ANTHONY STRONG – British jazz star

Production center Jazz in Kiev and Caribbean Club Concert-Hall presents new project – a series of exclusive jazz concerts. Open the project performance of the new British jazz star Anthony Strong ( Anthony Strong)

Anthony Strong is an English jazz singer, pianist, and songwriter. Strong has been educated at Whitgift School, the Royal Academy of Music, the Purcell School and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Anthony started his music career as a sideman and session musician and soon began to appear on popular TV shows.

In 2009 Anthony Strong released his debut album “Guaranteed!”, which was highly regarded by the critics at BBC Radio 2 and Jazz FM.

In 2011 Strong appeared on BBC Radio 2’s New Year’s Eve special at the Savoy Ballroom. Later that year musician appeared as a pianist for Adrian Brody in Stella Artois’s «Crying Jean» commercial. Shortly after that, he released his second album “Delovely” and became a part of numbers of music festivals all across the Europe.

In 2013 Strong had signed a recording contract with Naïve Records. Shortly after that Strong got hailed as “a major new talent” by UK newspaper Metro and featured on the cover of the daily national newspaper Le Figaro. After several appearances on German, Polish, Turkish and Portuguese national TV shows, Strong released his third album “Stepping Out”

After a performance on breakfast TV show ‘Morgen Magazin‘, “Stepping Out” reached number 1 on the iTunes and Amazon jazz charts in Germany. Shortly after huge success in Germany, “Stepping Out” reached number 1 on the iTunes Jazz chart in the US. As a result, Strong embarked on a worldwide tour of 26 countries on 4 continents.

In 2015 Strong released his new album “On A Clear Day”. The album genres span from old school jazz standards and classics to early Stevie Wonder and Motown.

In Kiev Anthony Strong will perform as a band of three:

Anthony Strong – vocals, piano

Spencer Brown – bass

Dave Ohm – drums

Fan zone is completely open to the public.