Carla Bley
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Carla Bley, née Borg, is an American
jazz
composer
, pianist
, organist
and band leader. An important figure in the Free Jazz
movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera
Escalator Over The Hill
(released as a triple LP set), as well as a book of compositions that have been performed by many other artists, including Gary Burton
, Jimmy Giuffre
, George Russell, Art Farmer
and her ex-husband Paul Bley
.
. Her father, a piano teacher and church choirmaster, encouraged her to sing and to learn to play the piano. After giving up the church to immerse herself in roller skating
at the age of fourteen, she moved to New York
at seventeen and became a cigarette girl at Birdland
, where she met jazz pianist Paul Bley, whom she married in 1957. He encouraged her to start composing. The couple later divorced.
Her compositions were soon beginning to appear on record — for example, "Bent Eagle" on George Russell's Stratusphunk
in 1960, and then "Ictus" on Jimmy Giuffre's Thesis
and Paul Bley's Barrage which consisted entirely of her compositions.
In 1964 she was involved in organising the Jazz Composers Guild which brought together the most innovative musicians in New York
at the time. She then had a personal and professional relationship with Michael Mantler
, with whom she had a daughter, Karen
, now also a musician in her own right.
With Mantler, she co-led the Jazz Composers' Orchestra and started the JCOA record label which issued a number of historic recordings by Clifford Thornton
, Don Cherry
and Roswell Rudd
, as well as her own magnum opus
Escalator Over The Hill
and Mantler's The Jazz Composer's Orchestra LPs. Bley and Mantler followed with WATT Records, which has issued their recordings exclusively since the early 1970s. Bley and Mantler were pioneers in the development of independent artist-owned record labels and also started the now defunct New Music Distribution Services
which specialized in small, independent labels that issued recordings of creative improvised music.
Bley has collaborated with a number of other artists, including Jack Bruce
, Robert Wyatt
and Pink Floyd
drummer Nick Mason
, whose 1981 solo album Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports was a Carla Bley album in all but name. She arranged and composed music for Charlie Haden
's Liberation Music Orchestra
, and wrote A Genuine Tong Funeral for Gary Burton
. Her arrangement of the score for Federico Fellini
's 8½
appeared on Hal Willner
's Nino Rota
tribute record, Amarcord Nino Rota. She has also contributed to other Hal Willner projects, including the song "Misterioso" for the tribute to Thelonious Monk
entitled "That's the Way I Feel Now", which included Johnny Griffin
as guest musician on tenor saxophone, and the Willner-directed tribute to Kurt Weill
, entitled "Lost in the Stars
", where she and her band contributed an arrangement of the title track, with Phil Woods
as guest musician on alto saxophone. In the late 1980s, she also performed with Anton Fier
's Golden Palominos and played on their 1985 album, Visions of Excess
.
Carla Bley has continued to record frequently with her own Big band
, which included Blood, Sweat and Tears notable Lew Soloff
, and a number of smaller ensembles, notably The Lost Chords. Her current partner, the bassist Steve Swallow
, has been her closest and most consistent musical associate in recent years and the two have recorded several duet albums. In 1997, a live version of Escalator over the Hill (re-orchestrated by Jeff Friedman) was performed for the first time in Cologne
, Germany
; in 1998 "Escalator" toured Europe, and another live performance took place in May 2006 in Essen
, Germany.
In 2005 she arranged the music for and performed on Charlie Haden
's latest Liberation Music Orchestra tour and recording, Not in Our Name
.
in 1972 for music composition. In 2009, she was awarded the German Jazz Trophy "A Life for Jazz".
With the Jazz Composer's Orchestra
With Michael Mantler
With Charlie Haden
and the Liberation Music Orchestra
With Nick Mason
With Steve Swallow
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, pianist
Jazz piano
Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic and harmonic capabilities...
, organist
Organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
and band leader. An important figure in the Free Jazz
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
Escalator Over The Hill
Escalator over the Hill
Escalator over the Hill is mostly referred to as a jazz opera, but it was released as a "chronotransduction" with "words by Paul Haines, adaptation and music by Carla Bley, production and coordination by Michael Mantler", performed by the Jazz Composer's Orchestra.-History:Escalator over the Hill...
(released as a triple LP set), as well as a book of compositions that have been performed by many other artists, including Gary Burton
Gary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
, Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre
James Peter Giuffre was an American jazz clarinet and saxophone player, composer and arranger. He is notable for his development of forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating forms of free improvisation.-Biography:Born in Dallas, Texas, of Italian ancestry,...
, George Russell, Art Farmer
Art Farmer
Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet/flugelhorn combination designed for him by David Monette. His identical twin brother, Addison Farmer Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa –...
and her ex-husband Paul Bley
Paul Bley
Paul Bley, CM is a pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing.-Biography:...
.
