Singer/songwriter/saxophonist/guitarist, Curtis Stigers is a musician who’s impossible to categorize. He loves pop and jazz and has lived in both worlds, grabbing what appeals to him most from each style and creating music that continues to evolve. He recorded a track for one of the biggest-selling pop albums of all time and enjoyed success as a popular singer/songwriter, with his own concerts and as an opening act for Elton John, Prince, Eric Clapton, James Brown and other iconic artists. There was much to enjoy in that part of the music world, but Curtis eventually realized he is more suited to a jazz career, where the freedom to evolve and create without restraints is much more embraced.

We discuss Curtis’ latest CD, This Life, which showcases new arrangements of songs from his previous thirteen albums, which he’s played live in concert for years. Curtis celebrates his many influences and where these tunes have gone as they, and he, have gotten older.