Sinne Eeg - Remembering You

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:24
Size: 108,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:55)  1. Talking To Myself
(6:09)  2. Remembering You
(2:17)  3. Just You, Just Me
(6:18)  4. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
(3:26)  5. Up From The Skies
(5:20)  6. Moonbeam
(3:48)  7. Unpredictable Love
(3:05)  8. You and I
(5:30)  9. In a Sentimental Mood
(2:28) 10. It's Alright With Me
(5:03) 11. My One and Only Love

Sinne Eeg has blown away audiences and critics alike since her debut in 2003, the 2006 follow up as well as the most recent and critical acclaimed 'Kun en Drøm'. With tremendous success in her native Denmark and increasingly abroad, Sinne Eeg has already established herself as one of today's foremost Scandinavian jazz vocal singers. Her elegant vocal mesmerizes her audience and tells a story that you don't want to let go. As a singer she is influenced by Nancy Wilson, Betty Carter and Sarah Vaughan, but with her personal touch of soft darkness, Sinne keeps the Scandinavian melancholy settled in her music. http://www.reddotmusic.net/artists/1/

Personnel: Curtis Stigers (vocals); Jacob Fischer (guitar); Christian Ellegaard, Andreas Birk, Rune Tomsgaard Sorensen (violin); Bastian Schneider (cello); Peter Rosendahl (whistle); Marc Berthoumieux (accordion); Peter Fuglsang (alto saxophone); Randy Brecker (flugelhorn); Jacob Christoffersen (piano); Chris Minh Doky (acoustic bass); Rasmus Kihlberg (drums).

Remembering You

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Curtis Stigers - This life

Styles: Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:08
Size: 135,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:43) 1. (What's so funny 'bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
(5:58) 2. You're all that matters to me
(5:58) 3. I don't wanna talk about it now
(4:59) 4. I wonder why
(3:35) 5. This life
(4:43) 6. Keep me from the cold
(4:24) 7. Summertime
(4:26) 8. Don't go far
(7:11) 9. Tonight will be fine
(7:41) 10. Swingin' down at 10th & main
(4:23) 11. Never saw a miracle

Curtis Stigers is kicking off 2022 by revisiting some of his biggest hits for new album ‘This Life’, released on 25th February. For ‘This Life’ Stigers has revisited his early successes (and a couple of later ones) and put a jazz spin on them including ‘I Wonder Why’ and ‘You’re All That Matters To Me’. The repertoire includes a new version of Nick Lowe’s ‘(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, And Understanding), which Stigers originally recorded in 1992 for the smash hit film soundtrack of ‘The Bodyguard’ starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner.

Also included is a fresh rendition of ‘This Life’, the Emmy-nominated theme song Curtis co-wrote and recorded in 2008 for the popular TV show ‘Sons Of Anarchy’. “I don’t tend to look back much, musically speaking”, Curtis Stigers states in the liner notes to his new album ‘This Life’. “However, this time I set out with a plan to record songs from my previous twelve studio albums that I now play live in concert in a distinctly different way than I recorded them originally. Songs and arrangements grow and evolve from their recorded versions over time, as we play them again and again for audiences.” Pip Ellwood-Hugheshttps://entertainment-focus.com/2021/12/14/curtis-stigers-revisits-his-hits-on-new-album-this-life/

This life

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Curtis Stigers & The Danish Radio Big Band - One More For The Road

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:34
Size: 76.9 MB
Styles: Jazz-pop, Adult Contemporary
Year: Jazz
Art: Front

[3:20] 1. Come Fly With Me
[3:50] 2. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
[3:38] 3. Don’t Worry ‘bout Me
[3:03] 4. You Make Me Feel So Young
[2:44] 5. My Kind Of Town
[2:57] 6. Fly Me To The Moon
[3:19] 7. Summer Wind
[3:12] 8. They Can’t Take That Away From Me
[3:16] 9. The Lady Is A Tramp
[4:12] 10. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

