Jazz For It's Own Sake
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By BTSESQ
This album isn't very good. Harry Connick Jr. is a very talented singer and performer, and he is a very good-looking guy who happens to act in movies as well. It seems that all such gifted individuals need to prove their bona fides by making an album that shows off that they are more than a pretty-faced crooner, that they have chops as well as looks, and can play endless sixteenth notes as well as sing a lovely tune. Well ... I guess Harry proved that here, but he did so at the expense of an album that is boring, atonal and will only appeal to other jazz "purists" who disdain melody and line in favor of technical prowess and hipster attitude. File this one under "Hey, look at me! I can play jazz!" I want my money back.
