**FILE**Jazz crooner Harry Connick Jr., takes the stage at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Mo., on Aug. 3, 2003. Connick surveyed the damage by Hurricane Katrina to his father's New Orleans home. Connick returned to New Orleans Monday, a trip documented for NBC's "Today" television show and aired Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005. He had traveled to the city last week. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)