When My Heart Finds Christmas

by Harry Connick, Jr.

Overview

For this Christmas jazz album, Harry Connick, Jr. emphasizes his vocals (his piano playing is quite secondary) as he sings ten familiar Christmas songs plus four of his somewhat forgettable originals while joined by a big band, a string section, and background singers. The results are reasonably pleasing, but of little interest to jazz listeners. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	06/05/2007
Label:	Columbia / Custom Marketing Group / Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	0886971110722
Rank:	107687

Tracks

1. Sleigh Ride
2. When My Heart Finds Christmas
3. (It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus
4. The Blessed Dawn Of Christmas Day
5. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
6. The Little Drummer Boy
7. Ave Maria
8. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
9. What Child Is This?
10. Christmas Dreaming
11. I Pray On Christmas
12. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
13. O Holy Night
14. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Harry Connick, Jr.   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals,Ensemble,Conductor,Choir Conductor
John Batdorf   Ensemble,Vocals
David Schumacher   Sax (Baritone)
Myrna Mathews   Ensemble,Vocals
Dan Miller   Trumpet
Alex Belson   Vocals
Barbara Hunter   Cello
Judy Surila   Vocals,Ensemble
Mitch Gordon   Vocals,Ensemble
Gail Lopata   Ensemble,Vocals
Louis Ford   Clarinet
Lynn Dolin Mann   Vocals,Ensemble
Steven Edelman   Bass
Jeanne Evans   Violin
Chris Ermacoff   Cello
Amick Byram   Vocals,Ensemble
Armen Ksadjikian   Cello
Charles Loper   Trombone
Carmen Twillie   Vocals,Ensemble
Stephen Amerson   Ensemble,Vocals
Sara Ford   Vocals,Ensemble
Quincy Bahler   Vocals,Ensemble
Robin Ross-Chineduh   Viola
George Burnette Dillon   Trumpet
Rebecca Barr   Violin
Jim Haa   Ensemble
Susan Stevens   Vocals,Ensemble
Gary Stockdale   Vocals,Ensemble
Kerry Katz   Vocals,Ensemble
Marlow Fisher   Viola
Jerry Williams   Percussion
Ron Colward   Vocals
Lily Ho Chen   Violin
Mario de Leon   Violin
Steven Becknell   Horn
Dennis Molchan   Violin
Kimberly Fligsten   Vocals
Lou Anne Neill   Harp
Mari Tsumura   Violin
Karen Jones   Violin
Irwin Rubin   Violin
John Ellis   Oboe
Ann White   Vocals,Ensemble
Jerry Whitman   Vocals,Ensemble
Don Sheldon   Vocals,Ensemble
Haim Shtrum   Violin
Barbara Northcutt   Oboe
Anatoly Rosinsky   Violin
Bob Joyce   Vocals,Ensemble
Dan Neufeld   Viola
Roger Freeland   Vocals,Ensemble
David Low   Cello
John Lehman   Ensemble,Vocals
Dennis Karmazyn   Cello
Dicky Wells   Vocals,Ensemble
Jerry Weldon   Sax (Tenor)
Ron Hicklin   Vocals,Ensemble
Gary Gray   Clarinet
Joe Porcaro   Percussion
Russell Malone   Guitar
James Thatcher   Horn
Victoria Miskolczy   Viola
Phillip Teele   Trombone
Steven Schaeffer   Drums
Kimitric Leivici   Violin
James M. Canter   Clarinet
Rich Logan   Vocals,Ensemble
Brian O'Connor   Horn
Earl Madison   Cello
Gene Morford   Vocals,Ensemble
Susan Ranney   Bass,Cello
Rick Gerding   Viola
L. Kuennen-Proper   Viola
Sandi Hall   Vocals,Ensemble
Mark Mullins   Trombone
Warren Luening   Trumpet
