THEY BRAG.
Press & Quotes
"Exceptional, reliable, professional and personable. If I get two out of four from people I'm usually satisfied, but Sam is straight four out of four and if new glowing categories come along he'll absorb those too. Hire Sam and watch your music production problems melt away."
— Tom MacDougall - President, Walt Disney Music
"Michael Feinstein's renditions of Frank Sinatra's music were both sentimental and educational. When you partner that with great orchestral arrangements, Sam Kriger's leadership and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, you get a night to remember. Kudos to all."
— NJSymphony - CONCERT CODA
“Firmly assisted by the polished support of her pianist and musical director,
Sam Kriger and a tightly balanced quartet, Carter found herself comfortably nestled in the ballads of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern. George Gershwin and Cole Porter. With the thrust, pluck and fortitude of Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter conquered the Big Apple with appealing poise, dignity and aplomb.”
— Review of "An Intimate Evening with Lynda Carter" - Theaternewsonline.com
“I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Sam Kriger. He is always professional, prepared, and plays with a sensitivity and finesse that would be a joy to any singer.”
— Bonnie Raitt
“Enough comparisons with sister Barbra Streisand! Roslyn Kind is her very own special creation, a singer's singer whose star shines brightly with its individual sparkling light. The entire concert was accompanied at the piano by wonderfully versatile Sam Kriger, musical director.”
— Cabaret review - Rosalyn Kind - Grigware.blogspot.com
“When Mr. [Feinstein] rose from the piano, it was a red-hot Sam Kriger who took over on the ivories.”
— Review of “Michael Feinstein SINGS Gershwin” - Pasadena POPS - Stageandcinema.com
“The production’s musical director and pianist Sam Kriger takes special care of Rooney with arrangements that are as accommodating as they are inventive. This includes a very memorable take on Rogers and Hart’s ‘Where and When’ and especially Kriger’s sublimely entwined medley of ‘Our Love is Here to Stay’ and ‘It Had to be You’”
— Review of “Let’s Put on a Show” starring Jan & Mickey Rooney - ShowBusinessWeekly.com
“…expert musical support from a combo headed by Sam Kriger.”
— Review of “Let’s Put on a Show” starring Jan & Mickey Rooney -
The Hollywood Reporter
“When they sing the close vocal harmonies so beautifully arranged by Kriger behind [Diane] Vincent’s lead lines, it is as satisfying a big band sound as you could hope for, especially when you add Kriger and his outstanding 6-piece band to the mix.”
— Review of “Nuttin’ But Hutton - A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Betty Hutton” - Musicalsinla.blogspot.com
“Accompanying [Susan Edwards Martin] at the piano for the hour set was Sam Kriger, who got into the act himself with a delicious introduction… She [later] enlisted the aid of Kriger to play while she left the stage. He did a delightful "Strummin' In Pain With My Fingers" to the tune of "Killing Me Softly". The man is so talented we could have listened to at least one or two more songs…”
— Cabaret review - Susan Edwards Martin - Broadwayworld.com
“Barbershop harmonies, sitcom-ready jokes, and a savory dollop of Bollywood spice make The Fabulous Lipitones’ California Premiere a pleasant bit of midsummer fluff likely to please (if not rejuvenate) the Colony Theatre’s longtime subscriber base. Sam Kriger merits high marks as musical director.”
— Review of “The Fabulous Lipitones” - StagesceneLA.com