Biography
Bley was born in Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. Her father, a piano teacher and church choirmaster, encouraged her to sing and to learn to play the piano. After giving up the church to immerse herself in roller skating
Roller skating
Roller skating is the traveling on smooth surfaces with roller skates. It is a form of recreation as well as a sport, and can also be a form of transportation. Skates generally come in two basic varieties: quad roller skates and inline skates or blades, though some have experimented with a...
at the age of fourteen, she moved to New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
at seventeen and became a cigarette girl at Birdland
Birdland (jazz club)
Birdland is a jazz club started in New York City on December 15, 1949. The original Birdland, which was located at 1678 Broadway, just north of West 52nd Street in Manhattan, was closed in 1965 due to increased rents, but it re-opened for one night in 1979...
, where she met jazz pianist Paul Bley, whom she married in 1957. He encouraged her to start composing. The couple later divorced.
Her compositions were soon beginning to appear on record — for example, "Bent Eagle" on George Russell's Stratusphunk
Stratusphunk
Stratusphunk is an album by George Russell originally released on Riverside in 1960. The album contains performances by Russell with Al Kiger, David Baker, Dave Young, Chuck Israels and Joe Hunt...
in 1960, and then "Ictus" on Jimmy Giuffre's Thesis
Thesis (album)
Thesis is a 1961 album by the Jimmy Giuffre 3.-Track listing:#"Ictus" #"That's True, That's True" #"Sonic" #"Whirrrr" #"Carla" #"Goodbye" #"Flight" #"The Gamut"...
and Paul Bley's Barrage which consisted entirely of her compositions.
In 1964 she was involved in organising the Jazz Composers Guild which brought together the most innovative musicians in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
at the time. She then had a personal and professional relationship with Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler is a composer and trumpeter in new jazz and contemporary music.-Career: United States:Mantler was born in Vienna, Austria...
, with whom she had a daughter, Karen
Karen Mantler
Karen Mantler is an American jazz musician, harmonca player, singer and composer. She is the daughter of Carla Bley and Michael Mantler....
, now also a musician in her own right.
With Mantler, she co-led the Jazz Composers' Orchestra and started the JCOA record label which issued a number of historic recordings by Clifford Thornton
Clifford Thornton
Clifford Thornton was an American free jazz trumpeter and trombonist. Born in Philadelphia in 1939, he studied with trumpeter Donald Byrd in the mid-1950s and worked with various players such as tuba player Ray Draper. After a stint in the army, Thornton moved to New York City...
, Don Cherry
Don Cherry (jazz)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
and Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd is a Grammy Award-nominated American jazz trombonist and composer....
, as well as her own magnum opus
Masterpiece
Masterpiece in modern usage refers to a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or to a work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship....
Escalator Over The Hill
Escalator over the Hill
Escalator over the Hill is mostly referred to as a jazz opera, but it was released as a "chronotransduction" with "words by Paul Haines, adaptation and music by Carla Bley, production and coordination by Michael Mantler", performed by the Jazz Composer's Orchestra.-History:Escalator over the Hill...
and Mantler's The Jazz Composer's Orchestra LPs. Bley and Mantler followed with WATT Records, which has issued their recordings exclusively since the early 1970s. Bley and Mantler were pioneers in the development of independent artist-owned record labels and also started the now defunct New Music Distribution Services
New Music Distribution Services
-Summary:New Music Distribution Services was a non-profit record distributor based in New York City. It was founded in 1972 by Carla Bley and Michael Mantler as a means of distributing recordings of experimental contemporary music. It was a program of the Jazz Composers' Orchestra Association...
which specialized in small, independent labels that issued recordings of creative improvised music.
Bley has collaborated with a number of other artists, including Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce
John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a founding member of the British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, for a solo career that spans several decades, and for his participation in several well-known musical ensembles...
, Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career...
and Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
drummer Nick Mason
Nick Mason
Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is an English drummer and songwriter, best known for his work with Pink Floyd. He was the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965...
, whose 1981 solo album Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports was a Carla Bley album in all but name. She arranged and composed music for Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...
's Liberation Music Orchestra
Liberation Music Orchestra
Liberation Music Orchestra is a jazz album by Charlie Haden, released in 1969 . It was Haden's first album as leader.The inspiration for the album came when Haden heard songs from the Spanish Civil War...
, and wrote A Genuine Tong Funeral for Gary Burton
Gary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
. Her arrangement of the score for Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century...
's 8½
8½
8½ is a 1963 Italian fantasy film directed by Federico Fellini. Co-scripted by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, and Brunello Rondi, it stars Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian film director...
appeared on Hal Willner
Hal Willner
Hal Willner is an American music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events. He is best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles...
's Nino Rota
Nino Rota
Nino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...
tribute record, Amarcord Nino Rota. She has also contributed to other Hal Willner projects, including the song "Misterioso" for the tribute to Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...
entitled "That's the Way I Feel Now", which included Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
John Arnold Griffin III was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist.- Early life and career :Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett, starting out on clarinet before moving on to oboe and then alto sax...
as guest musician on tenor saxophone, and the Willner-directed tribute to Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
, entitled "Lost in the Stars
Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill
Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill is a 1985 tribute album to German-American composer Kurt Weill. It was executive-produced by Hal Willner and John Telfer, and produced by Hal Willner and Paul M...
