Curtis Stigers

Curtis Stigers comes to Southport Jazz Festival 2027 — live, up close and personal, in the beautiful and intimate setting of The Grand. 

An unforgettable evening with one of music’s most distinctive voices.

“An artist of genuine class and lconic charm” (The Guardian), multi-platinum selling singer, saxophonist, producer and songwriter Curtis Stigers makes his Southport Jazz Festival debut, performing tracks from across his nine critically-acclaimed, award-winning jazz albums.

Curtis Stigers has had top ten hits as a long-haired, blue-eyed soul singer and has written and sung an Emmy-nominated TV theme song; he’s recorded a track for one of the biggest-selling pop albums of all time, and he’s released nine critically-acclaimed, award-winning jazz albums. He’s played for presidents and princes, and appeared in two Seth MacFarlane movies about a foul-mouthed cuddly bear called Ted. He has recorded thirteen studio albums and a live album singing Sinatra songs with a big band from Denmark. He has toured with symphony orchestras, written songs with Carole King and duetted with Al Green, Shawn Colvin and Tom Jones.

Since 2001, Curtis Stigers has been seriously pursuing a career as a first-class jazz singer. With multiple awards under his belt - his album You Inspire Me was The Times ‘Jazz Album of the Year’, he was named ‘Jazz Artist of the Year’ by BBC Radio 2, and he won the German Jazz Echo for ‘Best International Male Jazz Singer’. He has performed at most major jazz festivals and iconic jazz clubs around the world and is a regular at concert halls on both sides of the Atlantic.

"I cannot think of another vocalist who creates such an exuberant combination of bebop artistry and raw emotion."
— Sunday Times