Occasion: Connick on Piano, Volume 2 is an instrumental album recorded in 2005, presenting Harry Connick Jr. on piano and Branford Marsalis on saxophone, playing their own jazz compositions.

Occasion
Studio album by Harry Connick Jr.
Released	June 14, 2005
Recorded	March 4–6, 2005
Studio	Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, North Carolina
Label	Marsalis Music/Rounder
Producer	Branford Marsalis, Tracey Freeman
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
Only You (2004) Occasion (2005) Harry on Broadway, Act I (2006)
Connick on Piano chronology
Other Hours (2003) Occasion (2005) Chanson du Vieux Carre (2007)

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Presented as Volume 2 in the Connick on Piano series from Marsalis Music. (Volume 1 is Connick's quartet album Other Hours.)

Harry Connick Jr explains how it came to be a duo album: "When my drummer Arthur Latin hurt his shoulder, I decided to wait before recording another quartet album, and asked Branford if he would do something with me. What started as a project intended to mix solo piano and duo performances turned into an entire duo album."

A DVD with Connick & Marsalis performing music live from this album, A Duo Occasion, was released in November 2005.

Track listing

All songs written by Harry Connick Jr. except where noted.

1. "Brown World" – 4:40
2. "Valentine's Day" – 5:14
3. "Occasion" (Branford Marsalis) – 3:01
4. "Spot" – 5:58
5. "I Like Love More" – 5:05
6. "All Things" – 5:58
7. "Win" – 6:04
8. "Virgoid" – 4:12
9. "Remember The Tarpon" – 7:10
10. "Lose" – 5:51
11. "Steve Lacy" (Marsalis) – 3:16
12. "Chanson Du Vieux Carre" – 2:17
13. "Good To Be Home" – 6:25

Notes

• "Chanson Du Vieux Carré", track #12, means "Song of the French Quarter". Chanson Du Vieux Carré is also the name of the third album in the Connick on piano series.
• Track #5 "I Like Love More", #6 "All Things" and #13 "Good To Be Home" are compositions from Connick's Tony nominated score for the 2001 Broadway musical Thou Shalt Not.

Personnel

• Harry Connick Jr. – piano
• Branford Marsalis – soprano, tenor sax
• Branford Marsalis – Saxophone, Producer
• Arnold Levine – Art Direction, Design
• Jean-Pierre LeGuillou – Art Producer
• Frank Hunter – Album Photography
• Rob "Wacko" Hunter – Engineer, Mixing
• Greg Calbi – Mastering
• Rick Dior – Assistant Engineer
• Tracey Freeman – Producer
• Harry Connick Jr. – Piano, Liner Notes

References

External links

• Audio samples, at harryconnickjr.com
• NPR radio: Harry Connick Jr., Branford Marsalis Team Up