Occasion: Connick on Piano, Volume 2

Occasion: Connick on Piano, Volume 2 is an instrumental album recorded in 2005, presenting Harry Connick Jr. on piano and Branford Marsalis on saxophone, playing their own jazz compositions.

It is presented as Volume 2 in the Connick on Piano series from Marsalis Music. (Volume 1 is Connick's quartet album Other Hours.)

Connick explains how it came to be a duo album: "When my drummer Arthur Latin hurt his shoulder, I decided to wait before recording another quartet album, and asked Branford if he would do something with me. What started as a project intended to mix solo piano and duo performances turned into an entire duo album."

A DVD with Connick and Marsalis performing music live from this album, A Duo Occasion, was released in November 2005.

Track listing
All songs written by Harry Connick Jr. except where noted.


 * 1) "Brown World" – 4:40
 * 2) "Valentine's Day" – 5:14
 * 3) "Occasion" (Branford Marsalis) – 3:01
 * 4) "Spot" – 5:58
 * 5) "I Like Love More" – 5:05
 * 6) "All Things" – 5:58
 * 7) "Win" – 6:04
 * 8) "Virgoid" – 4:12
 * 9) "Remember The Tarpon" – 7:10
 * 10) "Lose" – 5:51
 * 11) "Steve Lacy" (Marsalis) – 3:16
 * 12) "Chanson Du Vieux Carre" – 2:17
 * 13) "Good To Be Home" – 6:25

Notes
 * "Chanson Du Vieux Carre", track #12, means "Song of the French Quarter". Chanson du Vieux Carré is also the name of the third album in the Connick on Piano series.
 * Track #5 "I Like Love More", #6 "All Things" and #13 "Good To Be Home" are compositions from Connick's Tony nominated score for the 2001 Broadway musical Thou Shalt Not.

Personnel

 * Harry Connick Jr. – piano, liner notes
 * Branford Marsalis – saxophone (soprano, tenor), producer
 * Arnold Levine – art direction, design
 * Jean-Pierre LeGuillou – art producer
 * Frank Hunter – album photography
 * Rob "Wacko" Hunter – engineer, mixing
 * Greg Calbi – mastering
 * Rick Dior – assistant engineer
 * Tracey Freeman – producer