Corky Hale
Corky Hale ( born July 3, 1936 in Freeport ( Illinois) as Merrilyn Hecht ) is an American jazz musician (harp, piano, vocals), which is also the Easy Listening addressed himself and worked as a theater producer. As a harpist she developed an exceptionally modern approach.
Life and work
Hale began at the age of three years to play the piano and was trained from the age of seven at the Conservatory of Chicago, where she also learned to play the concert harp. During her time on the Stephens College, she decided to go to Hollywood as a musician; she appeared on television in 1950 in the Freddy Martin Show. on. She worked quickly ( four years ) in the TV show of Liberace; subsequently she accompanied Harry James, then to work with Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Elkie Brooks, and ( as a pianist ) with Billie Holiday, Clark Terry, Doc Severinsen and Mel Tormé.
Since 1956, she placed before albums under his own name and was one of the pioneers of jazz harp. As a singer she has also worked for the orchestra by Ray Anthony and Jerry Gray. In the course of their further career, she has also performed with Buddy Collette, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, James Brown, George Michael and Björk and worked as a studio musician on recordings by Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, Kitty White, Judy Collins or Wade Marcus involved. In 2007, she performed as a pianist at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Orchestra.
Hale was also active as a producer of plays like Give ' Em Hell, Harry ( with Jason Alexander) and Lullaby of Broadway ( Al Dubin on ). Since 1970 she is married to Mike Stoller. In 2008 she was a judge at the World Soundtrack Awards, which will be presented at the International Film Festival in Ghent.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Gene Norman Presents Corky Hale (1956, with Buddy Collette, Howard Roberts, Larry Bunker and Red Mitchell )
- Plays George Gershwin & Vernon Duke
- Harp Beat
- Corky (1998, with the orchestras of Don Bagley and Jimmy Haskell )
- I'm Glad There Is You (2009, with Sally Kellerman, Freda Payne, Ariana Savalas, Tricia Tahara, Brenna Whitaker )