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Corky Hale at Vitello's

Corky Hale at Vitello's

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

In the '50s and '60s, Corky Hale recorded with Clark Terry, Kitty White and Herbie Harper. She's on Chet Baker Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings, most of the Ella Fitzgerald songbook albums, and she accompanied Anita O'Day and June Christy on albums as well as Billie Holiday in Las Vegas and on Bobby Troup's Stars of Jazz TV show. In fact, Corky has accompanied every major singer, including Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, and she ...

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Corky Hale in Hollywood

Corky Hale in Hollywood

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

If you're in Los Angeles tomorrow evening (Wednesday), you're in luck. Corky Hale will be playing piano at the Catalina Jazz Club at 6725 Sunset Blvd. She'll be accompanying singer Eloise Laws, sister of flutist Hubert Laws. Corky is best known as one of the most recorded jazz and pop harpists in Hollywood, starting in the 1950s. She's on Ella Fitzgerald's songbook sessions, Frank Sinatra's Capitol dates and behind Chet Baker, Paul Desmond, Gary McFarland, Buddy Collette and you name it. ...

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Corky Hale + Marian McPartland

Corky Hale + Marian McPartland

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Corky Hale called yesterday to chat. Most jazz fans know Corky as Los Angeles' first-call harpest in the '50s and '60s. If a harp was needed on pop and jazz recordings, Corky was likely on the session. Her harp appears on many of Ella Fitzgerald's songbook albums as well as recordings by Anita O'Day, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and so many others. Corky also plays a range of woodwind instruments and sang with Harry James, Ray Anthony and a bunch ...

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Corky Hale: The Swinging Harp

Corky Hale: The Swinging Harp

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Around the time that Corky Hale became a first-call studio harpist in Holloywood in the mid-1950s, she recorded two superb small-group jazz albums: Herbie Harper and Corky Hale Plays George Gershwin and Vernon Duke. On both 1955 albums, Corky was featured playing the harp almost like a guitar—displaying a swinging technique, gorgeous chord phrasing and smart line improvisation. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Back in January, when I posted about jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby, I included a capsule section ...

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Corky Hale to Make Kennedy Center Debut in 16th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Festival

Corky Hale to Make Kennedy Center Debut in 16th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Festival

Source: Chris M. Slawecki

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 16th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Festival will present “Corky Hale And Friends," featuring Corky Hale, the critically acclaimed and renowned jazz harpist, pianist and vocalist on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Terrace Theater of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; 2700 F Street, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20566.

Corky Hale will be accompanied by Boots Maleson on bass and Brian Brake on ...

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Corky Hale and Friends (Featuring Sally Kellerman, Freda Payne and Others)

Corky Hale and Friends (Featuring Sally Kellerman, Freda Payne and Others)

Source: CineMedia Promotions

Corky Hale, The World Renowned and Critically Acclaimed Jazz Pianist, Harpist and Singer Releases New CD of Timeless Romantic Ballads Featuring Singers Corky Hale, Sally Kellerman, Freda Payne, Ariana Savalas, Tricia Tahara and Brenna Whitaker Los Angeles, CA - Corky Hale, the world renowned and critically acclaimed Jazz pianist, harpist and singer, and producer of Corky Hale Productions in association with producer Jeff Lass of Palisades Records, announces the release of a new CD of timeless romantic ballads entitled, Corky ...

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Vibrato Grill Jazz...Etc. Present Corky Hale and Her Jazz Trio

Vibrato Grill Jazz...Etc. Present Corky Hale and Her Jazz Trio

Source: All About Jazz

Vibrato Grill JazzEtc. Presents

CORKY HALE, Jazz Pianist, Harpist and Vocalist and Her Jazz Trio Featuring Jazz Guitarist, JOHN CHIODINI

Vibrato Grill JazzEtc. 2930 N. Beverly Glen Circle; Bel Air, CA 90077-1724 Sunday, March 1, 2009 from 6:30 9:30 p.m.

“More than a triple threat!" --The Los Angeles Times

“A musical tornado. A performance of cyclonic proportions!" --San Francisco Examiner

“Jazz harpist/pianist Corky Hale is a considerable talent! Hale proves the harp can swing...Hales harp is ...

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Corky Hale, Renowned Jazz Pianist, Harpist and Vocalist to be a Judge for the 8th Annual World Soundtrack Awards

Corky Hale, Renowned Jazz Pianist, Harpist and Vocalist to be a Judge for the 8th Annual World Soundtrack Awards

Source: All About Jazz

Hollywood, CA Corky Hale, renowned Jazz pianist, harpist and vocalist, will be a judge for the 8th Annual World Soundtrack Awards, sponsored by the World Soundtrack Academy as the closing event of the 35th Annual Ghent Film Festival, to be held in Ghent, Belgium from October 7 18, 2008. Legendary composer Mike Stoller will accompany his wife, Corky Hale, to attend the Film Festival. A few years earlier, Mike Stoller, and his songwriting partner Jerry Leiber, of Leiber & Stoller, ...

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