", where she and her band contributed an arrangement of the title track, with Phil Woods
Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.-Biography:...
as guest musician on alto saxophone. In the late 1980s, she also performed with Anton Fier
Anton Fier
Anton Fier, , is an American drummer, composer and bandleader. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.Fier was an early member of The Lounge Lizards and The Feelies. He was in The Lodge , worked with Pere Ubu, was briefly in the Voidoids and founded The Golden Palominos...
's Golden Palominos and played on their 1985 album, Visions of Excess
Visions of Excess
Visions of Excess is the second album by the Golden Palominos, which were composed of a largely different line-up than appeared on their first album...
.
Carla Bley has continued to record frequently with her own Big band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
, which included Blood, Sweat and Tears notable Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff is a jazz trumpeter, composer and actor. He studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. He is likely best known for his work with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 to 1973...
, and a number of smaller ensembles, notably The Lost Chords. Her current partner, the bassist Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow is a jazz double bass and bass guitarist and composer born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.One of the leading bassists in jazz, Swallow is noted for collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton and Carla Bley...
, has been her closest and most consistent musical associate in recent years and the two have recorded several duet albums. In 1997, a live version of Escalator over the Hill (re-orchestrated by Jeff Friedman) was performed for the first time in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
; in 1998 "Escalator" toured Europe, and another live performance took place in May 2006 in Essen
Essen
- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
, Germany.
In 2005 she arranged the music for and performed on Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...
's latest Liberation Music Orchestra tour and recording, Not in Our Name
Not in Our Name (album)
Not in Our Name is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, recorded in 2004 and released by Verve Records in 2005.The album is the fourth by Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, the follow-up to 1990's Dream Keeper.-Track listing:...
.
Awards
Bley was awarded a Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in 1972 for music composition. In 2009, she was awarded the German Jazz Trophy "A Life for Jazz".
As leader
- 1974: Tropic AppetitesTropic AppetitesTropic Appetites is a jazz album by Carla Bley released in 1974, following her debut Escalator over the Hill. Again, the lyrics are contributed by Bley's friend Paul Haines, based on his journeys to Southeast Asia in the preceding years...
- 1977: Dinner MusicDinner MusicDinner Music is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1976 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1977.-Reception:...
- 1978: European Tour 1977European Tour 1977European Tour 1977 is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1977 in Munich, Germany and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1978.-Reception:...
- 1979: Musique MecaniqueMusique MecaniqueMusique Mecanique is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1978 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1979.-Reception:...
- 1981: Social StudiesSocial Studies (Carla Bley album)Social Studies is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1980 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1981.-Reception:...
- 1982: Live!Live! (Carla Bley album)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 Watt/ECM label in 1982.-Reception:Critical reaction to the album is generally positive but varies...
- 1984: I Hate to SingI Hate to SingI Hate to Sing is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded at the Great American Music Hall in 1981 combined with three tracks recorded at Grog Kill Studios in 1983 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1984.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Stacia...
- 1984: Heavy HeartHeavy Heart (album)Heavy Heart is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1983 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1984.-Reception:...
- 1987: SextetSextet (album)Sextet is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley released on the Watt/ECM label in 1987.-Reception:Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with a review by Richard S. Ginell stating, "The sound bathes in a polished golden ambience very much in keeping with a product...
- 1989: Fleur CarnivoreFleur CarnivoreFleur Carnivore is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1988 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1989.-Reception:The album is recognised as one of Bley's finest...
- 1991: The Very Big Carla Bley BandThe Very Big Carla Bley BandThe Very Big Carla Bley Band is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley released on the Watt/ECM label in 1991.-Reception:...
- 1993: Big Band TheoryBig Band TheoryBig Band Theory is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1993.-Reception:...
- 1996: The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to ChurchThe Carla Bley Big Band Goes to ChurchThe 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 the Umbria Jazz Festival and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1996.-Reception:...
- 1998: Fancy Chamber MusicFancy Chamber MusicFancy Chamber Music is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with a chamber ensemble recorded in England in 1997 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1998.-Reception:...
- 2000: 4 x 44 x 4 (album)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 label in 2000.-Reception:...
- 2003: Looking for AmericaLooking for AmericaLooking for America is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 2002 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2003.-Reception:...
- 2004: The Lost ChordsThe Lost ChordsThe Lost Chords is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, and Billy Drummond recorded in Europe in 2003 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2004.-Reception:...
- 2007: The Lost Chords find Paolo FresuThe Lost Chords find Paolo FresuThe Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, and Billy Drummond and Paolo Fresu recorded in Europe in 2007 and released on the Watt/ECM label.-Reception:...
- 2008: Appearing NightlyAppearing NightlyAppearing Nightly is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in Paris in 2006 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2008. Bley's compositions and arrangements incorporate many references to big bands and jazz standards from the swing era...
