Produced by Evan Jolly and Rick Clark, Happy! is a solid and exuberant jazz album. From Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse's opener Feeling Good, Herman Hupfeld's As Time Goes By to Pharrell Williams's Happy, and Arthur Kent's Bring Me Sunshine, featuring Strictly Come Dancing's star Anton Du Beke, Happy! is an album of feel-good classics offering both nostalgia and excitement of being in the now. Lance comments "I am so thankful to be doing something that I have a burning passion for... day in and day out... and that truly makes me Happy!! …Not only being in the world-famous Abbey Road Studios but listening to some of the best musicians in the world is something that is hard to beat!"
Over the years, Lance Ellington has worked with some of the top international artists and orchestras, including Tina Turner, Robbie Williams, Sting, George Michael, Susan Boyle, conductor Carl Davis, the Royal Philharmonic, Malaysian and Prague Symphony Orchestras. Since 2005, Lance has been regularly appearing as a vocalist on BBC's live series 'Strictly Come Dancing', electrifying the podium with his renditions of big ballads and swing numbers, including GANGNAM Style in Korean!
Lance is the son of the late, great 50s bandleader and jazz singer Ray Ellington in whose honor he created the show Ellington Sings Ellington. He toured the UK with his 8-piece band, blending the music of his father, with the Duke Ellington sound and some of his own original compositions. He also appeared as his father in the film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, alongside Charlize Theron and Geoffrey Rush.
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