Hale has worked with many great musicians, including:
Akira Tana,
Andy Weiss,
Anton Schwartz,
Arturo Sandoval,
Bob Phillips,
Charlie McCarthy,
Danny Hull,
David Mathews,
Dee Spencer,
Eddie Mendenhall,
Jim Zimmerman,
John Worley,
John Wiitalla,
Julian Pollock,
Larry Dunlap,
Martan Mann,
Nate Pruitt,
Rick Vandivier,
Ron E. Beck,
Seward McCain,
Taylor Eigsti,
Tim Solook,
Tom Poole,
Tony Saunders
Influences
Joe Williams, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Teagarden, Cleo Laine, Dinah Washington, Harry Connick Jr., Nate Pruitt, Arturo Sandoval, Natalie Cole, Patty Austin, Sippie Wallace, Nancy Wilson, really there are too many to count.
Those just learning about Hale are still in plenty of time to get in on experiencing the rapid-fire growth of this impressively talented and swingin’ young chanteuse. After all, with two CDs as a leader to her credit, plus a basketful of performance awards and even a pair of European tours, Hale Baskin is just getting started!
Hale certainly wrapped up 2008 in fine style. Most prominently, perhaps, there's the recording and release of "Classic," featuring outstanding Bay Area jazz stars like pianists Larry Dunlap and Dee Spencer, trombonist Wayne Wallace and trumpeter John Worley, Jr. Hale's mature musical presence is on full display on this CD. Listen to her dynamic, heartfelt reading of "God Bless the Child," her joyfully swinging take on "Sitting in Limbo," a song Hale learned as a child, and the sassy romp through "Summertime" that ends with a joyous vocal duet with soulful singer Nate Pruitt.
But Hale was getting national recognition even before releasing "Classic." Early in her career, she won the DownBeat Magazine Award for Best Student Vocalist on two separate occasions. That's a strong call out from a pretty authoritative source, to put it mildly!
Hale's first CD, The Forecast Calls for Hale, was recorded in 2005 to happy reviews. The eminent producer and writer Dr. Herb Wong said of Forecast, "Hale Baskin has all the tools. She sings with admirable taste and control, rhythmic and harmonic sense, and clear insight into the jazz tradition. So dig!"
Soon after her first recording, Hale was invited to appear onstage with Arturo Sandoval at the famed jazz club, Yoshi's. That performance inspired Jim Harrington of the Oakland Tribune to write, "[I]t looks like we have a rising star in our midst. Remember Baskin's name. You'll be hearing it again soon."
And now, thanks to Classic, we are hearing Hale Baskin's name, and her music, again. Get ready for more. You're going to like it.
Hi Hale, That's it, I'm back in Paris. It was great playing and hanging with you. We'll get to do more of it when I come back in July...it was way too short of a stay. Hope all is well and please say hi to Fil and Penny.
hey! thanks for the add. nate pruitt is my vocal coach, and he let me listen to some of the tracks off your cd, and i thought you were really good! you have an amazing voice
Love the new photos. Hope to get together again soon, but your off to school right? It was great playing with you. Just played with Robin Nolan's rhythm section in S.F. I'll have to get us a gig. Keep in touch.
Hi Hale, Nice new pic...I'm sorry I won't be able to join you and Fil Lorenz and the Collective West JO later this year. I'll be playing in the Seattle/Vancouver BC area with my quartet. Good luck to you and I hope we get a chance to work together in the near future. John Worley PS say hi to your Pop for me.
heyyyy =] its awesome hearing from you finallllY! LOL ya i dont have face bookk well kind of made one rite now since i guess thts the thing to do for college;; im jus so busy with work all the time i dont have timE! but tht will change once skewl starts. I work as Pharmacy tech in my small town pharmacy. um im from Hilmar... [near modesto] so glad to move out to a larger townn. my towns only 3000 people so everyone knows everyone. literally. lol.
ahhh. im so excited to see who u r finally. should be funnn =] um lets see what else to say... i love sports played them through high skewl; i love musicc.. rap hip-hop r&b nd of corse. TRANCE/TECHNO. nd sum country. &&& i like parties alot tooOO! yay. we'll get along just fine thennn... well im gna go on my usual run bu ill be back later. soo jus leave one nd ill get back at ya.. byyyyeeee