- 2009: Carla's Christmas CarolsCarla's Christmas CarolsCarla's Christmas Carols is an album of Christmas carols arranged by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with bassist Steve Swallow and the Partyka Brass Quintet recorded in France in 2008 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2009....
Collaborations
With Gary BurtonGary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
- A Genuine Tong FuneralA Genuine Tong FuneralA Genuine Tong Funeral is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton featuring compositions by Carla Bley recorded in 1967 and released on the RCA label.-Reception:...
(RCA, 1967)
With the Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Jazz Composer's Orchestra was an American jazz group founded in 1965, to further avant-garde jazz in New York. Carla Bley and Michael Mantler were important in its organization and style....
- 1968: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (led by Michael Mantler - also known as Communications)
- 1968-71: Escalator Over the HillEscalator over the HillEscalator over the Hill is mostly referred to as a jazz opera, but it was released as a "chronotransduction" with "words by Paul Haines, adaptation and music by Carla Bley, production and coordination by Michael Mantler", performed by the Jazz Composer's Orchestra.-History:Escalator over the Hill...
(a chronotransduction by Carla Bley & Paul HainesPaul Haines (poet)Paul Haines was a poet and jazz lyricist. Born in Vassar, Michigan, Haines eventually settled in Canada, after spending time in Europe, India, New York City, as well as a long stint as a French Teacher at Fenelon Falls Secondary School, in Ontario, Canada.Haines's best-known work is Escalator over...
) - 1973: Relativity SuiteRelativity SuiteRelativity Suite is a free-jazz LP by Don Cherry on Jazz Composer's Orchestra Records JCOA LP 1006, which was released in 1973.-Criticism:...
(led by Don CherryDon Cherry (jazz)Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
) - 1975: The Gardens of Harlem (led by Clifford ThorntonClifford ThorntonClifford Thornton was an American free jazz trumpeter and trombonist. Born in Philadelphia in 1939, he studied with trumpeter Donald Byrd in the mid-1950s and worked with various players such as tuba player Ray Draper. After a stint in the army, Thornton moved to New York City...
) - 1975: Echoes of Prayer (led by Grachan Moncur IIIGrachan Moncur IIIGrachan Moncur III is an American jazz trombonist who has mostly played free jazz, as well as being a prolific composer. He is the son of jazz bassist Grachan Moncur II and the nephew of jazz saxophonist Al Cooper.-Biography:...
)
With Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler is a composer and trumpeter in new jazz and contemporary music.-Career: United States:Mantler was born in Vienna, Austria...
- 1966: Jazz RealitiesJazz Realities-Track listing:# "Doctor" - 7:45# "Oni Puladi" - 5:25# "J.S." - 3:35# "Walking Batterie Woman" - 6:18# "Closer" - 5:30# "Communications No.7" - 9:34-Personnel:*Carla Bley - piano...
(with Steve LacySteve LacySteve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....
) - 1973: No Answer (with Jack BruceJack BruceJohn Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a founding member of the British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, for a solo career that spans several decades, and for his participation in several well-known musical ensembles...
& Don CherryDon Cherry (jazz)Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
- text by Samuel BeckettSamuel BeckettSamuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
) - 1975: 13 & ¾
- 1976: The Hapless Child
- 1976: Silence
- 1977: Movies
- 1980: More Movies
- 1982: Something There
With Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...
and the Liberation Music Orchestra
Liberation Music Orchestra
Liberation Music Orchestra is a jazz album by Charlie Haden, released in 1969 . It was Haden's first album as leader.The inspiration for the album came when Haden heard songs from the Spanish Civil War...
- 1969: Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!)
- 1983: Ballad of the Fallen (ECMECM (record label)ECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres...
) - 1990: Dream KeeperDream KeeperDream Keeper is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, recorded in 1990 and released by Blue Note Records. The album was nominated for a Grammy award and was voted "Jazz album of the year" in Down Beat magazine's 1991 critic's poll...
(Blue NoteBlue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
) - 2005: Not in Our NameNot in Our Name (album)Not in Our Name is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, recorded in 2004 and released by Verve Records in 2005.The album is the fourth by Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, the follow-up to 1990's Dream Keeper.-Track listing:...
(VerveVerve RecordsVerve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
)
With Nick Mason
Nick Mason
Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is an English drummer and songwriter, best known for his work with Pink Floyd. He was the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965...
- 1979: Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (released in 1981)
With Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow is a jazz double bass and bass guitarist and composer born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.One of the leading bassists in jazz, Swallow is noted for collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton and Carla Bley...
- 1985: Night-GloNight-GloNight-Glo is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with bassist Steve Swallow recorded and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1985.-Reception:...
- 1986-7: Carla
- 1988: DuetsDuets (Carla Bley & Steve Swallow album)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 1988.-Reception:...
- 1992: Go TogetherGo TogetherGo Together is an album of duets by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley and bassist Steve Swallow recorded and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1993...
- 1992: Swallow
- 1994: Songs with LegsSongs with LegsSongs with Legs is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with saxophonist Andy Sheppard and bassist Steve Swallow recorded in Europe and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1994.-Reception:...
