Occasion
Studio album by Harry Connick Jr.
Released	June 14, 2005
Recorded	March 4–6, 2005
Studio	Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, North Carolina
Label	Marsalis Music/Rounder
Producer	Branford Marsalis, Tracey Freeman
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
Only You (2004) Occasion (2005) Harry on Broadway, Act I (2006)
Connick on Piano chronology
Other Hours (2003) Occasion (2005) Chanson du Vieux Carré (2007)

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
All About Jazz	[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."^[3]

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