JSngry Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Not bashful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2009/05...on-with_19.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Wow! Very talented and vivacious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 That link in the comments takes you to her current webpage: http://www.citycabaret.com/corkyhale/#Welcome The "background" and "career" links have some interesting stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Didn't realise she'd recorded and toured with Bjork ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasimado Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Ah, life, LIFE - one beautiful, talented lady! Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Wow, indeed. Do you get the feeling that Carson wanted a piece of her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieB Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 i'm trying to find out where and when she might be playing these days. actually sat next to her at the Jazz Bakery a couple of years ago. i think it was Bill Henderson's gig. she was delightful - very warm and friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Wow, indeed. Do you get the feeling that Carson wanted a piece of her? And do you get the feeling that Bennett was kinda yielding his seat with some bit of reluctance? Now, if Mr. Bennett's son is reading this, let me stipulate that I might be wrong about this & make no judgments even if I'm not. Just want that on the record, ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Larry Kart Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Picked a copy of Hale's "Plays Gershwin & Duke" yesterday at a garage sale. It's a 2001 CD reissue on her own label Lass-Hale Productions of her 1957 GNP album "Modern Harp." Nice band (Buddy Collette, Howard Roberts, Larry Bunker on vibes, Red Mitchell or Bob Enevoldsen on bass, Chico Hamilton or Don Heath on drums). Roberts is in especially fine form, and Collette takes a gorgeous half-chorus solo on tenor on "I Can't Get Started." Hale herself (then only 19) has a striking harmonic imagination, and her piano playing on several tracks is quite nutty at times in the best sense, kind of Tristano-esque. Hale grew up in Freeport Il., and studied at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, so perhaps there was some contact there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 She accompanies Lady Day (on piano) on the Stars of Jazz tv clip that was released a few years ago. And she's married to Mike Stoller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 I prefer Al Martino, and Dick Cavett. Corky is the Lucille Ball of the harp. What's 'Corky' short for? Cornelia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Corky is the Lucille Ball of the harp. What does that mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Corky is the Lucille Ball of the harp. What does that mean? She's playing dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Corky is the Lucille Ball of the harp. What does that mean? She's playing dumb. As a "character," so to speak, or as a harpist? If it's the latter, why was she the first-call harpist in the L.A. studios for so many years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Corky is the Lucille Ball of the harp. What does that mean? She's playing dumb. As a "character," so to speak, or as a harpist? If it's the latter, why was she the first-call harpist in the L.A. studios for so many years? She's obviously a skilled harpist. But c'mon, this spot on Carson is as worked as your average wrestling match. She was obviously shooting for the stars, so to speak, and happy to play up to the 'starmaker' Carson. It's all a bit to cloyingly naive for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Cloyingly naive and playing up to a "starmaker" was not a bad career move 45 or so years ago. Still isn't, really. I'm not really a fan, but I'll allow it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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