Oh, My Nola


Oh, My NOLA is an album from Harry Connick Jr. with his big band. The album was released in 2007, and contains well-known songs associated with New Orleans, as well as 4 new songs composed by Connick, who sings and plays the piano, conducts, arranges and orchestrates the album.
A portion of the royalties of Oh, My NOLA will be donated to Musicians' Village in New Orleans. He was honored with a "Strength and Spirit Award" from Redbook magazine in October 2006, for contributing proceeds from various music sales, and for his work on the Musicians' Village.
The album was released at the same day as his big band instrumental album Chanson du Vieux Carre.
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums, and at #11 on the Billboard 200, with 44,000 copies sold.
A concert tour, the My New Orleans Tour, started on February 23, 2007 in North America, went on to Europe, and continued to Asia and Australia in 2008.

Track listing

  1. "Working In The Coal Mine" – 3:36
  2. "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" – 3:56
  3. "Something You Got" – 3:24
  4. "Let Them Talk" – 5:01
  5. "Jambalaya " – 3:40
  6. "Careless Love" – 4:13
  7. "All These People" – 4:12 – featuring Kim Burrell
  8. "Yes We Can Can" – 4:32
  9. "Someday" – 2:38
  10. "Oh, My NOLA" – 3:58
  11. "Elijah Rock" – 4:43
  12. "Sheik Of Araby" – 4:57
  13. "Lazy Bones" – 3:47
  14. "We Make A Lot Of Love" – 3:31
  15. "Hello Dolly" – 4:25
  16. "Do Dat Thing" – 5:33

    Bonus tracks

ChartProviderPeak
position
Billboard 200 Billboard11
Billboard Top Jazz Albums Billboard1
Billboard Top Digital Album Billboard7
Billboard Top Comprehensive Albums Billboard11
Billboard Top Internet Albums Billboard10
Canadian Album ChartNielsen SoundScan100
Dutch Album Chart57
French Album ChartSNEP/IFOP93

Credits

Musicians