"I thought it would be a good idea to do two albums at the same time," Harry Connick, Jr. asserts of his simultaneously-released new recordings, the orchestral vocal album entitled We Are In Love and Lofty’s Roach Soufflé, recorded with his trio. "I'm a singer and I'm also a piano player, and the way I sing and play are two completely different styles. So, I wanted to go back and document both of those different styles. The trio album, which is instrumental, is all original music," Harry says. "The other album, which is orchestral, that's all singing. It's going to have twelve songs, with ten originals on it. So they are both pretty much all-original albums. I've always been a composer; I just didn't put the songs on my last two albums." The orchestrations on We Are In Love range from big band arrangements and numbers with strings, to one song with Harry singing, accompanied by bassist Ben Wolfe and saxophonist Branford Marsalis. On the other hand, Lofty’s Roach Soufflé, the trio album, finds Harry stretching his jazz chops with sidemen Shannon Powell on drums and Wolfe on bass. Marc Shaiman arranged many of the songs on We Are In Love. Harry has nothing but praise for his work, frequently calling him a genius. With this album, Harry hopes to show that music for an orchestra can move beyond where it is, and become something fresh and new. Preceding the release of the two new LPs, he begins a 6-month U.S. tour with his own band (the Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra) performing at every date. While Harry Connick, Jr. is now intent on playing the songs of Harry Connick, Jr., expect the same quality performance. In both the orchestral genre and with his piano trio, he serves up the same intensity and stylistic stroll through the history of jazz that his previous recordings have so excellently rendered. Musicians Harry Connick Jr. - Piano, Vocals Branford Marsalis - Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax Russell Malone - Guitar Benjamin Jonah Wolfe - Bass Shannon Powell - Drums Production Credits Producers - Tracey Freeman, George Butler Recorded at RCA Studio B, NYC: April 4, 5, and 22, 1990 Track Listing We Are In Love Only 'Cause I Don't Have You Recipe For Love Drifting Forvever, For Now A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square Heavenly Just A Boy I've Got A Great Idea I'll Dream Of You Again It's Alright With Me Buried In Blue