Carla Bley
American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she gained acclaim 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, Robert Wyatt, John Scofield, and her ex-husband Paul Bley. She was a pioneer in the development of independent artist-owned record labels, and recorded over two dozen albums between 1966 and 2019.
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Works
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- 3/4
- 440
- A New Hymn
- A. I. R.
- Ad Infinitum
- All Fall Down
- And Now, the Queen
- Andando el tiempo
- Andando el tiempo: Camino al volver
- Andando el tiempo: Potación de guaya
- Andando el tiempo: Sin fin
- Appearing Nightly at the Black Orchid
- Around Again
- Awful Coffee
- Baby Baby
- Baseball
- Batterie
- Battleship
- Beads
- Beautiful Telephones: I
- Beautiful Telephones: II
- Beautiful Telephones: III
- Birds of Paradise
- Blue Anthem
- Blues In 12 Bars
- Blunt Object
- Boo to You Too
- Break of Day in Molde
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Calls
- Can’t Get My Motor to Start
- Caucasian Bird Riffles
- Chicken
- Closer
- Copycat: After You
- Copycat: Copycat
- Copycat: Follow the Leader
- Copyright Royalties
- Crazy With You
- Death Rolls
- Death of Superman / Dream Sequence #1 - Flying
- Dining Alone
- Do Ya?
- Doctor
- Dream Keeper part 1
- Dream Keeper part 2
- Dream Keeper part 3
- Dream Keeper part 4
- Dreams So Real
- End of Vienna
- Ending It
- Enormous Tots
- Fast Lane
- Feelings and Things
- Figfoot
- Five Banana
- Flags
- Fleur Carnivore
- Floater
- Four Banana
- Fresh Impression
- Funnybird Song
- Generous 1
- God Mother
- Grand Mother
- Greasy Gravy
- Healing Power
- Heavy Heart
- Hell’s Bells
- Hot River
- Houses and People
- I Hate to Sing
- I Was Wrong
- IDA
- Ictus
- In India
- In the Mornings Out There
- Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme
- Intermission Music
- Introduction to People
- I’m a Mineralist
- J.S.
- Jesus Maria
- Jesus Maria And Other Spanish Strains
- JonBenet
- Joyful Noise
- La Paloma
- Lawns
- Les Trois Lagons (d'après Henri Matisse)
- Life Goes On: And On
- Life Goes On: And Then One Day
- Life Goes On: Life Goes On
- Life Goes On: On
- Light or Dark
- Liver of Life
- Lo Ultimo
- Los Cocineros
- Major
- More Brahms
- Morning
- Mother of the Dead Man
- Murder
- Musique Mécanique I
- Musique Mécanique II (At Midnight)
- Musique Mécanique III
- Naked Bridges / Diving Brides
- Night-Glo
- Nothing
- Olhos de gato
- On the Stage in Cages
- One Banana
- One Banana More
- One Way
- Oni Puladi
- Overtoned
- Permanent Wave
- Pretend You’re in Love
- Reactionary Tango, Parts 1/2/3
- Real Life Hits
- Roller Coaster
- Romantic Notion, No. 6
- Romantic Notions #3
- Rose and Sad Song
- Rut
- Saints Alive!
- Setting Calvin’s Waltz
- Seven
- Siam
- Sideways in Mexico
- Sidewinders In Paradise
- Silent Spring
- Some Dirge
- Someone to Watch
- Song Sung Long
- Song of the Eternal Waiting of Canute
- Song of the Jungle Stream
- Spangled Banner Minor and Other Patriotic Songs
- Start
- Starting Again
- Step Mother
- Still in the Room
- The Lone Arranger
- The National Anthem
- Time and Us
- Too Late
- Two Hearts (Lawns)
- Ups & Downs
- Violin