- She (album)
Infobox Album | Name = She
Type =Album
Artist =Harry Connick, Jr.
Released =July 12 1994
Recorded =New Orleans
Genre =Funk
Length =
Label =Sony Columbia
Producer = Tracey Freeman
Reviews = Q (9/94, p.98) Rating|3|5
Last album = "When My Heart Finds Christmas "
(1993)
This album = "She"
(1994)
Next album = "Star Turtle "
(1995)"She" is a
funk album byHarry Connick Jr. recorded in 1994, accompanied by his newly-formed funk band. Every song lies within the framework of the rootsyNew Orleans style.Track listing
#"She" (Harry Connick Jr, Ramsey McLean) – 5:36
#"Between Us" (Connick, McLean) – 5:57
#"Here Comes the Big Parade" – 4:11 - an ode to Mardi Gras
#"Trouble" (Connick, McLean) – 2:40
#"(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name " (Connick, McLean) – 4:50
#"Follow the Music" (Connick, McLean) – 1:00
#"Joe Slam and the Spaceship" (Connick, Jonathan DuBose, Tony Hall) – 7:12
#"To Love the Language" (Connick, McLean) – 5:01
#"Honestly Now (Safety's Just Danger...Out of Place)" (Connick, McLean) – 5:31
#"She...Blessed be the One" (Connick, McLean) – 1:35
#"Funky Dunky" (Connick) – 6:22
#"Follow the Music Further" (Connick, McLean) – 1:19
#"That Party" (Connick, McLean) – 5:12
#"Booker" (Connick, McLean) – 6:26Various information
*Track # 5 "(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name" was included on Columbia Records'
soundtrack from action-comedy "The Mask ", starringJim Carrey .
*Track #14 "Booker" is a tribute to pianistJames Booker , who was one of Connick's exemplary music teachers. Connick is playing every instrument on the song "Booker".
*The 1994 album sold toplatinum .
*Music by Harry Connick Jr,lyrics by Ramsey McLean. In an interview at the time, with theBoston Globe , Connick explains "He (McLean) has a big book ofpoems that he'd written. I'd see one that I liked and I'd say, 'What do you guys think of this?' And I'd...pick out a melody."Tour
Connick's 1994 album ditched the classic crooning style he was known for - the style that garnered him
Grammy Awards and million-selling albums - in favor of an exploration of his New Orleans funk roots. He took his funk music on a tour of theUnited Kingdom in 1994. Connick also took his funk music to thePeople's Republic of China in 1995, playing at the Shanghai Center Theatre.Connick's funk albums "She", and "
Star Turtle " sold respectably, but some fans were upset with Connick's funk forays. At a 1994 concert inCleveland, OH , disappointed fans began walking out from his concert in protest, they were expecting a jazz crooner. Some fans were even looking for refunds.This happened in other cities as well and was brought to Connick's attention. "I hear about it, but I don't get too much of it firsthand. I mean, we just came back from
Europe and the crowds were just out of control. I didn't get any sense that they wanted me to play anything other than what I was doing at the time," Connick said in aBoston Globe interview at the time.Musicians
* Harry Connick Jr. - vocals,
piano , organ,cymbal ,fender rhodes ,clavinet , dog chain, bass, drums,tambourine
* Jonathan Dubose -guitar , background vocals
*George Porter, Jr. - bass, background vocals
* David Russell Batiste, Jr. - drums
* Michael Ward - bongos,congas ,tambourine , background vocals
* Tony Hall - bass
* Raymond Weber - drums, background vocals
* Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste - drums
* Tracey Freeman - vocals,clap
* Leroy Jones -trumpet
* Mark Mullins -trombone
* Alonzo Bowens -saxophone
* Ramsey McLean -recitation , partyman
* Gregg Rubin - clap
* Fieldfines Samantha Rambardi - woolen squeak trinketExternal links
Musicvideos
* [http://www.singingfool.com/musicvideo.asp?publishedId=752324 "(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name" at singingfool.com]
* [http://mp.aol.com/video.index.adp?mxid=1376718&_AOL AOL.com: Featured Videos, "She"]
* [http://mp.aol.com/video.index.adp?mxid=1422062&_AOL AOL.com: Featured Videos, "Here Comes the Big Parade"]
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