Lofty's Roach Soufflé

Lofty's Roach Soufflé is an instrumental album by American artist Harry Connick Jr., released in 1990.

AllMusic's Scott Yanow believes Connick "shows some growth from his earlier days as a sort-of Thelonious Monk imitator, [but] he did not yet have a piano style of his own and none of his compositions are all that memorable.

But the sudden pauses and knotty clusters of unexpected notes that were marks of Monk's greatness sound, in Connick’s hands, like mistakes.

"[4] Lofty's Roach Soufflé was inspired by Connick's experiences on the film Memphis Belle: "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.