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Podcast: Jazz88
Episode: Singer Richard Cortez Releases Debut Album "Mood Swings"
Description: Jazz88's Peter Solomon speaks with Richard Cortez. The New-York based singer is releasing his debut album "Mood Swings" this week. Cortez discusses how his long history of gay activism plays into his musical career. Remarkably, he only started singing jazz publicly four years ago. He made a name for himself by organizing jazz performances at some of the gay bars in New York where he worked as a go go dancer.