A perfect English gentleman performs jazz classics, honing them to sound as fresh as the day they were composed. To discover his secret, you'll have come and hear him sing and play piano.
From a young age, he was fascinated by such artists as Bill Evans, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, and the influence of these musical monsters is evident throughout his work. Anyone who has had the pleasure of listening to Anthony Strong’s extraordinary version of Cheek to Cheek will have an idea of what they will find on his latest album. According to Strong himself, he took old school jazz standards and swing classics and interpreted them in his own way, completely shamelessly, passing them through the filter of early Stevie Wonder and the legendary discography of Tamla Motown, the sound of black American music. There is nothing old or outdated in his reworkings of the classics, only a fresh sound, energy and talent that would almost certainly delight some of the artists that Strong covers. The king of crooners today, Strong’s style is full of life, exciting and elegant. No wonder Delovely, the album that shot him to worldwide fame in 2011, topped the jazz charts that year, nor that his videos (comparable in quality to that of the songs he performs) are amongst the most watched on the Web.
Interpretació musical: Anthony Strong (piano/veu), Dave Ohm (percussió), Spencer Brown (baix), Alam Nathoo (saxo); Producció executiva: Montuno;
