30 (Harry Connick Jr. album)

30 is an album by American singer Harry Connick Jr. The album was recorded in 1998, when Connick was 30 years old, but it was not released until 4 years later, on the same date as his album Songs I Heard. The album includes both vocal and instrumental tracks.

30
Studio album by
Harry Connick Jr.
ReleasedOctober 23, 2001 (2001-10-23)
RecordedSeptember 4–8, 1998
StudioSony Music Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
LabelSony/Columbia (U.S.)
ProducerTracey Freeman
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
Come by Me
(1999)		 30
(2001)		 Songs I Heard
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
PopMattersfavorable[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Walkin'"Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino2:48
2."Chattanooga Choo Choo"Mack Gordon, Harry Warren3:39
3."Somewhere My Love"Maurice Jarre7:09
4."The Gypsy"Billy Reid5:31
5."If I Were a Bell"Frank Loesser6:55
6."Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"Henry Creamer, Turner Layton3:45
7."Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree"Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown4:10
8."There Is Always One More Time"Ken Hirsch, Doc Pomus3:52
9."New Orleans"Hoagy Carmichael4:01
10."Speak Softly Love"Nino Rota4:02
11."Junco Partner"Bob Shad6:10
12."Don't Fence Me In"Robert Fletcher, Cole Porter3:58
13."Don't Like Goodbyes"Harold Arlen, Truman Capote3:20
14."I'll Only Miss Her (When I Think of Her)"Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen8:51

Personnel
  • Harry Connick Jr. – piano, vocals, arranger, liner notes
  • Ben Wolfe – bass on track #5 "If I Were a Bell"
  • Rev. James Moore – organ, vocals on track #8 "There Is Always One More Time"
  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet on track #14 "I'll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her"
  • Tracey Freeman – Producer
  • Vladimir Meller – Mastering
  • Steven Kadison – Assistant mastering engineer
  • Gregg Rubin – Recording & Mix Engineer
  • Ryan Hewitt – Assistant engineer
  • Christopher Austopchuk – Art direction
  • Alice Butts – Art direction
  • Palma Kolansky – Photography

Charts
Chart (2001) Provider(s) Peak
position
Billboard 200 (U.S.)[4] Billboard 94
Billboard Top Jazz Albums (U.S.)[4] 3
Billboard Top Internet Albums (U.S.)[5] 24
Chart (2002) Provider(s) Peak
position
Norwegian Album Chart[6] VG Nett 35

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. PopMatters review
  3. Entertainment Weekly review
  4. U.S. Album Charts
  5. Allmusic, 30 Chart History
  6. "Norwegian Album Chart". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
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