Curtis Stigers

About

Curtis Stigers (born October 18, 1965 in Hollywood, raised in Boise, Idaho) is an American jazz singer, saxophonist and songwriter who broke through in 1991 with his multi-platinum debut album and the Top Ten hit "I Wonder Why". He contributed to The Bodyguard soundtrack and, from 2001 onward, committed fully to jazz and blues on Concord Jazz and EmArcy. His collaboration with the Danish Radio Big Band on "One More for the Road" (2017) gave him a lasting connection to Denmark.

1.5M

sold copies of debut album (1991)

on Billboard's Traditional Jazz Albums chart with "One More for the Road" (2017)

45M+

sold copies of The Bodyguard soundtrack, which he contributed to

176K+

listeners on Last.fm

What's new

2025-03
Curtis Stigers released his new studio album "Songs From My Kitchen, Volume 1" on his own label Pandemic Poodle Records and toured in the UK, Germany and Denmark.
2025-09
Stigers held a week-long residency at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London as part of his "Songs From My Kitchen Live 2025" tour.
2025
The "Songs From My Kitchen Live" tour continued in autumn 2025 with concerts in Hamburg, Bremen and several other German cities.
2026
Stigers has 25 upcoming concerts planned in the UK, Denmark and Germany among other places in 2026.
2021-03
During the pandemic, Stigers launched his weekly livestream series "Songs From My Kitchen", which ran for 36 episodes and later inspired his latest studio album.