Halie Loren
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| Background information | |
| Born |
October 23, 1984 Sitka, Alaska, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Jazz Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, recording artist |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment, Justin Time |
| Associated acts | halie and the moon |
| Website | www |
Halie Loren is an American jazz singer and songwriter from Sitka, Alaska. She has recorded nine jazz albums, three of which reached number one on the Billboard Japan Top 20 Jazz Albums chart. Her debut album, They Oughta Write a Song, won best vocal jazz album at the 2009 Just Plain Folks awards, and in 2010 became Japan's second highest-selling jazz album.[2] Loren tours with her trio and performs with orchestras and big bands in Canada, Japan, China, Italy, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Haiti.
Halie Loren's recordings are distributed by JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment, Justin Time Records, and Burnside Distribution Corporation.
In 2008, They Oughta Write a Song debuted at number three in Billboard Japan jazz album sales and appeared on the chart for 33 weeks.[8] Critical reception was positive.[9] [10] "With her bell-clear voice, careful but natural diction and a subtle sexiness in her delivery, she offers a new — and perhaps less drug-hazed — take on Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale," reviewer Serena Markstrom wrote in The Register-Guard.[11]
A YouTube video for the album single Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps was viewed 5.6 million times as of October 2017.
Many Times, Many Ways: A Holiday Collection was released in 2008. The duo album featured two original compositions by pianist/co-producer Matt Treder.
Stages, Loren's first live CD, was recorded at two concerts on the Oregon Coast and released in March 2010. CD Baby selected it as an Editor's Pick in October 2010, writing that "Her respect for the past is undeniable, while her finger on the pulse of modern music gives her songs a wide appeal that reaches far beyond jazz clubs."[12] Wildy's World named it the best live album of the year.[13]
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