Jazz
Free
Richard Cortez
About This Event
At Arthur's Tavern, New York–based vocalist Richard Cortez performs work at the intersection of vocal jazz and freer forms. He treats standards as raw material, loosening phrasing and harmony while retaining the songs' cores; his disciplined sense of time and ear for ensemble dialogue use improvisation to extend the narrative rather than ornament it.
About the Artist
Richard Cortez
vocal jazz
Richard Cortez is a New York City–based jazz vocalist working at the intersection of vocal jazz and freer forms. At Arthur’s Tavern, he tends to treat standards as raw material, loosening phrasing and harmony without abandoning the song’s core.