Just in case the title One More for the Road didn't suggest Sinatra, Curtis Stigers underscores his debt to the Chairman of the Board by patterning the artwork for this 2017 collaboration with the Danish Radio Big Band after 1966's Sinatra at The Sands. In fact, One More for the Road is something of a salute to that 1966 record, containing eight songs from that double album and adhering to the snazzy swing of late-period Frank. Stigers even channels that sensibility into "Summer Wind," a gentle breeze of a single, and that's one of the distinguishing factors of One More for the Road. Another distinguishing factor is the cheerful blare of the Dutch Radio Big Band, who are big and brassy without overwhelming the singer. For his part, Stigers doesn't mimic Sinatra, appropriating just a bit of swagger -- and, sometimes, the arrangements -- but plays with his phrasing and alternates between crisp enunciation and elongated notes. This is enough to make One More for the Road something a bit different than a straight-up tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes because it shows how Stigers can hold his presence on-stage while sharing the spotlight with his idol. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

One More For The Road

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Curtis Stigers - All That Matters: The Best Of Curtis Stigers

Size: 159,3 MB
Time: 68:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Pop Rock
Art: Front

01. I Wonder Why (4:25)
02. You're All That Matters To Me (4:36)
03. Time Was (5:08)
04. Every Time You Cry (4:04)
05. Anything You Want (5:08)
06. The Man You're Gonna Fall In Love With (4:23)
07. People Like Us (4:33)
08. Cry (3:40)
09. There Will Always Be A Place (4:21)
10. Keep Me From The Cold (3:56)
11. The Ghost Of You And Me (4:15)
12. The Last Time I Said Goodbye (3:38)
13. Never Saw A Miracle (3:39)
14. I Guess It Wasn't Mine (3:54)
15. Sleeping With The Lights On (4:00)
16. This Time (4:39)

Singer/songwriter Curtis Stigers' interest in music began as a teen in Boise, playing in punk and blues bands as well as receiving classical training in clarinet and saxophone in high school. After graduation, Stigers moved to New York to pursue rock music, but soon found himself more at home in the city's blues and jazz clubs. He attracted label attention as the saxophonist/vocalist of a jazz trio, signing a deal with Arista and releasing two albums for the label: 1991's self-titled, multi-platinum debut and 1995's Time Was. His smooth, ballad-heavy blend of soul and rock translated into commercial appeal, particularly on his cover of Nick Lowe's "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" on the Bodyguard soundtrack.

Released in 1999, Stigers' third album, Brighter Days, featured appearances by Jackson Browne and Benmont Tench, as well as songs co-written by Carole King and Jules Shear. The album's single "To Be Loved" also appeared on the Dawson's Creek soundtrack, ensuring his continued popularity. In addition, Stigers moonlighted as a jazz vocalist, performing and recording with artists like Gene Harris and the Doky Brothers.

In 2001, Stigers issued an album of jazz standards, Baby Plays Around, which was recorded for the Concord Jazz label and featured backing by Randy Brecker and Chris Minh Doky, among others. Five more jazz-oriented albums for Concord followed: Secret Heart (2002), You Inspire Me (2003), I Think It's Going to Rain Today (2005), Real Emotional (2007), and Lost in Dreams (2009). In 2012, Stigers released the country-tinged album Let's Go Out Tonight, featuring covers of songs by such artists as Steve Earle, Hayes Carll, and Richard Thompson, among others. Another collection of sharply chosen covers and originals, Hooray for Love, appeared in the spring of 2014. ~by Heather Phares

All That Matters

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Curtis Stigers - Secret Heart

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:55
Size: 128,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:12)  1. How Could A Man Take Such A Fall
(4:53)  2. It's So Hard Living Without You
(4:45)  3. Days Of Wine And Roses
(3:20)  4. Hometown Blues
(6:57)  5. My Foolish Heart
(4:01)  6. You're Driving Me Crazy
(5:00)  7. Secret Heart
(3:29)  8. Down With Love
(5:53)  9. Swingin' Down At 10th & Main
(4:39) 10. Sweet Kentucky Ham
(3:12) 11. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
(5:28) 12. Body And Soul