(with Andy Sheppard) - 1999: Are We There Yet?Are We There Yet? (Carla Bley album)Are We There Yet? is a live album of duets by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley and bassist Steve Swallow recorded in Europe in 1998 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1999. It is the pair's third duet recording following Duets and Go Together .-Reception:The Allmusic...
As sidewoman
- 1975: Jack BruceJack BruceJohn Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a founding member of the British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, for a solo career that spans several decades, and for his participation in several well-known musical ensembles...
- The Jack Bruce Band Live '75 (released 2003) - 1975: Jack Bruce - Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test (released 1998)
- 1977: John GreavesJohn Greaves (musician)John Greaves is a British bass guitarist and composer, best known as a member of Henry Cow and his collaborative albums with Peter Blegvad...
- Kew. Rhone.Kew. Rhone.Kew. Rhone. is a concept album by British bass guitarist and composer John Greaves, and American singer-songwriter and guitarist Peter Blegvad. It is a song cycle composed by Greaves with lyrics by Blegvad, and was performed by Greaves and Blegvad with vocalist Lisa Herman and others... - 1981: Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal) — various artists tribute to Nino RotaNino RotaNino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...
(performs "8½") - 1984: That's the Way I Feel Now (A&M) — various artists tribute to Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkThelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...
(performs "Misterioso") - 1985: Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt WeillLost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt WeillLost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill is a 1985 tribute album to German-American composer Kurt Weill. It was executive-produced by Hal Willner and John Telfer, and produced by Hal Willner and Paul M...
— various artists tribute to Kurt WeillKurt WeillKurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
(performs "Lost in the StarsLost in the StarsLost in the Stars is a musical with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and music by Kurt Weill, based on the novel Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton...
") - 1971-85: Gary WindoGary WindoGary Windo was a jazz tenor saxophonist.He came from a musical family in England and by age six took up drums and accordion, then guitar at 12, and finally saxophone at 17. He lived in the United States in the 1960s, but returned to England in 1969...
- His Master's Bones - 1985: The Golden PalominosThe Golden PalominosThe Golden Palominos was an American musical group headed by drummer and composer Anton Fier, first formed in 1981. Aside from Fier, the Palominos membership was wildly elastic, with only bassist Bill Laswell and guitarist Nicky Skopelitis appearing on every album.While the Palominos' records...
- Visions of ExcessVisions of ExcessVisions of Excess is the second album by the Golden Palominos, which were composed of a largely different line-up than appeared on their first album... - 1991: The Golden Palominos - Drunk with Passion
- 1995: Jazz to the World — various artists (performs "Let It Snow")
Compositions appear on
- 1960: George Russell - George Russell Sextet at the Five SpotGeorge Russell Sextet at the Five SpotGeorge Russell Sextet at the Five Spot is an album by George Russell originally released on Decca in 1960. The album contains performances by Russell with Al Kiger, David Baker, Dave Young, Chuck Israels and Joe Hunt. The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden states that "Although Russell plays more of a...
("Dance Class" and "Beast Blues") - 1960: George Russell - StratusphunkStratusphunkStratusphunk is an album by George Russell originally released on Riverside in 1960. The album contains performances by Russell with Al Kiger, David Baker, Dave Young, Chuck Israels and Joe Hunt...
("Bent Eagle") - 1961: George Russell - George Russell Sextet in K.C.George Russell Sextet in K.C.George Russell Sextet in K.C. is an album by George Russell recorded in a New York studio and originally released on Decca in 1961. The album contains performances by Russell with Don Ellis, David Baker, Dave Young, Chuck Israels and Joe Hunt...
("Rhymes") - 1961: Jimmy GiuffreJimmy GiuffreJames Peter Giuffre was an American jazz clarinet and saxophone player, composer and arranger. He is notable for his development of forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating forms of free improvisation.-Biography:Born in Dallas, Texas, of Italian ancestry,...
- FusionFusion (album)Fusion is a 1961 album by the Jimmy Giuffre 3.The trio on the recording was Giuffre's second drummerless group. He said at the time that the trio was "searching for a free sense of tonality and form"...
("Jesus Maria" and "In the Morning Out There") - 1961: Jimmy Guiffre - ThesisThesis (album)Thesis is a 1961 album by the Jimmy Giuffre 3.-Track listing:#"Ictus" #"That's True, That's True" #"Sonic" #"Whirrrr" #"Carla" #"Goodbye" #"Flight" #"The Gamut"...
("Ictus") - 1961: Jimmy Guiffre - Emphasis & Flight 1961 (live recordings of "Jesus Maria" and "Postures")
- 1962: Don EllisDon EllisDon Ellis was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of unusual time signatures...
- Essence ("Donkey" aka "Wrong Key Donkey") - 1962: Paul BleyPaul BleyPaul Bley, CM is a pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing.-Biography:...
