Lofty's Roach Soufflé is an instrumental

Instrumental

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 album by American

United States

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 artist Harry Connick Jr., released in 1990.

Presented as the Harry Connick, Jr. Trio: Harry Connick, Jr. (vocals

Singing

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, piano

Piano

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); Benjamin Jonah Wolfe (bass

Double bass

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); Shannon Powell (drums

Drum kit

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).

The album was released simultaneously as his big band album We Are in Love

We Are in Love

We Are in Love is an album by American artist Harry Connick, Jr., released in 1990. The multi-platinum album features Connick on piano & vocal, Russell Malone on guitar, Shannon Powell on drums, Benjamin Jonah Wolfe on double bass, and Branford Marsalis on saxophone. Joining the quartet, is...

, and his home video debut entitled "Singin' & Swingin'

Singin' & Swingin'

Singin' & Swingin' is the home video debut of Harry Connick, Jr. from 1990 at the age of 22. The video contains five musicvideos, and three songs performed live at the Dominion Theatre in London, as well as an exclusive interview. The VHS was released simultaneously with his big band album We Are...

".

Track listing

1. "One Last Pitch" (Harry Connick, Jr.
   Harry Connick, Jr.
   Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. is an American singer, big-band leader/conductor, pianist, actor, and composer. He has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with...
   
   , Joe Livingston) – 6:27
2. "Hudson Bomber" (Connick) – 5:13
3. "Lonely Side" (Connick) – 8:15
4. "Mr. Spill" (Connick) – 5:00
5. "Lofty's Roach Soufflé" (Connick) – 5:23
6. "Mary Ruth" (Connick) – 5:54
7. "Harronymous" (Connick) – 5:22
8. "One Last Pitch (Take Two)" (Connick, Livingston) – 3:26
9. "Colomby Day" (Connick) – 6:06
10. "Little Dancing Girl" (Connick) – 7:33
11. "Bayou Maharajah" (Connick) – 4:41

Story of the album

Lofty's Roach Souffle was inspired by Connick's experiences on the film Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle (film)

Memphis Belle is a 1990 film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and written by Monte Merrick, starring Matthew Modine and Eric Stoltz and introducing Harry Connick Jr. in his screen debut...

: "In case you're curious about the title 'Lofty's Roach Souffle', last summer I was in England filming Memphis Belle, which is a World War II movie about a B-17. The actors were sent to boot camp at an SAS training ground where we met Lofty. Lofty was introduced to us as the premier survivalist in the world and he showed us one survival tip after another. D. B. Sweeney

D. B. Sweeney

Daniel Bernard "D. B." Sweeney is an American actor.-Early life:Sweeney was born on Long Island, New York and raised in Shoreham by an educator father and a municipal government employee mother. He attended Shoreham-Wading River High School and both Tulane and New York University...

, who played the navigator in the movie, and I became friends during the shoot. D.B. also happens to be a fine chef, and he quickly noticed that Lofty could make food out of almost anything. Lofty was the master of outdoor cuisine! D.B. figured that Lofty might even be able to make roach souffle. I wrote a song to remind me of this experience." http://www.david-strathairn.com/film/memphis-belle.html

Awards and nominations

• 1990 Grammy nomination
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  : Best Instrumental Composition
  Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
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  , "One Last Pitch (Take 2)" - Harry Connick, Jr. & Joe Livingston

Music video

• "One Last Pitch", music video at aol.com