QUOTES

• "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
• "A fresh new face in the contemporary jazz firmament... Curtis Stigers is headed for stardom"
  -New York Observer
• "... Stigers croons, growls and scats in a fashion that manages to be both as authoritative as a veteran and as fresh as an ingenue. The pervading impression is that of a bebop Ray Charles."
  -MOJO
• "... Stigers might emerge as his generation's answer to Tony Bennett."
  -Minneapolis Star Tribune
• "He can swing as Hard and sensitively as anyone... Stigers is not playing at jazz; he is the real thing."
  -London Times
• "Singer-saxophonist Curtis Stigers can be praised for a lot of things: his powerful sense of swing, his way with a lyric, the inherent musicality of his interpretations."
  -Los Angeles Times
• "He may be the most convincing ballad singer in jazz, and though his name hasn't surfaced yet on such polls, it should..."
  -New City Weekly, Chicago
• "Stigers is a musician of taste and intelligence whose instrumental skills have informed his singing... a laconically conversational manner, like a blend of Nat King Cole and Mose Allison without the irony, and his bar-fly voice sounds charismatically a lot older than he is."
  -The Guardian, London
• "Curtis Stigers blends old standards and "new" standards... with the kind of rusty twang associated with Hoagy Carmichael, Stigers hits the songbook trail with an amiable approach and puts his aud into a pleasurable, finger-snapping groove."
  -Variety
• "The record should go a long way toward legitimizing Stigers as a genuine jazz vocalist… Stigers delivers the goods in convincing fashion on Secret Heart, emoting with passionate intensity and musical maturity on ballads while swinging his butt off..."
  -Jazziz
• "Stigers’ bravura Secret Heart (Concord) is proof positive that this guy is ready to join the ranks of Kurt Elling and Mark Murphy... he sounds like a potent blend of Sting and Jimmy Scott. The results are stunning."
  -JazzTimes
• "... a mainstream jazz artist who has worked hard to expand his repertoire without departing from the solid groove of straight-ahead swing... his background as a sax player is reflected in driving and imaginative scat singing.."
  -Los Angeles Times
• "He has a talent for phrasing in an airy, relaxed way that swings."
  -London Evening Standard
• "Hip singer – fine voice, no nonsense... a jazz singer in the best sense."
  -San Francisco Chronicle
• "... a vocalist equipped with rich tones and some fine instincts."
  -Jazztimes
• "His credibility in the jazz world can’t be questioned."
  -The Idaho Statesman
• "Stigers has a natural feel for quality songs, a relaxed, conversational manner of singing, and an appealing, slightly gravelly voice that brings both Tony Bennett and Jon Hendricks to mind..."
  -Yorkshire Post (UK)