Halie Loren: Season of Light

DEC 8-17 | HOLIDAYS AT SFJAZZ

Dec 15, 2023

Joe Henderson Lab

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Original show description below.

Using the college town of Eugene, Oregon as her base of operations, vocalist Halie Loren has built an international career as a multilingual jazz singer/songwriter with a repertoire that encompasses material in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese and Korean. For her SFJAZZ debut, the Alaskan-raised vocalist is exploring a body of work with a different kind of global reach. Focusing on songs from her popular 2012 album Many Times, Many Ways: A Holiday Collection, she’s celebrating the season with a gorgeous program of Christmas standards and equally evocative originals.

Loren first gained widespread attention with her 2008 debut album They Oughta Write a Song, which won best vocal jazz album of the year in Nashville’s Just Plain Folks Awards (the world’s most encompassing independent music awards at the time). Since then, she’s released nine albums and earned numerous awards as a recording artist and songwriter with a particularly devoted fanbase in Japan. Her original song “Thirsty” won the 2011 Independent Music Award for best jazz song of the year, and her 2012 release Heart First was honored by Japan’s Jazz Critique Magazine as the best vocal jazz album of year. When it comes to welcoming the holidays, she’s a shoo-in.

The masterful jazz vocalist brings an evening of beloved holiday classics, as heard on her album Many Times, Many Ways.