- Floater ("Floater", "Around Again", "Syndrome", "King Korn" and "Vashkar") - 1962: George Russell - The Outer ViewThe Outer ViewThe Outer View is an album by George Russell originally released on Riverside in 1962. The album contains performances by Russell with Garnett Brown, Paul Plummer, Don Ellis, Steve Swallow and Joe Hunt and features the recording debut of vocalist Sheila Jordan on one track...
("Zig Zag") - 1964: Paul Bley - Turning Point ("Calls", "King Korn", "Ictus", and "Ida Lupino")
- 1964: Paul Bley - Barrage ("Batterie", "Ictus", "And Now the Queen", "Around Again", "Walking Woman", "Barrage")
- 1965: Jazz Composer's OrchestraJazz Composer's OrchestraJazz Composer's Orchestra was an American jazz group founded in 1965, to further avant-garde jazz in New York. Carla Bley and Michael Mantler were important in its organization and style....
- CommunicationCommunication (Jazz Composer's Orchestra album)Communication is the debut album by the Jazz Composer's Orchestra featuring compositions by Michael Mantler and Carla Bley performed by Paul Bley, Steve Lacy, Jimmy Lyons, Roswell Rudd, Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, Fred Pirtle, Willie Ruff, Ken McIntyre, Robin Kenyatta, Bob Carducci, Kent Carter,...
("Roast") - 1965: Attila ZollerAttila ZollerAttila Cornelius Zoller was a Hungarian born Jazz guitarist. He won Deutscher Filmpreis for Beste Filmmusik in Germany for the film Das Brot der frühen Jahre in 1962.-Biography:...
- The Horizon Beyond ("Inctus") - 1965: Art FarmerArt FarmerArthur Stewart "Art" Farmer was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet/flugelhorn combination designed for him by David Monette. His identical twin brother, Addison Farmer Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa –...
- Sing Me Softly of the Blues ("Sing Me Softly of the Blues" and "Ad Inifintum") - 1965: Paul Bley - Closer ("Ida Lupino", "Start", "Closer", "Sideways in Mexico", "Batterie", "And Now the Queen" and "Violin")
- 1965: Steve LacySteve LacySteve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....
- DisposabilityDisposabilityDisposability is the fifth album by Steve Lacy and was released on the Italian RCA label in 1966. It features three tunes written by Thelonious Monk, one by Cecil Taylor, one by Carla Bley and four by Lacy performed by Lacy, Aldo Romano and Kent Carter....
("Generous 1") - 1967: Gary BurtonGary BurtonGary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
- DusterDuster (album)Duster is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in 1967 and released on the RCA label.Duster is often considered to be one of the first jazz fusion albums...
("Sing Me Softly of the Blues") - 1967: Gary Burton - Lofty Fake AnagramLofty Fake AnagramLofty Fake Anagram is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in 1967 and released on the RCA label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "it is the interplay between Burton and the rockish Coryell in this early fusion group that makes this session...
("Mother of the Dead Man") - 1968: Steve KuhnSteve KuhnSteve Kuhn is an American jazz pianist, composer and trio leader.-Biography:He began studying piano at the age of five and studied under Boston piano teacher Margaret Chaloff, mother of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff, who taught him the "Russian style" of piano playing. At an early age he...
- Watch What Happens ("Ad Infinitum") - 1969: NRBQNRBQNRBQ is an American rock band founded in 1967. It is known for its live performances, containing a high degree of spontaneity and levity, and blending rock, pop, jazz, blues and Tin Pan Alley styles. Its best known line-up is the 1974–1994 quartet of pianist Terry Adams, bassist Joey Spampinato,...
- NRBQ ("Ida") - 1969: Phil WoodsPhil WoodsPhilip Wells Woods is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.-Biography:...
- At the Montreux Jazz Festival ("Ad Infinitum") - 1969: Tony Williams - Emergency!Emergency! (album)Emergency! is a double album by The Tony Williams Lifetime. Released in 1969, it was the group's first album and one of the first significant jazz fusion recordings...
("Vaskar") - 1972: Paul Bley - Open, to LoveOpen, to LoveOpen, to Love is a jazz album by Paul Bley. It features Bley performing seven solo piano pieces and is regarded to be not only one of his best albums, but a defining album in the history of the ECM record label. Three of the tracks were composed by ex-wife Carla Bley and another two by Bley's...
("Closer", "Ida Lupino" and "Seven") - 1972: Enrico RavaEnrico RavaEnrico Rava , is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s...
- Il Giro Del Giorno in 80 MondiIl Giro Del Giorno in 80 MondiIl Gor Del Giorno in 80 Mondi is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composert Enrico Rava recorded in 1972 and originally released in the International label and rereleased on the Italian Black Saint label in 1976.-Reception:...
("Olhos de Gato") - 1973: Paul Bley - Paul Bley/NHØPPaul Bley/NHØPPaul Bley/NHØP is a jazz duet album by Paul Bley and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, released on SteepleChase Records in 1973. The album was recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark in June and July 1973, and primarily features Bley's compositions...
