Hale Baskin

Hale Baskin is endowed with a clear, beautiful voice, a sure sense of swing, and a seemingly innate sense of the nuances of Jazz phrasing. She moves effortlessly from channeling the songbirds of the 1940’s Big Bands to classic Ella Fitzgerald-inspired Jazz favorites.
Performing professionally since the age of thirteen, Hale has a bio which could be attached to an entertainment veteran twice her age. By the time she had her nineteenth birthday, Hale was awarded three Down Beat Magazine Student Awards for Jazz performances, recorded two full length CD’s, won a scholarship to Berklee School of Music Summer Program, performed with such notables as Arturo Sandoval, Count Basie Orchestra, Mike Vax Big Band as well as scores of first call jazz musicians at SF Bay Area’s best local venues, toured Europe twice with her high schools Advanced Jazz Orchestra and lead her own jazz ensemble booking hundreds of performances.