Watch Harry Connick, Jr chat about his new album 'Oh, My Nola'

Harry Connick, Jr. captures the many moods of New Orleans on 'Oh, My Nola' - in stores now.

Bountiful Program of Original Compositions and Classics Associated with the City Celebrate the Cornucopia of Musical Styles that Represent Connick's Home Town - Connick Donates Royalties to New Orleans Habitat Musicians' Village.

It has been a year of triumph for Harry Connick, Jr., with his universally heralded appearance in the celebrated revival of The Pajama Game. Even with his focus on Broadway, however, thoughts of his home town have never been far from Connick's mind.

"New Orleans is a city of paradox. Sin, salvation, sex, sanctification, so intertwined yet so separate. The blurred lines from the dark blue of Mardi Gras night to the periwinkle of Ash Wednesday morning" is the way Connick summarizes the gritty and grandiose, soulful and magical Crescent City, where the musical culture is second to none. "Jazz, gospel, brass band, rhythm and blues, country, funk aren't all the styles played in New Orleans," he emphasizes. "But they're the ones I wanted to play around with." And "play around with" them he does, to brilliant effect, on Oh, My NOLA, which Columbia Records will release in October.

Oh, My NOLA was recorded in June, days after Connick had completed his historic run in The Pajama Game that is documented in the original cast recording that comprises half of the two-disc set Connick on Broadway, Volume 1. With the assistance of his great Big Band, plus the added input of a few special guests, he has created an unprecedented musical cornucopia of songs inspired by and associated with the Crescent City.

Harry Connick, Jr.'s Australian Tour dates are:
(Sunday March 23 & Mon March 24 SYDNEY, Opera House SOLD OUT, Monday March 24, SYDNEY, Opera House)

Wednesday March 26	MELBOURNE, Palais Theatre
Thursday March 27	MELBOURNE, Palais Theatre SOLD OUT
Friday March 28	CANBERRA, Royal Theatre
Sunday March 30	PERTH, Kings Park