Product Description
Harry Connick, Jr. – Babe: Elaboratio A Tribute to My Mother (2LP)
RELEASE DATE: 13th November 2026
Babe: Elaboratio is Harry Connick, Jr‘s most personal work to date: a 50-minute orchestral piece for piano, big band, and full orchestra, written as a tribute to his mother – Connick was ten years old when his mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer; she died three years later, when he was thirteen – Sweeping in scope and deeply intimate in origin, Babe: Elaboratio finds Connick moving beyond the stage to reveal a side of his story he’s never shared before — the private grief, memory, and devotion behind the music
Whether you know Harry Connick, Jr. as a Grammy- and Emmy- winning vocalist, pianist, actor, or bandleader, Babe: Elaboratio stands apart as a singular artistic statement — a son’s musical love letter to his mother, four and a half decades in the making.
50-minute orchestral work for piano and full orchestra
Recorded with Orchestra Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)
Premiered at Carnegie Hall, May 22, 2026
Symphonic/orchestral recording – NOT a jazz record
Companion book: Babe: Elaboratio – A Tribute to My Mother(narrative/memoir)
Vinyl 2LP
A1 – PART I-NEW YORK
A2 – PART II-NOUASSEUR
B1 – PART III-NEW ORLEANS
B2 – PART IV-ABOUT THE MUSIC
