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Artist
Christopher Hale Ensemble
12+ albums
jazz
about
Christopher Hale is one of Australia’s most unique and respected improvising musicians, recognized as an “Australian jazz heavyweight and a brilliant, groundbreaking composer” (Rhythms Magazine). Though an accomplished performer of percussion and mandolin, he is most known as one of Australia’s foremost exponents of the bass guitar, with an approach to the six-string acoustic bass that is characterized by a complex harmonic awareness (particularly his unique chordal approach), formidable rhythmic strength and a fluid and agile melodic sensibility. He has performed throughout the world as a leader and sideman at the highest level in almost every contemporary idiom, with Gotye, Lior, Shane Nicholson, Kate Ceberano, New York based electronic outfit Sylent Running, jazz luminaries Paul Grabowsky, Jamie Oehlers, Nir Felder, Julien Wilson, Brad Shepik and vocalist Gian Slater among many others. He received an Australia Council Fellowship for work with his trio, The Christopher Hale Ensemble, and in 2012 was awarded the prestigious Freedman Fellowship for Jazz. A 20-year immersion in Flamenco has taken him to Spain and numerous tours with celebrated dance company Arte Kanela. He is a member of the Australian Art Orchestra and was the Brazilian percussion specialist for Channel 7’s Dancing with the Stars. Hale is also active as an educator and academic, lecturing at the Victorian College of the Arts, Monash University and NMIT in Melbourne and holding a Masters degree in Music, fo
top songs
albums
A Way to Be Fine
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We Are None Of Us Precious
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Make Mix Tapes Not War
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The February Concert
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Unstable Ape Sampler 2006
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Kodály - We Are None of Us Precious
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Unstable Ape Sampler (2006)
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Kodaly (We Are None Of Us Precious) - feat. Josh Roseman
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Make Mixtapes Not War
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Kodály: We Are None Of Us Precious
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Make Mix Tapes Not War (Disk 1)
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Make Mix Tapes Not War! (disc 1)