Curtis Stigers: Creating new jazz standards from contemporary

Curtis Stigers is a singer, songwriter, saxophonist who loves the great Tin Pan Alley songs of George Gershwin and Cole Porter, but finds a greater creative challenge in doing jazz versions of songs by more contemporary songwriters. 

In this studio session with jazz host, Abe Beeson, Curtis puts a jazz twist to songs by David Poe and Richard Thompson.  He ends the session with one of his own compositions, a tribute to his late mentor, jazz pianist Gene Harris.