Editing Harry Connick Jr. (section)

=== 2003–2005: ''Connick on Piano'' and ''Only You'' ===
In July 2003, Connick released his first instrumental album in fifteen years, ''[[Other Hours Connick on Piano Volume 1]]''. It was released on [[Branford Marsalis]]' new label [[Marsalis Music]] leading to a short tour of nightclubs and small theaters. Connick appeared in the film ''[[Basic (film)|Basic]]''. In October 2003, he released his second Christmas album, ''[[Harry for the Holidays]]; it'' went gold and reached No. 12 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart. He also had a television special on [[NBC]] featuring [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Nathan Lane]], [[Marc Anthony]], and [[Kim Burrell]]. ''[[Only You (Harry Connick Jr. album)|Only You]]'', his seventeenth album for Columbia Records, was released in February 2004. A collection of 1950s and 1960s ballads, ''Only You'', was in the top ten on both sides of the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and was certified gold in the United States in March 2004. The ''Only You'' big band toured the U.S., Australia, with a few stops in Asia. ''Harry for the Holidays'' was certified platinum in November 2004.

A music DVD ''Harry Connick Jr.{{nsmdns}}"Only You" in Concert'' was released in March 2004, after it had first aired as a ''Great Performances'' special on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]. The special won him an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Music Direction. The DVD received a Gold & Platinum Music Video{{nsmdns}}Long Form awards from the RIAA in November 2005.

An animated holiday special, ''[[The Happy Elf]]'' aired on NBC in December 2005; Connick was the composer, the narrator, and one of the executive producers. The show was released on DVD soon afterwards. The holiday special was based on his original song ''The Happy Elf'', from his 2003 album ''Harry for the Holidays''. Another album from Marsalis Music was recorded in 2005, ''[[Occasion : Connick on Piano, Volume 2]]'', a duo album with Harry Connick Jr. on piano and [[Branford Marsalis]] on saxophone. A music DVD, ''[[A Duo Occasion]]'' was filmed at the [[Ottawa International Jazz Festival]] 2005 in [[Canada]]; it was released in November 2005.

He appeared in another episode of the ''Will & Grace'' sitcom in November 2005, he was in three more episodes in 2006.