Title track from the 2015 album On A Clear Day 

On A Clear Day (Anthony Strong)

Live from Copenhagen, here's Anthony's version of "Cheek to Cheek" with The Danish Radio Big Band.

Cheek To Cheek - feat. The DR Big Band

Here's Anthony's arrangement of Stevie Wonder's classic "Higher Ground". Performed live in Copenhagen with The Danish Radio Big Bandet.

Higher Ground - feat. The DR Big Band

Anthony's version of Cole Porter's standard, from the album "Stepping Out". Performed in Copenhagen with The Danish Radio Big Bandet.

Too Darn Hot - feat. The DR Big Band

Anthony's arrangement of 'I Won't Dance' - the classic jazz standard. Performed live in Copenhagen with The DR Big Band.

I Won't Dance - feat. The DR Big Band

<b>Anthony Strong
<i>Stepping Out</i></b>
Released in the UK 8th April 2013

A genuinely exciting new face on the international jazz scene, UK-born singer-pianist Anthony Strong’s debut album Stepping Out will be released on April 8th 2013. A refreshingly hip blend of melodic jazz-pop and classic big band jazz that calls to mind the likes of Harry Connick Jr and Jamie Cullum, the album showcases Strong’s phenomenal piano technique, accomplished vocal talents and consummate composing and arranging skills.

It was thanks to a support slot with the legendary BB King and an EP release which reached #1 on the UK jazz charts that Strong grabbed the attention of some of the world’s top record labels in early 2012. Eventually opting to sign a worldwide recording deal with iconic French label Naïve, which saw him join a roster that includes multi-million selling singers Adele, Carla Bruni and Katie Melua, Strong set about recording his debut album. The result is an assured set of classic standards and originals that incorporates elegant love songs, swinging big band romps and reworked pop tunes.

After receiving a scholarship to The Purcell School of Music in 2004, Strong funded a degree at the world-renowned Guildhall School of Music by gigging in London and quickly built up a reputation as an in-demand session musician, playing with artists such as Marti Pellow, Beverley Knight and Charlotte Church. He also spent 9 months in the West End as Jerry Lee Lewis in the show Million Dollar Quartet, performing to thousands of theatre-goers including jazz-lover Rod Stewart, who came back the next day to tell him that he thought his performance was “f***ing amazing!” After graduating from Music College in 2008, Anthony decided that his own music needed to take centre stage and before long was performing with his trio around Europe, catching the eye of some of jazz’s top promoters and agents and on the path to signing his first record deal.

With energy and talent to burn, plus a knack for breathing new life into jazz standards, Strong’s arrival signals a welcome direction for the genre and Stepping Out is a debut album that presents a young artist with a very bright future.

CREDITS:
Anthony Strong VOICE, PIANO
Tom Farmer BASS (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12)
Sebastian de Krom DRUMS (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12)
Calum Gourlay BASS (2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 13)
Matt Skelton DRUMS (6, 7)
Chris Allard GUITARS
Sebastian de Krom PERCUSSION
James Morrison TRUMPET SOLO (3)
Brandon Allen TENOR SAX SOLO (7)
Nigel Hitchcock TENOR SAX SOLO (1, 2, 13)

The Horn Section:
Alex Garnett - Brandon Allen - Quentin Collins -
Alistair White

The String Section:
Daniel Pioro - Paloma Deike - Charlotte
Bonneton - Glensi Roberts - Jenny Ames - Robert
Ames - Magda Pietraszewska - Tristan Horne

TRACKLIST
1. Too Darn Hot
Cole Porter

2. Change My Ways
Anthony Strong - Guy Mathers

3. Luck be a Lady
Frank Loesser

4. Stepping Out With My Baby
Irving Berlin

5. L-O-V-E
Bert Kaempfert - Milt Gabler

6. Falling In Love
Anthony Strong - Adam Sopp/Anthony Strong

7. Someone Knows
Anthony Strong - Guy Mathers

8. My Foolish Heart
Victor Young - Ned Washington

9. My Ship
Kurt Weill

10. Witchcraft Cy
Coleman - Carolyn Leigh

11. When I Fall In Love
Victor Young - Edward Heyman

12. Overjoyed
Stevie Wonder

13. Earlybird
Anthony Strong - Adam Sopp/Anthony Strong

14. Learning To Unlove You
Anthony Strong - Guy Mathers

Recorded at Air Edel and Snap Studios, London,
Nov-Dec 2012
Produced by Tony Platt and Anthony Strong
Mixed by Tony Platt at The Strongrooms, London
Mastered by Ray Staff at Air Lyndhurst, London
All arrangements by Anthony Strong—except track 11, arranged
by Callum Au.

1 CD | naïve
Total timing 48’51

Release in the UK on 8 April 2013

Stepping Out (Anthony Strong)

The new album ON A CLEAR DAY is out now!

"GREAT SINGER. GREAT PIANIST" - Jamie Cullum
"F*****G AMAZING" - Rod Stewart
"REAL GOOD MUSIC" - BB King
"THIS BOY'S GOT A LOT OF TALENT" - Sir Michael Parkinson

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