Chris Cortez: Aunt Nasty

A businessman as well as an active musician, Chris Cortez has been very busy producing music through his own Blue Bamboo Music record label--so much so that Aunt Nasty is his first recording in five years. A guitarist and excellent vocalist as comfortable in rock and blues as he seems to be when performing a jazz standard, this sixth solo effort provides an eclectic selection of three vocal and nine instrumental tracks, presented in a varied landscape. There are reinterpretations of some standards such as "Caravan," along with classic rock songs including m: George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and m: Jimi Hendrix's "Fire," among the album's many bright moments...