The Rochester City Paper said this about Curtis at The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival: "It was day No. 5 and did we ever kick it into overdrive. Curtis Stigers started off my evening at Kilbourn Hall. Opening with Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup's 'That's Alright' with a brief stop at 'Heartbreak Hotel,' Stigers was all kinds of suave. His voice was sharp and seasoned --- downright luxurious --- and his phrasing was impeccable without being the least bit indulgent. When he wasn't crooning tunes 'genetically engineered to make you cry,' he bopped heavy and cool on the sax. Serious class ... Read more »
Hello Friends! Greetings from Birmingham, England! I'm over here getting ready for a Friday night (March 5) performance with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. We'll be performing the "John Lennon Songbook" - a performance conducted by John Wilson and featuring Claire Martin, Mark McGann, and little old me. I'll tell you what. There really is nothing quite like singing with an orchestra! And - to make it even better I'll be singing with an orchestra AGAIN next week. Thurs March 10th I'll be in the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland singing with the RTE Concert Orchestra - this time ... Read more »
For all you Idahoans (and those of you with access to a private jet), this is a reminder AND a last minute recommendation! First the reminder: Tickets are on sale now for my last concert of the year with my band, and it's happening in my hometown. Matthew, Keith, Cliff, Scrapper and I will be performingMonday, November 15th at 8pm at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Boise Idaho. You can buy tickets online on my website, curtisstigers.com, or at The Record Exchange and The Boise Co-Op. My Boise shows ... Read more »
Greetings from Liverpool! I'm here in Liverpool this weekend to sing John Lennon songs with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Ochestra on a great day of remembrance and celebration: John Lennon's 70th birthday. I can't begin to express the thrill that I feel being here for such a momentous occasion. The shows have been sold out for ages, so I won't bore you with trying to sell you tickets, but if you have a moment this Saturday, October 9th, and feel so inclined, raise a glass and toast the memory and legacy of one of the great ... Read more »
ON HOLIDAY - SORT OF... Hello friends, Well, I'm back home after a wonderful sold-out summer tour of the UK and Germany, and I'm going to take a couple weeks off to hang out with my family, get some sun and ride my mountain bike. Thanks to all of you who made it out to the shows this summer. It's always such a thrill and a privilege to play music for you. (Check out the great Ronnie Scott's London review in PRESS) So I'm on holiday, but I will be playing a little music while I'm off-duty! Here's a special alert for my ... Read more »
Anthony Doerr is one of the world's finest and most highly acclaimed writers, and he lives among us, right here in Boise, Idaho. He's also one of my ski buddies! Tony's new collection of short stories, Memory Wall, has just been published, and it's fantastic. There's nothing quite so magical as hearing a great writer read his work aloud. This will be an evening to remember, despite his questionable decision to invite me to appear with him! I'll be there with my guitar to sing a couple songs and have a chat with Tony about the creative process... See you ... Read more »
The summer is over and the craziness soon begins. My new album comes out worldwide at the end of September, just as a four week tour of the UK begins. Following the UK tour, my band and I head for Germany and finish up in late November in Paris. Here we go… But before that starts, let me update you on the end of the summer season: On August 22nd, I returned from Dublin, Ireland, where I took part in a lovely concert at the National Concert Hall with actor/singer Mark McGann, British jazz singer Claire Martin, Conductor-extraordinaire ... Read more »
I’m on a tour bus hurtling down the German Autobahn, headed from Wiesbaden to Fredrichshafen to play another show with my band. We’re on a short tour of outdoor festivals here and then we fly to Heathrow to do one show at the Snapes Maltings concert hall in Aldeburgh, a small village on the east coast of England. The Aldeburgh festival is primarily a classical music festival, but they’re slumming it with a Curtis Stigers concert this weekend. It’s a lovely place, a lovely hall. We played a classical festival last night in Wiesbaden, too: ... Read more »
Sitting in my hotel room in wonderful wonderful Copenhagen recuperating after three great nights at the Copenhagen Jazz House with my band. Over the three nights we played/previewed all the songs from my upcoming new release, which will be titled (you heard it here first!) "Lost In Dreams," and it felt great to go out on a limb and play a bunch of new material. The audiences responded very enthusiastically to it all, which is a relief and very exciting. We're here in Copenhagen for the jazz festival, which I can highly recommend if you ever get the chance to ... Read more »
I'm ironing. It's Saturday morning, I'm home in Boise, Idaho and I'm ironing a few shirts to wear for a photo session I'm doing this afternoon with my friend Andy Lawless (he snapped the photo below), in hopes that we'll come up with a good image or two for my new album cover and package. We're shooting today at Pengilly's Saloon, a great old watering hole and music venue downtown on Main Street that I just happened to co-own for a year and a half, not long ago. My main contribution during my short tenure as bar ... Read more »