Harry Connick Jr. - Harry for the Holidays (DVD and CD) (Amaray Case)

Product Description Harry Connick Jr's concert with his Big Band and Orchestra was filmed in January 2004 at The Theatre Capitole in Quebec City. The concert was shot in High definition video, recorded in high resolution audio and first aired on WNET's Great Performances se Amazon.com Harry for the Holidays is both a traditional and musically adventurous Christmas television special, shot in high definition and originally broadcast on NBC in 2003. The unusual yet beautiful setting is the historic interior of the Bowery Savings Building/Cipriani 42nd Street; one can see an occasional car flash by through windows behind Harry Connick Jr. and his Big Band. Connick's program includes holiday standards but his arrangements are novel, cutting against the melodiousness of the likes of "Silver Bells" or "Frosty the Snowman" with edgy strings, sizzling brass, and complex rhythms. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and "The Happy Elf" swing like nobody's business, while "Silent Night" shifts from blues to ballad to gospel in a collaboration between Connick, Marc Anthony, and Kim Burrell. Whoopi Goldberg and Nathan Lane turn up for some cute sketches, and there's a bonus: Connick and Burrell doing the lovely "I Pray on Christmas," not seen in the NBC broadcast. An accompanying audio CD features a number of extra tracks ("The Christmas Waltz," "Nature Boy"). --Tom Keogh