Some people mistake being jazzy for actually singing jazz. Van Morrison, Anita Baker, Sade, and Sting are all jazzy, but they aren't hardcore jazz singers (which isn't to say that they are not capable of singing straight-ahead jazz Baker, in fact, has done it on occasion). In the early '90s, Curtis Stigers embraced jazzy pop/rock. But when his first Concord Jazz release, Baby Plays Around, came out in 2001, it was clear that he was capable of being more than just jazzy Baby Plays Around was definitely an album of straight-ahead acoustic jazz. And the singer continues in that direction on Secret Heart, his second Concord release. Naturally, some elitist bop snobs will view this album with suspicion their attitude is "once a pop singer, always a pop singer." But such thinking is silly. Stigers once again proves that he is quite capable of singing straight-ahead jazz and he demonstrates that having a pop/rock background doesn't mean that you have to stick to pop/rock all your life. As a jazz singer, Stigers isn't mind-blowing. 

But he's enjoyably swinging on familiar standards like "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home" and "My Foolish Heart." These songs definitely fall into the warhorse category they've been beaten to death over the years. But to his credit, Stigers doesn't limit himself to warhorses. He pleasantly surprises listeners by picking Dave Frishberg's "Sweet Kentucky Ham" and he successfully finds the jazz potential in Steve Earle's "Hometown Blues" and Randy Newman's "It's So Hard Living Without You." Secret Heart won't go down in history as the best vocal jazz album of 2002, but it's a respectable effort that makes one glad to see Stigers traveling in a jazz-oriented direction. ~ Alex Henderson  http://www.allmusic.com/album/secret-heart-mw0000217885

Personnel: Curtis Stigers (vocals, tenor saxophone); Anthony Wilson (guitar); Gilbert Castellanos (trumpet); Larry Goldings (piano); Jeff Hamilton (drums).

Secret Heart

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Curtis Stigers - Hooray For Love

Size: 91,8 MB
Time: 39:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Vocal Jazz Pop
Art: Front

01. Love Is Here To Stay (4:19)
02. Valentine’s Day (3:41)
03. You Make Me Feel So Young (With Cyrille Aimee) (4:32)
04. Hooray For Love (2:45)
05. The Way You Look Tonight (4:51)
06. Give Your Heart To Me (3:51)
07. That’s All (3:44)
08. A Matter Of Time (2:53)
09. If I Were A Bell (3:13)
10. You Don’t Know What Love Is (5:20)

A one-time adult contemporary star -- his 1991 eponymous debut was produced by Glen Ballard and, not long afterward, he made Nick Lowe a millionaire thanks to his cover of "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding" on The Bodyguard soundtrack -- Curtis Stigers long ago established himself as a skilled jazz singer and his 2014 set, Hooray for Love, is perhaps his most traditional record yet. Light on originals -- the title track and "Give Your Heart to Me" are the only tunes that bear his credits -- and also skimpy on the kinds of unexpected covers that distinguished his new millennial records (only Steve Earle's "Valentine's Day" fits that bill), Hooray for Love is anchored on the songs that everybody knows and loves: "You Make Me Feel So Young," performed here as a duet with Cyrille Aimee, "The Way You Look Tonight," "A Matter of Time," and "If I Were a Bell." As recognizable as these songs are, Stigers doesn't seem stifled by their reputation. The intimate setting -- featuring no more than pianist Matthew Fries, guitarist Matt Munisteri, bassist Cliff Schmitt, drummer Keith Hall, and trumpeter John "Scrapper" Sneider, who also produces -- allows Stigers to be limber and he's also happy to fade into the background and let his band just play. This looseness is what keeps Hooray for Love so engaging: Stigers isn't simply enjoying singing, he's enjoying playing with his band. ~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Hooray For Love

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