Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas

New Orleans pianist, singer, and songwriter Harry Connick Jr. has done what many makers of Christmas records strive for but seldom achieve: he's made a Christmas record that sounds convincingly like a '40s period piece and rigorously like a cool, contemporary jazz disc. His powerful, self-written Christmas songs sound like polished standards, and he delivers the whole package with a sassy, vocal economy (with the occasional New Orleans accent) and an orchestral richness that is never indulgent or overwhelming. When My Heart Finds Christmas is a true classic that no lover of big-band jazz and singing (in the Sinatra style)--and Christmas music--should be without. There are so many great moments here that singling any one out would be at the expense of the others. Still, the reverential, solo-piano intro to "Ave Maria," Connick's own "(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus," (a rousing, second-line swing tune), and his triumphant "I Pray on Christmas" (a get-happy-now gospel song) deserve mention if only because they'll earn Connick extra credit in heaven and on Earth.

01 - Sleigh Ride - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
02 - When My Heart Finds Christmas - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
03 - (It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
04 - The Blessed Dawn of Christmas Day - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
05 - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
06 - The Little Drummer Boy - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
07 - Ave Maria - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
08 - Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
09 - What Child Is This - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
10 - Christmas Dreaming - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
11 - I Pray on Christmas - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
12 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
13 - O Holy Night - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3
14 - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Harry Connick Jr. - When My Heart Finds Christmas.mp3