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CURTIS STIGERS
I think it’s going to rain today
Concord Jazz CCD-2275-2
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- My Babe
- That’s All Right
- Crazy
- Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy
- I Can’t Stand Losing You
- Lullaby on the Hudson
- I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
- Columbus Avenue
- Side By Side
- In Between Love
- It amazes Me
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Curtis Stigers, Vocal, tenor Sax
Larry Goldings, Piano, Electric Piano. Hammond
B3, Accordion, Celeste
Matt Wilson, Drums
Ben Allison, Bass (2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10)
Phil Palombi, Bass (1,6,11,12)
Pete McCann, Guitar
John Sneider, Trumpet
Matthew Fries, Piano (12)
Keith Hall, Drums (12)
Curtis Stigers has a great
voice for jazz, a style of his own and he
is a more than useful Tenor player, why should
one guy have so much talent?
The choice of songs is good
to, Curtis takes his material from whoever
and wherever it appears, but he usually ensures
that there are some familiar items, so the
listener is not left with totally unfamiliar
songs.
The supporting musicians
are also excellent, Larry Goldings is a fine
keyboard man, I also enjoyed Pete McCann’s
guitar a lot, but each of them was obviously
chosen with great care.
Curtis also has a great stage
presence and I would recommend readers not
only to buy the CD, but to attend any opportunity
that comes their way to hear one of his live
performances.
The diction is first class,
there is no need for this silly business of
putting the words to the songs in Curtis’s
albums, you can hear each word clearly! He
plays some nice tenor on track’s 1 and 6,
just for good measure. It really is good to
hear a singer who is his own man and not one
who just copies others. There are influences
there of course, but they have been absorbed
into a very satisfactory and unique style.
The album was produced by
Curtis and Larry Goldings, save for the last
track which is produced by Curtis himself.
It is refreshing to think that major labels
like Concord trust their artists to this extent!
Don Mather
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