of the French Quarter".Ī portion of the royalties of the album will be donated to Musicians' Village in New Orleans. "Chanson du Vieux Carré" is also recorded on Connick's 2005 album Occasion. There are two of Connick's original compositions: "Chanson du Vieux Carre" and "Ash Wednesday". It is recorded with his big band, and features mostly instrumental tracks except for two vocal tracks by band members Leroy Jones on "Bourbon Street Parade" and Lucien Barbarin on "Lucious,". Chanson du Vieux Carré : Connick On Piano, Volume 3 (2007) is Harry Connick Jr.'s 3rd album from Marsalis Music.