Harry Connick, Jr.

This solid bop effort finds Connick playing piano in the vein of Thelonious Monk. Released at the same time as We Are in Love, Lofty's Roach Souffle became one of the best-selling "serious" jazz albums of the modern age. The title track is named after a survivalist recipe a tough British vet told Connick about on the set of the war movie Memphis Bell.

Traditionally, the jazz community has described its best and brightest freshmen as "young
lions." Many of jazz's greatest figures – from Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to Cecil
Taylor and Ornette Coleman – started out as young radicals, rising stars who were not only
the new breed but also the music's cutting edge, setting styles and shattering the status
quo. When the young lions roared, listeners heard the sound of tomorrow. But... More >