Anthony Strong

Hailed as "the next jazz superstar from England", a support slot with the legendary BB King and an EP release which reached #1 on the UK jazz charts saw singer-pianist Anthony Strong grab the attention of some of the world's top record labels in early 2012. He eventually signed a worldwide recording deal with iconic French label Naïve, home of multi-million selling singers Adele, Carla Bruni and Katie Melua, and released his debut album 'Stepping Out' in April 2013.

After receiving music scholarships to Whitgift School and The Purcell School of Music in England, Anthony 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 Michael
Bolton, Marti Pellow and Kyle Eastwood. 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!"

In 2011, Anthony was invited to join pop singer Paloma Faith, English entertainer Tony Christie and jazz legend Buddy Greco for the BBC's star-studded New Year's Eve broadcast Live from The Savoy Ballroom in London and made his European debuts in 2012 with festival performances in France, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, Germany and Switzerland as well as 12 sold out shows at the legendary Duc Des Lombards club in Paris.

Since releasing his debut major label album, Anthony has been featured on the front page of France's biggest daily newspaper Le Figaro, performed to millions live on German television and been described by the British press as "a major talent hotly tipped to take his place in the retro-contemporary jazz
pantheon alongside Jamie Cullum and Michael Bublé."