("Olhos de Gato") - 1974: Gary Burton - RingRing (Gary Burton album)Ring is an album by the Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber.-Track listing:#"Mevlevia" - 6:01#"Unfinished Sympathy" - 3:03#"Tunnel Of Love" - 5:30#"Intrude" - 4:47...
("Silent Spring") - 1974: Jan GarbarekJan GarbarekJan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
- Witchi-Tai-ToWitchi-Tai-ToWitchi-Tai-To is an album by the Jan Garbarek-Bobo Stenson Quartet released on the ECM label and performed by Garbarek, Stenson, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen...
("A.I.R.") - 1974: Jaco PastoriusJaco PastoriusJohn Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
- JacoJaco (album)Jaco is the unofficial later title of a 1974 LP album on Paul Bley's Improvising Artists Label. It is notable for being the first professional recording showcasing the talents of Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny...
("Vashkar", "Donkey", "Overtoned", "Batterie" and "King Korn") - 1974: Gary Burton - Hotel HelloHotel HelloHotel Hello is an album by Gary Burton and Steve Swallow.-Track listing:#"Chelsea Bells " - 4:24#"Hotel Overture + Vamp" - 3:39#"Hotel Hello" - 5:20#"Inside In" - 2:43...
("Vaskar") - 1975: Paul Bley - Alone, Again ("Olhos de Gato" and "And Now the Queen")
- 1975: Gary Burton - Dreams So RealDreams So Real (album)Dreams So Real is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton featuring compositions by Carla Bley recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
("Dreams So Real", "Ictus/Syndrome", "Jesus Maria", "Vox Humana", "Doctor", "Intermission Music") - 1979: Morrissey – Mullen - Cape WrathCape Wrath (album)Cape Wrath was the second album recorded by British jazz-fusion duo Morrissey - Mullen, although it was the first they recorded in the United Kingdom...
("Dreams So Real") - 1980: Gary Burton - Easy as PieEasy as Pie (Gary Burton album)Easy as Pie is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in 1980 and released on the ECM label in 1981.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "The repertoire is stronger and less introverted than usual.....
("Reactionary Tango") - 1980: Gary Burton - Picture ThisPicture This (Gary Burton album)Picture This is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in 1982 and released on the ECM label in 1981.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Burton always had the ability to blend in with nearly anyone, and the alto/vibes frontline is attractive.....
("Dreams So Real") - 1984: Gary Burton Quartet - Real Life HitsReal Life HitsReal Life Hits is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in 1984 and released on the ECM label in 1981.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The appealing group sound and the spontaneous yet tight ensembles and solos make this a worthwhile...
("Syndrome" and "Real Life Hits") - 1985: Paul Bley - HotHot (Paul Bley album)Hot is a live album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1985 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Excellent playing by Bley keeps things moving on this '85 date...
("Syndrome" and "Around Again") - 1986: Paul Bley - FragmentsFragments (album)Fragments is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1986 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4 stars stating "this 1986 session ranks high among his many solo and group outings for the label.....
("Seven" and "Closer") - 1987: George Russell - So WhatSo What (George Russell album)So What is a live album by George Russell released on the Blue Note label in 1987, featuring performances by Russell with his Living Time Orchestra recorded in 1983 in Boston. The Allmusic review by Richard S...
("Rhymes") - 1987: Paul Bley and Paul MotianPaul MotianStephen Paul Motian was an American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer of Armenian extraction.He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later led several groups...
- NotesNotes (album)Notes is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Paul Bley and American drummer Paul Motian recorded in 1987 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.-Reception:...
("Batterie") - 1989: Jimmy Guiffre - The Life of a Trio: Sunday ("Where Were We?")
- 1989: Orchestra Jazz Siciliana - Plays the Music of Carla Bley ("440", "The Lone Arranger", "Dreams So Real", "Baby Baby", "Joyful Noise", "Egyptian", and "Blunt Object")
- 1990: Leo KottkeLeo KottkeLeo Kottke is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies...
- That's WhatThat's WhatThat's What is one of the more idiosyncratic releases by solo steel-string guitar artist Leo Kottke. It is distinctive in its jazzy nature and "talking" songs...
("Jesus Maria") - 1991: Paul Bley - Paul Plays Carla ("Vashkar", "Floater", "Seven", "Around Again", "Ida Lupino", "Turns", "And Now the Queen", "Ictus", "Olhos de Gato" and "Donkey")
- 1991: John SurmanJohn SurmanJohn Douglas Surman is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music as a basis...
- Adventure PlaygroundAdventure Playground (album)Adventure Playground is an album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring Paul Bley, Gary Peacock and Tony Oxley recorded in 1991 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars....
("Seven") - 1992: Paul Bley - Homage to Carla ("Seven", "Closer", "Olhos de Gato", "And Now the Queen", "Vahskar", "Around Again", "Donkey", "King Korn", "Ictus", "Turns" and "Overtoned")
- 1994: John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlin (musician)John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...
- After the Rain ("Sing Me Softly of the Blues") - 2000: Michel PortalMichel PortalMichel Portal is a composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.Portal studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris...
