| Occasion | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| All About Jazz |  [2] |
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.
It is presented as Volume 2 in the Connick on Piano series from Marsalis Music. (Volume 1 is Connick's quartet album Other Hours.)
Connick 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."[3]
A DVD with Connick and Marsalis performing music live from this album, A Duo Occasion, was released in November 2005.
- ^ Collar, Matt. Occasion: Connick on Piano, Volume 2 at AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ^ Kelman, John (2005-07-22). "Harry Connick, Jr.: Occasion: Connick on Piano 2 album review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ "Occasion: Connick on Piano, Vol. 2". Harry Connick Jr. - Official Site. Retrieved 2023-04-08.