Long before Harry Connick Jr. was a Grammy-winning singer/pianist, his mother, Anita-Francis Livingston Connick — who died when Harry was just 13 — dreamed of her prodigiously talented son one day playing Carnegie Hall. This past spring, on what would have been Anita-Francis’ 100th birthday, Connick made his late mom’s dream come true, playing three nights at the iconic New York concert hall with a three-part orchestral work that traces her life story from New York to Morocco and finally to their home of New Orleans.
On Friday (Sept. 25), Connick released Babe: Elaboratio, a recording of that orchestral work…