- Dockings ("Ida Lupino") - 2000: Mark TurnerMark Turner (musician)Mark Turner is a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist with several recordings to his credit.-Biographical information:Born in Fairborn, Ohio, and raised in Southern California, Turner originally intended to become a commercial artist. In elementary school he played the clarinet, followed by the alto...
- Ballad Session ("Jesus Maria") - 2001: Don PrestonDon PrestonDonald Ward Preston also known as Dom DeWilde or Biff Debrie born September 21, 1932 in Flint, Michigan. Preston is an American jazz and rock and roll musician.-Biography:Preston was born into a family of musicians and began studying music at an early age...
- Transformation ("Walking Batteriewoman" and "The Donkey") - 2002: Bobby NaughtonBobby NaughtonRobert "Bobby" Naughton is an American jazz vibraphonist.Naughton was born in Boston; he played piano from age seven. In the 1960s he played piano in rock and lounge outfits before a stint in the Army, where he played organ...
- Zoar ("Vashkar") - 2004: Gary Burton - Generations ("Syndrome")
- 2004: Whit DickeyWhit DickeyWhit Dickey is a free jazz drummer. He has recorded albums as a bandleader, or with David S. Ware, Matthew Shipp and others.- Notes :...
- In a Heartbeat ("Calls") - 2005: Arturo O'Farrill - Live in Brooklyn ("Utviklinsang" and "Walking Battery Woman")
- 2006: Howard TateHoward TateHoward Tate is an American soul music singer and songwriter.-Early life:He moved with his family to Philadelphia in the early 1940s. In his teens, he joined a gospel music group that included Garnet Mimms and, as the Gainors, recorded rhythm and blues sides for Mercury Records and Cameo Records in...
- Portrait of Howard ("The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah") - 2006: Dave PalmerDave Palmer (American keyboardist)Dave Palmer is an American session keyboardist native to Texas and living in Studio City, California. Palmer has toured, performed, or recorded with Air, Fiona Apple, Seal, Chris Isaak, Joe Henry, Bobby Previte, Wayne Horvitz, Ponga, Critters Buggin, MC 900 Foot Jesus, Aimee Mann, Solomon Burke,...
- RomanceRomance (Dave Palmer album)Romance is a solo album by session keyboardist Dave Palmer. The album has seven piano solo tracks and two tracks which are a trio of piano, drums and bass...
("Ida Lupino") - 2007: Eberhard WeberEberhard WeberEberhard Weber is a German double bassist and composer. As a bass player, Weber is known for his highly distinctive tone and phrasing...
- Stages of a Long Journey ("Syndrome") - 2007: Jonas KullhammarJonas Kullhammar' is an Swedish jazz composer, saxophonist and is one of Sweden's most promising jazz musicians. Since 1998 his main group has been Jonas Kullhammar Quartet, and he has participated on over 100 records as a sideman....
- Andratx ("Ida Lupino") - 2008: Guillaume de Chassy - Faraway So Close ("Ida Lupino")
- 2008: Marcin WasilewskiMarcin Wasilewski (pianist)Marcin Wasilewski, born 1975, is a Polish pianist and composer.Wasilewski established a musical partnership with bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz as the Simple Acoustic Trio in the early-1990's which led to Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko mentoring the group for several...
- JanuaryJanuary (album)January is an album by Polish jazz pianist and composer Marcin Wasilewski recorded in 2007 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is terrific second effort by a band that, despite the fact that its members have been...
("King Korn") - 2009: Emanuele ArciuliEmanuele ArciuliEmanuele Arciuli is an Italian classical pianist.- Biography :He received his diploma from the Conservatory in Bari. After graduation, he continued his piano studies with Vincenzo Vitale, Paolo Bordoni and Leon Fleisher, and attended master classes with Gyorgy Sandor, Michel Dalberto and Maurizio...
- Gates to Everywhere ("Romantic Notions 1-8") - 2010: Cindy BlackmanCindy BlackmanCindy Blackman is an American jazz and rock drummer. Blackman is best-known for recording and touring with Lenny Kravitz...
- Another Lifetime ("Vaskar", "Vaskar Reprise" and "Vaskar - The Alternate Dimension Theory") - 2010: The Nels Cline SingersThe Nels Cline SingersThe Nels Cline Singers are a free jazz trio led by Nels Cline, following his work in the Nels Cline Trio. They have released four albums on Cryptogramophone Records. Despite the name, there are no singers in the group.-Studio albums:*Instrumentals...
- Initiate ("And Now the Queen")
External links
- Official Carla Bley Website
- EJN: Carla Bley
- Carla Bley in conversation with Frank J. Oteri
- Watt/XtraWatt music label
- Carla Bley at All About JazzAll About JazzAll About Jazz is a leading jazz music website for enthusiasts and industry professionals based in Philadelphia in the United States.Founded by Michael Ricci in 1995, the Web-Site is maintained by a volunteer staff of writers, editors, and musicians, and provides coverage of all genres of jazz from...
- Carla Bley interview at All About Jazz