Is there anyone else that wishes Mr. Connick would play more piano? I have studied jazz piano (and pianists) for 20 years and believe he is one of the most interesting and talented jazz pianists alive - rhythmically, harmonically, and melodically.
As a professional Jazz pianist, I can tell every single one of you: this guy freaking kills! He is a very very well rounded jazz pianist and singer. Anyone hating probably listens to smooth jazz hahahahaha
Harry Connick, Jr. is a genius! His parents provided him with what I consider the perfect background for his talent to thrive and grow seemingly without limitations. He has had training in classical music and exposure to many, many musicians and types of music in the jazz world. They don't come like that often! I am so happy and grateful I know of him, that we have these wonderful videos of him and other great artists at our fingertips. We are blessed.
Beautiful New Orleans vibes. The humour and crazy, funky, voodoo in their playing. That pure celebration of freedom and cultural mixing. The drummer basically dancing in his seat.
This is not a mainstream style of jazz, so it only appeals to people who are really into jazz. Harry is a very good musician and unlike most pop musicians is very knowledgeable in music theory. There is a difference between not liking a particular style, which this isn't my favorite and performances lacking skill. This style is very difficult and they are very good.
I don't understand why all these people is saying that Harry Connick Jr. is a fraud. I can see him singing and he's a real good singer what else can we wait for?
+Claudio Prado He's a total fraud! He's not a native of New Orleans, but a native of Weston, Connecticut, where he attended public school from 1970-1982. He's pictured in all the Weston schools' yearbooks for that time. His real father was never the DA of New Orleans. His father is or was one of the top people at Sony Music and a stockholder in Sony Pictures. Check him out singing live on American Idol "I Do Like We Do'! Then ask yourself how did such a mediocre musician and third-rate singer achieve such success? Thanks for the interest and best regards!
@@Biel2619 All you do is go to his videos on youtube and write the same fucking thing verbatim about this guy, so very, very sad and pathetic your life must be, Milli Vanilli was a fraud, please understand the fucking difference
@@Biel2619 How can you call him a fraud? He can obviously play well. Im not into the messy left hand chords though. The real frauds are in the pop world, where they have everything done for them such as autotune, etc and are totally reliant on looks.
Ive studied jazz since 2005 Alexa Fussell I love singing midnight sun by Ella fitzgerald Stomping at the savoy! Misty But not for me! George Gershwin Fly me to the moon
You can blame the sound engineer for not being able to hear half of the band during certain parts of the video lol. It’s not the band though. The band is killer
That's Nate Goold on tenor, a really fine player with a quirky style. He's really sharp through the first tune, you can see him trying to adjust his mouthpiece early on to correct. You can also see the bass player tuning during the first piece. Too bad they didn't tune up before blowing.
@@johncarbone3115 I think he's more than an entertainer. Though evidently he doesn't practice much, you can tell he is a very serious musician. At the end of one of his most demanding improvisations, he was obviously surprised by the sound of the audience applause because he wasn't performing just then, he was really in an altered state. No this person is not a fraud. He's a genius. Someone is confusing him with someone else, I guess.
only managed to listen part of the first song and it sounded like HCJ was intentionally hit all the wrong notes...too "sofisticated" for my music taste.
i love harry and tain and the whole vibe. but the sax is so horribly sharp i can't listen to this for more than 30 seconds. i'll tell you where the WMDs are, just please, for the love of all things holy, STOP!!!!
He seems to me like he is so deep in concentration during his very complicated improvisations that he is actually in a hypnotic and meditative state. This type of jazz playing did start a riot at the Newport Jazz Festival some years ago (don't know when). Evidently, people get so excited by the improvisation that they sort of lose it. He also may have been nervous (unusual for him) since it is a very prestigious festival.
haha nothing funnier than seeing angry jazz purists. This is a genius and what you criticize surely the band knows it. Listen to jhon zorn, even monk. Maybe u guys can open their minds
ouch, 20 minutes in and I couldn't take any more. I love jazz, I listen to it all from Kenny g style of smooth jazz to brass bands like rebirth to swing to just about everything but there is nothing in tune here, I've heard no sound that compliments the other, it was absolutely terrible. I respect the effort they make to play and keep the sound alive but I don't have to listen to it, thank God, to give em thumbs up for trying and hats off to those who can bear the sound.
this is very intellectual music, but inaccessible to many people. this is for a jazz-fan audience. i am a jazz nerd, and i find this very exciting to listen to.
+Ben Miller I like jazz but I'm not any kind of jazz nerd. I really tried to listen to this and I just could't get it. I know enough to know he's playing intellectually, but I have no idea what he's doing and it just sounds bad to me. Like you said, it's inaccessible to many people.
+TheMadroaster yep, never underestimate the amount of work it takes to fully appreciate certain things. I feel like after 17 years of musical study, I can understand on an intuitive level what they're "saying" as a group, and I don't find that it sounds bad at all, but I still wouldn't call this a stellar performance either. What I like is that in uncovers a really highly developed side of Harry's musicianship that you don't normally see. Kinda makes me appreciate him more even though I feel the sense of direction could have been better in this set
+Ben Miller It's always a treat when you see someone show a new side they don't normally get to showcase. I remember the first time I heard Jerry Garcia play some of his side projects with David Grisman and I saw a whole new depth to his musical ability. With the Dead he's just a regular old guitar player. With Grisman you can see years of music theory and technical development.
@@benjaminmillermusic Well said, I agree with " What I like is that in [it] uncovers a really highly developed side of Harry's musicianship that you don't normally see." I wasn't paying close attention to the others onstage or the group as a whole, just Connick. I was interested in what he would do with this genre of jazz. The group was helping me understand what he was doing against or around their playing, but that is all.
