Carla Bley
American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
Genre-bending jazz pianist and composer, known for her avant-garde work, whose writing style is unique and highly regarded.
| Born | May 11, 1936 |
| Hometown | Oakland, California, United States |
| Spouse | Steve Swallow, Michael Mantler, Paul Bley |
| Children | Karen Mantler |
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Carla Bley, pianist and composer who became a towering figure on the modern jazz scene – obituary
- Carla Bley, who has died aged 87, was one of the great figures of modern jazz, a pianist, composer and bandleader who explored the further reaches of free jazz as well as the mainstream, including excursions into rock music; while she also assembled small groups, it was her work with bigger outfits that set her apart.
MOVIES & TV SHOWS
The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith
1h 27min
2015
Albums
Songs With Legs
1995
Fleur Carnivore
1988
European Tour 1977
1977
Go Together
1993
Big Band Theory
1993
Duets: Carla Bley and Steve Swallow
1988
Sextet
1987
Night-Glo
1985
I Hate to Sing
1984
Heavy Heart
1984
Carla Bley Live!
1982
Social Studies
1981
Dinner Music
1977
Tropic Appetites
1974
Escalator Over the Hill
1971
Life Goes On
2020
Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin TX, March 27 1978
2018
Andando el Tiempo
2016
Trios
2013
Carla's Christmas Carols
2009
Appearing Nightly
2008
Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu
2007
Lost Chords
2004
Selected Recordings (Rarum XV)
2004
4X4
2000
Michael Mantler: No Answer/Silence
2000
Are We There Yet?
1999
Fancy Chamber Music
1998
Very Big Carla Bley Band
1991
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Musical mastery of a rare order from the Carla Bley Trio at Kings Place, plus the best jazz and folk gigs of 2019
Carla Bley Trio, Kings Place, London N1?★★★☆☆ There was a time when Carla Bley used to think big. This pensive but at times wildly eccentric composer-pianist for a while fronted her own big band, and in the late Sixties assembled the cream of jazz and rock talent to record her own two-hour jazz opera. She made quirky humour and huge ambition seem like natural bedfellows. These days, Bley prefers to think small, though in truth her particular talent has always revealed itself in small things – a
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