Across a prolific career that spans across music, film, theater and television, Harry Connick Jr. has exemplified jazzy charm and musical excellence. This summer, the Grammy and Emmy Award winning artist returns to Ravinia for an evening of jazz standards, big-band classics, and New Orleans sound.
The foundation of Connick’s sound is the music of his native New Orleans, where he began performing as a pianist and vocalist at the age of five. Speaking on the city’s inescapable influence, Connick shares, “I’d be completely different if I hadn’t grown up in New Orleans – there was music everywhere. You feel its energy in the air” (The Guardian). He was schooled by two of the city’s greatest musicians: James Booker and Ellis Marsalis—legends who deepened his understanding of the jazz traditions that continue to define his distinctive sound.
With 30 million albums sold worldwide, Connick has recorded 32 studio albums, including When Harry Met Sally, Blue Light, Red Light, When My Heart Finds Christmas, Come By Me, and Only You. He has performed on Broadway (The Pajama Game), on television (Will & Grace, American Idol) and film (P.S. I Love You, Find Me Falling). One of his latest projects, the Grammy nominated True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter, was released in 2019 in conjunction with a production on Broadway which he wrote and directed.
