Harry Connick, Jr., Gets The Big Break

February, 1991

Harry Connick, Jr., Gets the Big Breakis the funky white boy from new orleans going to save jazz, or is jazz going to save him?On The Principle that nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded, Harry Connick, Jr., the rear-guard jazz pianist and--le mot juste--crooner, has become so celebrated that some people have started to resent him. He is, to be sure, young (23), white, talented and successful--all offensive qualities. He also comes from New Orleans, a city with many musical heroes, most of...