Bio

  • Chris Cortez

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    Format: 05/18/2012

    Biography

    Jazz guitarist/vocalist Chris Cortez released his fourth solo CD in August/September 2003. He was a consulting member of the faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS where he taught intermediate and advanced jazz guitar studies. Although he is well known for playing jazz, it's Chris' versatility and love of all music that keeps him in demand. Chris performs solo, and often takes a supporting role with provocative area groups like the Caribbean jazz group Kaiso., He also regularly leads his own quartet, Chris Cortez and Friends.

Audio

  • Arlington Park
  • Awakenings
  • Bad Attitude
  • Bayou Liberty
  • Chrono Syncrastic Infundibulum
  • Distinquitive
  • Esplanade
  • Eventide
  • Greenwood Cliff
  • The Iguana
  • The Iguana
  • Jammin With Jay
  • Let The Cat Out
  • Martes Gordo
  • Mr. Noom
  • Mum is the Word
  • My Way Is Better
  • New Blood
  • Palmettos
  • Piece Of Cake
  • The Red Door
  • Rhythm Method Blues
  • The Rose Of Shalamar
  • Sirens Of Titans
  • strokes
  • Different Strokes
  • Talamasca
  • Ten Tan Tens
  • Territorial Imperative
  • Trouble With Larry

Song List

Standards
Fly Me To The Moon
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Ain’t Misbehavin
Take The A Train
Satin Doll
Caravan
Stormy Weather
Lullaby of Birdland
Stella By Starlight
Wave
The Girl From Ipanema
This Masquerde
L.O.V.E.
Cheek To Cheek
Georgia On My Mind
Jordu
Agua De Beber
All Blue
A Night In Tunisia
Autumn Leaves
Benny’s From Heaven
Pennies From Heaven
Body and Soul
Comin’ Home Baby
Everyday I Have The Blues
Green Dolphin Street
Linus and Lucy
Manha De Carnivale
Mercy Mercy Mercy
Moonlight In Vermont
My Romance
New York Stat Of Mind
Red Red Robin
Come Fly With Me
Round Midnight
Someone To Watch Over Me
In A Sentimental Mood
Song For My Father
o What
Spooky
Take Five
Tenderly
There Is No Greater Love
Tico Tico
Up Jumped Spring
When Sunny Gets Blue
All Of Me
All Right Okay You Win
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Danny Boy
Lazy River
Corcovado
Summertime

 

Soft Rock
Fire and Rain
Daniel
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Across The Universe
Here Comes The Sun
Blackbird
All Good People
Fool On The Hill
Samba Pa Ti
That’s The Way Of The World
What’s Going On?
World Turning
The Boxer
Cowgirl In The Sand
Everybody’s Talkin’
Helplessly Hoping
Landslide
Scarborough Fair
Something

 

Dance Music
Mustang Sally
Brick House
Go Home
You Can Call Me Al
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Shining Star
Trouble Man
Baby I Love You
Chain of Fools
Domino
Brown Eyed Girl
Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing
Fire
For The Love Of You
Get Here
Give Up The Funk
I Wish
I Shot The Sheriff
Superstition
Love The One You’re With
Oye Como Va
Respect
Tell Me Something Good
Three Little Birds
Waiting In Vain
No Woman No Cry
Only You
Human Nature
Just The Two Of Us
Jammin’
What Is Hip?
Johnny B. Goode
Start Me Up
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Never Can Tell
The Chicken

 

Photos

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