Joel Derouin   Violin
Patricia Kindel   Bassoon
Timothy Barr   Bass
Chuck Domanico   Bass
Larry Bunker   Percussion
Gene Merlino   Vocals,Ensemble
Ben Wolfe   Bass
Janey Clewer   Vocals,Ensemble
Jacqueline Brand   Violin
Jay Rosen   Violin
Sally Stevens   Ensemble,Vocals
Linda Harmon   Vocals,Ensemble
Lucien Barbarin   Trombone
Scottie Haskell   Vocals,Ensemble
Jeremy Davenport   Trumpet
Rick Baptist   Trumpet
Sheridon Stokes   Flute
Dick Bolks   Vocals
Oscar Brashear   Trumpet
Miran Kojian   Violin
Donna Davidson   Vocals,Ensemble
Denyse Buffum   Viola
David Ewart   Violin
Harry Connick, Sr.   Vocals
Alan de Veritch   Viola
Stacey Washington   Vocals,Ensemble
Polly Sweeney   Violin
Rafael Rishik   Violin
Tamara Chang   Violin
Carole Lombard Children's Choir   Vocals
Kathleen Robinson   Oboe
Steven Gordon   Viola
Craig Klein   Trombone
The Carole Lombard Quartet   Vocals,Ensemble
Brian D. O'Connor   Horn
Sherri Izza   Vocals,Ensemble
Walt Harrah   Vocals,Ensemble
Scott Haupert   Viola
Michael O'Donovan   Bassoon
Melissa MacKay   Vocals,Ensemble
Louise di Tullio   Flute
Richard Attenback   Violin
Ralph Morrison III   Violin
Will Campbell   Sax (Alto)
Mathew Cooker   Cello
Geri Rotella   Flute
Kurt Snyder   Horn
Jim Haas   Vocals
Alan Kaplan   Trombone
Brad Leali   Sax (Alto)
Darius Campo   Violin
Berj Garabedian   Violin
Luana Jackman   Vocals,Ensemble
Christian Kollgaard   Bass
Robin Olson   Violin
Sheldon Sanov   Violin
Steve Richards   Cello
Pamela Goldsmith   Viola
Terry Harrington   Vocals,Ensemble
Sid Page   Violin
Richard Altenbach   Violin
Marcia Dickstein   Harp
Armen Garabedian   Violin
Roger Ingram   Trumpet
Bruce Dukov   Violin
Ned Goold   Sax (Tenor)
Ronald Clark   Violin
Ziggy Modeliste   Drums
Joe Barati   Trombone
Debbie Hall   Vocals,Ensemble
Robin Ross   Viola
Dimitrie Leivici   Violin
Todd Hemmenway   Cello
Bruce Fowler   Trombone
Mihail Zinovyev   Viola
Karen Harper   Vocals,Ensemble
Drew Dembowski   Bass
Richard Feves   Bass
Alan Grunfeld   Violin
Ronald Folsom   Violin

Technical Credits

Leslie Ann Jones   Mixing,Assistant Engineer
Arnold Levine   Art Direction
Aimee MacAuley   Design
Leroy Anderson   Composer
Larry Walsh   Engineer,Post Production Engineer
Leon Jessel   Composer
Sandy De Crescent   Orchestra Manager
Tim Geaney   Photography
John Sullivan Dwight   Composer
Katherine K. Davis   Composer
Gregg Rubin   Mixing,Engineer
I. Gordon   Composer
Sally Stevens   Choir Contractor
Jule Styne   Composer
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky   Composer
Adolphe Adam   Composer
Henry Onorati   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Lester Lee   Composer
Carole Lombard Children's Choir   Choir Contractor
William Chatterton Dix   Composer
Vladimir Meller   Mastering
Franz Schubert   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Tracey Freeman   Mixing,Producer
Traditional   Composer
Ballard MacDonald   Composer
Johnny Marks   Composer
Bill Smith   Assistant Engineer
Kevin Reeves   Engineer,Post Production Engineer
Harry Connick, Jr.   Arranger,Composer,Orchestration
Harry Simeone   Composer
Sir Walter Scott   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer