Curtis Stigers featuring Larry Goldings and John "Scrapper" Sneider

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 & 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐦-𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 comes to the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌. 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 – 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑠 30-𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟!!

𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐸𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑜𝑛, Elton John 𝑎𝑛𝑑 Bonnie Raitt; 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑢𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ Al Green, 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛, 𝑇𝑜𝑚 𝐽𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑎 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑑ℎ𝑎𝑚, 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 Whitney Houston 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑑𝑦𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑”; ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ Prince, 𝑅𝑜𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑡, Allman Brothers Band, 𝐽𝑜𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑦 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑟. 𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦, 𝑖𝑛 2022, 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑉𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒!

"𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌 '𝒏' 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒗𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒙𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔"
— 𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝒀𝑶𝑹𝑲 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺

"𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑾𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒃𝒔."
— 𝑾𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑱𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑵𝑨𝑳

"𝑨 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆.”
— 𝑺𝑨𝑵 𝑭𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑶 𝑪𝑯𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑰𝑪𝑳𝑬

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛, 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 . . . 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈"
— 𝑳𝑶𝑵𝑫𝑶𝑵 𝑺𝑼𝑵𝑫𝑨𝒀 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺

"𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏'𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒕.”
— 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑬𝑨𝑷𝑶𝑳𝑰𝑺 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹 𝑻𝑹𝑰𝑩𝑼𝑵𝑬

" 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 . . . 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎.”
— 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑼𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑵

"𝑰𝒇 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒐𝒂𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒊𝒍𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝑹𝒂𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒔. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒍𝒅, 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒎 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆.”
— 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺

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𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 & 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐦-𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳, 𝐩𝐨𝐩, 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦. It is impossible to categorize him and him in a box. Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, Stigers spent his school years playing drums in rock bands and studying clarinet and saxophone at school – two instruments that awakened his jazz sensibilities at an early age. During his teenage years, he sat in regularly with legendary jazz pianist Gene Harris, who held weekly jam sessions at a local club in Boise. In 1987, 21-year-old Curtis Stigers relocated from Boise to New York City in search of new challenges and a shot at the big-time, whatever that meant. “I just knew I needed to get out of town to continue to learn and grow as a musician,” he says.

𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐘𝐂 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫. After a few years on the scene, Stigers was spotted by several A&R execs while playing a Sunday night jazz gig at an Upper West Side restaurant, where he and his trio experimented with playing jazz versions of songs by modern songwriters like Elvis Costello, Tom Waits and Donald Fagen, in addition to jazz standards and Curtis’ own pop-soul originals. He eventually signed a deal with Clive Davis and Arista Records and set out to write the rest of the songs for his first album with several collaborators, including Glen Ballard and Barry Mann.

𝐈𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟏, 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝟏.𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐨𝐩/𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥-𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐞," "𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐰 𝐀 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩-𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐭, "𝐈 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐲." After the success of his first album, however, Stigers was eager to continue to evolve and tried hard to write and record a more rootsy, edgy, organic-sounding follow-up, but he ran into strong resistance from Arista president, Davis, who preferred to see Stigers following Arista’s patented middle-of-the-road pop model, with slick production and songs written by hired-guns. A creative stalemate resulted, and when his second album was finally released four years after his debut, Stigers found the pop radio world had moved on without him. Soon after, he managed to convince Davis to release him from his Arista contract and he moved to Columbia Records where he released his third album, the singer/songwriter-flavored Brighter Days, which allowed Stigers to finally make the rootsy album (with Jim Keltner, Benmont Tench, Chuck Leavell, Jackson Browne, Ed Cherney and more) he’d been fighting to make for years. Unfortunately, there were less-than-stellar sales of this album.

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞. Should he continue to try to chase radio hits in a world that didn’t seem to appreciate his appetite for artistic growth or should he try another road entirely? After a heart-to-heart talk with his friend and musical hero, legendary jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker, Curtis decided to take the leap and begin a new chapter: He signed a record deal with Concord Jazz.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳…𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠. Over 18 years, Stigers recorded nine genre-busting critically acclaimed jazz albums, covering songs by Randy Newman, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Steve Earle, Nick Lowe, Ron Sexsmith, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, John Lennon, Ray Davies, John Sebastian, Willie Dixon, Annie Lennox, Dan Zanes, Hayes Carll, Stephin Merritt and Mose Allison, as well as standards by the likes of the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Rodgers and Hart, plus his own new original songs. During this period Stigers cultivated a successful and enduring touring career, playing concerts around the world, performing these songs and new, “reconstructed” versions of songs from his early pop albums. In addition, Stiger’s has played for presidents and princes, toured with symphonies and orchestras, sang Sinatra songs with a big band from Denmark, written songs with Carole King, and even appeared in two Seth MacFarlane movies about a foul mouthed cuddly bear called Ted.

𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨-𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 ("𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞") 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐕 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 "𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐲." He also sang the song “John the Revelator” for the show. It is his rich singing voice, however - singular, balletic, and at turns both mournful and playful - which has brought him international acclaim.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬/𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬:
Curtis Stigers - Keep Me From The Cold

Curtis Stigers - I Wonder Why

Curtis Stigers – Gentleman

Things Have Changed (Live Performance of a Bob Dylan Song)


𝐓𝐕 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬:
John the Revelator (Sons of Anarchy Song)

This Life (Theme from "Sons of Anarchy") (Emmy Nomination)


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