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Nightingale Productionspresents'Fly Transatlantic'With Joanna Strand and special guests...
Joanna Strand and friends are delighted to announce their album 'Fly Transatlantic', produced by NMP records.
Joanna recently appeared as Emma Carew in Jekyll and Hyde and as Sharon Graham in the Broadway transfer of Terrence McNally’s Master Class at the Vaudeville Theatre, Strand.
Other recent credits include Madame Giry in Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Sharon Graham in Masterclass with Bath Theatre Royal, Johanna in Wolfman (Universal Pictures), Dolly in Hello Dolly, WLO. She appears regularly as a jazz artist in London and New York.
She has just returned from performances in Boston, and looks forward to her New York presentation of 'Flying Transatlantic' at The Metropolitan Rooms in New York on 28 and 29th October.
The Metropolitan Room
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Joanna Strand & friends
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Following a sell out run of their show 'Transatlantic' at The Jermyn Street Theatre and The Forge this spring, Joanna Strand and friends launched their album 'Fly Transatlantic' on 11 September at The Forge.
A journey..... Transatlantic’ is a jazz -cabaret show in two acts presenting the music of composers that have crossed the Atlantic Ocean. The optimism and longing of the traveller who finds love, loneliness and reflections of home...
remembered
With songs ranging from the 30s to the present day, from Jerome Kern to Paul Simon (who both found love in England), Sting, Ricky Ian Gordon, Costello and Bacharach are amongst other great musicians who have ventured ‘Transatlantic’.
Joanna Strand- Vocals John Bailey- Piano Tim Morgan- guest vocals Nick Pini- Bass Romano Viazzani- Accordion Asaf Sirkis- Drums Frank Walden- Saxophone/flute Yazz Ahmed- Trumpet/ flugel
Fly Transatlantic
Thursday 11 September at 8pm Dedicated to the memory of the victims of the September 11 attacks.
This evening Joanna Strand and friends will be playing songs from their album alongside new arrangements of French song- giving us a taste of what is to come with next show 'Souvenirs de Paris'.
The Forge 3-7Delancy Street London NW1 7NL Please book online. Tables can be reserved for diners and non diners: 02073875959
And this autumn the band will be
Flying Transatlantic
28,29 October 9pm
The Metropolitan Room 34 West 22nd Street Between 5th and 6th New York NY 10010
'Thanks for the Memory'
Don't miss the final performance of 'Thanks for the Memory' - Miss Strand's tribute to Ralph Rainger:
30 September
at The Leicester Square Theatre 5pm with Jennifer Ansell Silvia Chiantia Joe Clowser Rachel Dashwood Rachael Somers- Matson Emma Williamson
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