| Oh, My NOLA | ||||
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| Released | January 30, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | June 19–22, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Big band | |||
| Length | 66:06 | |||
| Label | Sony/Columbia (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | Tracey Freeman | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| JazzTimes | Favorable[2] |
| Post-Gazette |  [3] |
| Slant Magazine | [4] |
Oh, My NOLA is an album from Harry Connick Jr. with his big band. The album was released in 2007, and contains well-known songs associated with New Orleans, as well as 4 new songs composed by Connick, who sings and plays the piano, conducts, arranges and orchestrates the album.
A portion of the royalties of Oh, My NOLA will be donated to Musicians' Village in New Orleans. He was honored with a "Strength and Spirit Award" from Redbook magazine in October 2006, for contributing proceeds from various music sales, and for his work on the Musicians' Village.
The album was released at the same day as his big band instrumental album Chanson du Vieux Carre.
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums, and at #11 on the Billboard 200, with 44,000 copies sold.[5]
A concert tour, the My New Orleans Tour, started on February 23, 2007 in North America, went on to Europe, and continued to Asia and Australia in 2008.
- ^ Collar, Matt. Oh, My NOLA at AllMusic. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ Loudon, Christopher (January–February 2007). "Jazz Reviews: Oh, My NolaHarry Connick Jr". JazzTimes. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ Guidry, Nate (February 1, 2007). "For the Record". PG Publishing. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ Jones, Preston (January 24, 2007). "Harry Connick Jr.: Oh, My Nola | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
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