Other Hours: Connick on Piano, Volume 1
Other Hours: Connick On Piano Volume 1 is a jazz instrumental album, by Harry Connick Jr., released in 2003. The album features Connick on piano in the context of a small jazz group. Other Hours is his first quartet album, and it was also his first instrumental album in 13 years.
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| Released | July 15, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | August 7–9, 2002 | |||
| Studio | Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 66:18 | |||
| Label | Marsalis Music/Rounder | |||
| Producer | Tracey Freeman | |||
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The album is the first of his career not released on Columbia, the label that signed him to a contract when he was 19. Columbia has allowed Connick to release his less commercial (i.e., nonvocal) recordings on the Marsalis Music label, a new company led by longtime friend Branford Marsalis. "The Connick on Piano series will be purely instrumental, with all kinds of configurations: solo, big band, quartet, trio", Connick explains.
The twelve Connick compositions on Other Hours was originally made for the musical Thou Shalt Not (2001), which was the recipient of a Tony nomination for Best Original Musical Score (music & lyrics by Harry Connick Jr).
A special feature is the cover artwork. Created by his mother, Anita, who died when Connick was only 13 years old. A treasured drawing which holds great significance for the artist. "My mother loved when I played piano for her", Connick explained, "so I thought it would be fitting to have a piece of her vision next to mine."
Track listing
All songs written by Harry Connick Jr..
- "What a Waste" – 6:59
- "Such Love" – 5:59
- "Take Advantage" – 5:16
- "How About Tonight" – 6:50
- "Sovereign Lover" – 4:42
- "My Little World" – 5:07
- "Oh, My Dear (Something's Gone Wrong)" – 7:47
- "Can't We Tell" – 2:17
- "Dumb Luck" – 6:31
- "Oh, Ain't That Sweet" – 4:40
- "The Other Hours" – 6:11
- "Your Own Private Love" – 3:52
Track #11, "The Other Hours" is also recorded with vocal by Connick, on his Grammy nominated album "Only You" from (2004).
Track #2 "Such Love", #3 "Take Advantage", #6 "My Little World", #7 "Oh, My Dear (Something's Gone Wrong)", #8 "Can't We Tell", #10 "Oh, Ain't That Sweet", and again #11 "The Other Hours" are also recorded with vocal by Connick (featuring Kelli O'Hara), on CD2 of his double album "Harry on Broadway, Act I" from (2006).