Wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a black suit jacket with a violet pocket silk, Curtis Stigers ambled onto the stage at Ronnie Scott’s holding his tenor saxophone and looking like he owned the place. Which he does, kind of.
The American singer, songwriter and hornsman extraordinaire has played Ronnie’s so many times throughout his 30-year-career he’s on first name terms with the staff; of all the jazz luminaries whose photos grace the venue’s walls, Stiger’s life-sized portrait has pride of place at reception.
