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Everyone’s just wild about Harry. The singer-pianist’s breakthrough came in 1989 when his smooth jazz caused Tony Bennett to call him “the next Frank Sinatra.” His lean good looks quickly led to acting, most notably in Hope Floats with Sandra Bullock and lately in TV’s Will & Grace and Law & Order. Recently, Connick Jr. has devoted himself to his New Orleans birthplace, organizing post- Katrina benefits and recording tribute albums like Oh, My Nola. Now the crooning heartthrob—co-founder of the Krewe of Orpheus, New Orleans’ first integrated, celebrity-filled Mardi Gras krewe—has released an album of joyous carnival music. Timed to coincide with Mardi Gras and Orpheus’ 20th anniversa...

Harry’s done it all. A musician as well as an actor, he’s won three Grammys and two Emmys. He’s the husband of a former model and a father to three daughters. But the New Orleans native’s latest album offers something new: confessional songs. Says Connick: “I felt ready to explore some of my personal experiences this time around.”             “The Greatest Love Story” is Connick’s song to the women in his life, including his wife Jill Goodacre. Backed by fiddle and pedal steel (a nod to Jill’s Texas roots), Connick pays a country-style tribute to both Jill and his late mother. There’s plenty of stirring gospel and reflective jazz, includ...