It’s been a long road from New Orleans to Harry Connick on Broadway, but also a short one. Born as Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr., Connick came from a legal family, being the son of the district attorney father and a judge mother. New Orleans is a funny place though, and this seemingly stolid parental unit also owned a record store. Only in New Orleans! It didn’t take long for young Harry’s innate musical ability to surface and he was playing public performances aged just six, having learned the keyboards at the age of three! By the time he was ten years old, Harry had recorded with a local jazz group, and his long but short journey was well and truly underway. It would be a while before Harry Connick tickets would sell around the world, but good things come to he who waits, and the Harry Connick schedule was as much about playing records as playing music. Not bad for a little kid, huh?

Harry experienced an eclectic musical upbringing, playing both jazz and classical as a child prodigy, and he eventually received his formal education at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. He then moved to New York City and studied at the esteemed Manhattan School of Music, and it was here that he was spotted by a Columbia Records executive. The Columbia exec persuaded Harry to sign for them and his first record was soon in the pipeline. That record, the eponymously-titled Harry Connick Jr., wasn’t the most unusual jazz offering, but Harry was soon playing at well-known venues in the Big Apple, and building a name for himself there. Harry’s next album was called 20 – his age at the time – and was dedicated to the memory his mother, Anita. The biggest difference between 20 and Harry Connick Jr. was the vocals. The debut had lacked vocals, but now Harry was rapidly becoming an all-round proficient jazzman and was expanding his repertoire accordingly. Harry Connick tickets were starting to mean something to a lot of people across the country, and especially in New York and New Orleans.

Harry was by now responsible for many a legendary performance and fame was his. Predictably, his services were sought out by others in the entertainment business; Director Rob Reiner approached Harry to write the soundtrack for his 1989 comedy romance When Harry Met Sally. It earned Harry Connick his first Grammy Award. He was ready now for even bigger things. More Harry Connick Jr. records followed, in the form of albums like the Godfather III soundtrack (nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe), and the big band album, Blue Light, Red Light. The mid-90s saw a brief period of experimentation in which Harry tried his hand at funk, but audience response was not as favored as for his earlier jazz offerings.

At this point, between 2000 and 2001, Connick made his Broadway debut. Harry Connick Broadway tickets sold well, for the musical Thou Shalt Not, nominated for a Tony Award. Connick continued his multi-media career by starring in several films and television productions, including a part in the NBC sitcom Will and Grace as Grace Adler’s boyfriend and husband. The latter half of the 00’s was a time of mixed projects for Harry as he continued to impress and perform at the highest level. By the time we had arrived at 2010, Harry Connick’s storied career was still flourishing, and many more avenues opening for the talented young star. This current Harry Connick tour schedule and the Harry Connick Broadway tickets everyone wants, are just another step on the long but short journey Harry has taken to the very top of the world.