how the city not only rebuilt, but taken the devastation and found opportunity, a dialogue was opened among politicians, among citizens. things were spoken about that probably wouldn t have been discussed prior to the storm and with all respect to all of the people who lost their lives and suffered i m measurable trama as a result of that storm, new orleans has even prospered. i think it s better now than it was before katrina. when you see other weather-related disasters, most recently oklahoma and going back to joplin and the hurricanes, tornados, hurricane sandy here on the east coast, do you think that america as a result of what happened with katrina and all the controversy that came out, has america got better at dealing with the immediate aftermath of these things? the america i know is the america that showed up to help us build 80 houses for our musicians village.
how he overcame childhood tragedy. i was at a piano recital. it was in the intermission my aunt jesse came and said your mother just died and brought me home. it was then i kind of realized for the first time she s not there anymore. and a traumatic brush with his idol. i said i have to ask you mr. sinatra you hit this high a flat. how did you do it? i just opened my mouth and it was there. this is piers morgan tonight. i ll take you just the way you are harry connick jr., welcome. thank you. you are a man of so many hats, it s ridiculous. a singer, pianist, big band conductor, a composer, and actor. three grammys, 25 million albums sold worldwide. you starred in a broadway musical on a clear day you can see forever. and you have your first children s book. not content with dominating every other genre of entertainment, you re into the kids market. well, i guess what makes me want to do this stuff is that i guess what drives me is real interest in all
his idol. i said i have to ask you mr. sinatra you hit this high a flat. how did you do it? i just opened my mouth and it was there. this is piers morgan tonight. i ll take you just the way you are harry connick jr., welcome. thank you. you are a man of so many hats, it s ridiculous. a singer, pianist, big band conductor, a composer, and actor. three grammys, 25 million albums sold worldwide. you starred in a broadway musical on a clear day you can see forever. and you have your first children s book. not content with dominating every other genre of entertainment, you re into the kids market. well, i guess what makes me want to do this stuff is that i guess what drives me is real interest in all of these different areas. and it was never really about i know you were joking about dominating these areas, but it s never really been about that for me. things kind of happened organically. broadway sort of happened out of a career in performing. which happene
conductor, a composer, and actor. three grammys, 25 million albums sold worldwide. you starred in a broadway musical on a clear day you can see forever. and you have your first children s book. not content with dominating every other genre of entertainment, you re into the kids market. well, i guess what makes me want to do this stuff is that i guess what drives me is real interest in all of these different areas. and it was never really about i know you were joking about dominating these areas, but it s never really been about dthat fr me. things kind of happened organically. broadway sort of happened out of a career in performing. which happened out of practicing piano when i was a kid. and this just seemed like a natural sort of transition after this we did a children s musical. it just seemed like a fun thing to be a part of. do you think you re part of a dying breed, an all-around entertainer? there aren t many of them these days. i don t know how many of th
sinatra you hit this high a flat. how did you do it? i just opened my mouth and it was there. this is piers morgan tonight. i ll take you just the way you are harry connick jr., welcome. thank you. you are a man of so many hats, it s ridiculous. a singer, pianist, big band conductor, a composer, and actor. three grammys, 25 million albums sold worldwide. you starred in a broadway musical on a clear day you can see forever. and you have your first children s book. not content with dominating every other genre of entertainment, you re into the kids market. well, i guess what makes me want to do this stuff is that i guess what drives me is real interest in all of these different areas. and it was never really about i know you were joking about dominating these areas, but it s never really been about that for me. things kind of happened organically. broadway sort of happened out of a career in performing. which happened out of practicing piano when i was a ki