Harry Connick Jr. - Harry for the Holidays
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Free Music Notes for Harry for the Holidays
Free Music Review: I expected much more
Hit: 3 Stars
I'm deluded from the track list.
Few classics and not nery notable too.
But the talente of Harry is not discutible.
Free Music Review: I dig it....
Hit: 5 Stars
Very nice; my wife bought it for me. No silly complaints about whether it can be played in a computer or anything like that (last time I checked, CDs were for stereo players!).
Question: Do you like delightful, soulful music, with a jazzy New Orleans flair? Then you'll love it. Plain and Simple. It's fun. It's romantic. It's Hymnal. And yes: the Big-Band arrangements are quite cool.
If you simply love good music, and want a nice change of pace, from the usual dull Christmas recording, give it a try. Oh, sorry: give it MORE THAN ONE try!
Free Music Review: "Decorations Of Red On A Green Christmas Tree...They Won't Mean A Thing...If You're Not Here With Me"
Hit: 5 Stars
"It's Christmas time again, and I've put together some songs - some old, some new - for you to enjoy during the holidays. This music was made with a lot of love, and would not have been possible were it not for the incredible musicians with whom I was able to play. Thank you so much for listening, and happy holidays." ~ Love, Harry ~
"I'll have a blue Christmas, that's certain
And when that blue heartache starts hurtin'
You'll be doin' all right with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas."
Whether you'll have a white or a blue Christmas, this colorful Christmas CD, "Harry For The Holidays" is a great listen and just perfect for the holidays. It's a Christmas present by itself, you'll be listening to a mixture of traditional and contemporary Christmas songs, some of them are from Harry Connick Jr.'s creative pen - "The Happy Elf," "I'm Gonna Be The First One," "Nothin' New For New Year" and "I Come With Love." Like all of his recordings and a rarity among artists, he ingeniously arranged, orchestrated and conducted all the music on this wonderful Christmas collection, which he dedicated to his mother, Anita.
Harry Connick Jr. sings with childlike enthusiasm "Frosty The Snowman" and a song that all kids from "one to ninety-two" so loved, "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town."
The nostalgically-charged "I'll Be Home For Christmas" is sung in a very hopeful fashion. There's something so beautiful in its arrangement and that sax solo by Ned Goold is so beguilingly spotless and Harry Connick Jr.'s vocal artistry is, as always, so remarkably marvelous.
Dance the waltz to "The Christmas Waltz" if you would - it's a great song and he made it danceable with its arrangement, so show off your dancing skills. The dazzling sax and trombone from soloists Jerry Weldon and Mark Mullins add to its sparkle.
The saddest song from this collection is Billy Hayes & Jay Johnson's "Blue Christmas." Its vintage-sounding-arrangement is reminiscent of the sounds of the fifties, that of Elvis Presley's version. His rendition is melodically fabulous yet lyrically melancholy.
The traditional songs are "Silver Bells," "I Wonder As I Wander," "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" and "Silent Night."
This is a nice stocking-stuffer and one of the most remarkable Christmas CDs of all-time. Give it a listen, you'll be delighted with all the songs and you'll surely appreciate Harry Connick Jr.'s musical versatility.
Have the Merriest Christmas ever and the Happiest New Year to one and all!
"Let kindness come with every gift, and good desires with every greeting." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson ~
Free Music Review: Mediocre - better Christmas music out there
Hit: 3 Stars
I'm a big fan of his work, but this CD is too inconsistent. I love the screaming trumpets, and the Nature Boy arrangement is different, but excellent (mostly in 5/4 time).
But Harry's singing is unispired and just not solid, as if he recorded it in one take. Some of the songs are not so great either, making it a middle-of-the-road-performance CD.
Free Music Review: Say it's Not Harry
Hit: 1 Stars
This album is a huge disappointment. If your expecting Harry Connick's usual music forget it. The arrangements are horrible and I did not listen to one selection all the way through. I gave the album away.....
This STINKS.
If you play this on a computer say thanks Sony for loading spyware on. Note the album (in little tiny print says will not play on some CD, DVDs, and this is an understatement.