Internationally acclaimed singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe will star at Southport Jazz Festival this Sunday (4th February 2024).
Described by The Times as “A very British Harry Connick Jr”, he will be performing with The Joe Stilgoe Trio at the Grand on Lord Street in Southport town centre from 8pm.
Tickets (£20) are available are available at: southportjazz.co.uk
Joe Stilgoe has released nine albums, five of which have topped the UK Jazz chart.
He is the son of Sir Richard Stilgoe OBE, who was brought up in Liverpool where, as lead singer of a group called ‘Tony Snow and the Blizzards’, he performed at the iconic Cavern Club in Liverpool.
Growing up as the youngest of five children he was surrounded by music, with two parents in the business – songwriter and TV personality Richard Stilgoe and opera-singing Annabel Hunt, Joe Stilgoe is a true modern-day entertainer, known globally as a performer of wit, style and a level of musicianship which has seen him recognised as one of the best singer-pianists in the world.
Always searching for a new way of bringing not only his own songs but those he loves from the past to a new audience, he is an enticing mix of his heroes Danny Kaye, Nat King Cole and Dudley Moore, and influenced by Harry Connick Jr, Peter Skellern, Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, The Beach Boys, Oscar Peterson, Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Berlin and Joni Mitchell.
His latest album, THEATRE, a collaboration with The Metropole Orkest has been met with widespread acclaim, and has been recognised as a landmark in Joe’s recording career. His previous album Stilgoe In The Shed, which topped the UK Jazz Chart, came about after Joe started broadcasting on Youtube from his shed at the start of the pandemic in 2020. The resulting show ‘Stilgoe In The Shed’ picked up over 180,000 viewers around the world, and led to this unique album, praised in the UK press and featured on both BBC and ITV news.
He has created award-winning theatre shows including THEATRE – Live At The Barbican with The BBC Concert Orchestra, A Tribute To Gene Kelly, Songs On Film and Live At The Lyric with his own big band.
He works extensively on radio, having hosted and starred many times in BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night, while also being a regular presence on the station (Joe Stilgoe – Christmas At The Movies, Jingle Bell Joe, One Night Stand at Ronnie Scotts), and being a regular guest and presenter on JazzFM, Radio 3 and 4.
On stage: High Society at The Old Vic, Guys And Dolls at The Albert Hall, Olivier Awards at Royal Opera House.
As composer and lyricist: The Jungle Book (Northampton and UK tour), The Midnight Gang (Chichester Festival Theatre), ZOG, ZOG & The Flying Doctors, The Baddies, A Greener Garden (Chichester)
On TV, he has appeared most notably hosting BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year, and least notably in Bargain Hunt.
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