Harry Connick Jr. "Harry for the Holidays" DVD was released October 19, 2004 on Sony Music Video. Harry Connick, Jr.'s holiday special with his Big Band and a string section was filmed in high definition video at the historic Bowery Savings Building/Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City in October 2003. The special first aired on NBC and features musical guests Marc Anthony and Kim Burrell as well as comedy sketches with Whoopi Goldberg and Nathan Lane. This DVD includes a bonus song ("I Pray On Christmas") plus 20 minutes of material not previously broadcast, including interviews and outtakes of Harry and his special guests.
Harry Connick Jr. "Harry for the Holidays" DVD is both a traditional and musically adventurous Christmas television special, shot in high definition and originally broadcast on NBC in 2003. The unusual yet beautiful setting is the historic interior of the Bowery Savings Building/Cipriani 42nd Street; one can see an occasional car flash by through windows behind Harry Connick Jr. and his Big Band. Harry Connick's program includes holiday standards but his arrangements are novel, cutting against the melodiousness of the likes of "Silver Bells" or "Frosty the Snowman" with edgy strings, sizzling brass, and complex rhythms. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and "The Happy Elf" swing like nobody's business, while "Silent Night" shifts from blues to ballad to gospel in a collaboration between Connick, Marc Anthony, and Kim Burrell. Whoopi Goldberg and Nathan Lane turn up for some cute sketches, and there's a bonus: Connick and Burrell doing the lovely "I Pray on Christmas," not seen in the NBC broadcast.
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