Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader. An important figure...
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This is a list of works by American jazz musician Carla Bley. 1974: Tropic Appetites (WATT) 1977: Dinner Music (WATT) 1978: European Tour 1977 (WATT) 1979:...
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after she came out to meet him in Los Angeles, where she became Carla Bley. In 1957, Bley stayed in Los Angeles where he had the house band at the Hillcrest...
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composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric...
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Sextet is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley, released on the Watt/ECM label in 1987. AllMusic's Richard S. Ginell stated:...
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Michael Mantler (section With Carla Bley)
Archie Shepp, and Cecil Taylor. He founded the Jazz Realities quintet with Carla Bley and toured in Europe with Steve Lacy. After the Guild broke up, he established...
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Live! is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded at the Great American Music Hall in 1981 and released on the...
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keyboardist Carla Bley, recorded in 1980 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1981. The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson stated: "Bley's risk-taking...
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Escalator over the Hill (category Carla Bley albums)
"chronotransduction", with "words by Paul Haines, adaptation and music by Carla Bley, production and coordination by Michael Mantler", performed by the Jazz...
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The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in Perugia, Italy as part of...
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The Ballad of the Fallen (category Carla Bley albums)
Fallen is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, with arrangements by Carla Bley, recorded in November 1982 and released on ECM October the following year...
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Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (category Carla Bley albums)
Machine), except for the opening song. All the songs were written by Carla Bley. The album (along with Profiles and the soundtrack to the film White of...
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record distributor based in New York City. It was founded in 1972 by Carla Bley and Michael Mantler as a means of distributing artist produced recordings...
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1960s Carla Bley (1936–2023), American jazz composer, pianist, organist and band leader Blei Blay (surname) This page lists people with the surname Bley. If...
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film was composed by (and traditional tunes arranged by) Carla Bley, performed by The Carla Bley Band. The film was commercially unsuccessful, generating...
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A Genuine Tong Funeral (category Carla Bley albums)
featuring compositions by Carla Bley recorded in 1967 and released on the RCA label in 1968. It features Burton with Bley herself on keyboards and conducting...
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essential music". "Calls" (Carla Bley) - 6:10 "Turning" (Paul Bley) - 6:30 "King Korn" (Carla Bley) - 6:00 "Ictus" (Carla Bley) - 4:05 "Mr. Joy" (Annette...
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Duets is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with bassist Steve Swallow recorded and released on the Watt/ECM label in...
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dance, radio, television, and film. In 2007, he recorded and toured with Carla Bley's quartet, the Lost Chords. In 2011, he released Mistico Mediterraneo,...
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Life Goes On is a studio album by American composer and pianist Carla Bley recorded in May 2019 and released on ECM on February 14, 2020. The trio features...
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album of duets by American composer, arranger, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley and bassist Steve Swallow recorded in Europe in 1998 and released on the...
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with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, George Russell and Steve Swallow. In 2019 he was presented the degree...
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band, the Liberation Music Orchestra, featuring arrangements by pianist Carla Bley. In the late 1960s, he became a member of pianist Keith Jarrett's trio...
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4 x 4 is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with a chamber ensemble recorded in Oslo in 1999 and released on the Watt/ECM...
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and music publisher founded by Carla Bley and Michael Mantler in May 1973. WATT was distributed by ECM Records. Bley and Mantler also set up New Music...
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Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Bette Midler, Billy Eckstine, Frank Zappa, Carla Bley (Escalator Over the Hill), Rosemary Clooney, Flaco Jiménez, Philip Glass...
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The Jazz Composer's Orchestra was an American jazz group, founded by Carla Bley and Michael Mantler in 1965, to perform orchestral avant-garde jazz. Its...
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Time/Life (category Carla Bley albums)
Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra arranged by composer and pianist Carla Bley and released on the Impulse! label in 2016. It features two tracks from...
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The Very Big Carla Bley Band is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley released on the Watt/ECM label in 1991. The Allmusic...
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Fleur Carnivore (category Carla Bley live albums)
keyboardist Carla Bley recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1988 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1989. The album is recognised as one of Bley's finest...
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