Brass Banding Goes Pop: EM60’s 2020 Advent Calendar: 10. Just The Way You Are

A Billy Joel classic, immortalised in brass band form

• Piece: Just The Way You Are
• Composer: Billy Joel;
• Arranger: Darrol Barry;
• Soloist: Nicóla Shaw (flugelhorn).

The Stranger, Billy Joel’s fifth album, was the singer-songwriter’s breakthrough LP. Its tracks included Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song), She’s Always a Woman and Just The Way You Are, which is behind our Advent Calendar door.