Biography
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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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Labcabincalifornia
1995
Atrocity Exhibition
2016
Emergency!
1969
Currents, Constellations
2018
Visions Of Excess
1985
Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
1981
John Scofield
1978
Ring
1974
That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk
1984
Picture This
1982
Easy As Pie
1981
Pastorius / Metheny / Ditmas / Bley
1976
Lifetime
1975
Copenhagen And Haarlem
1975
Witchi-Tai-To
1974
The New Quartet
1973
Rock Buster
1970
NRBQ
1969
A Genuine Tong Funeral
1968
Don't Just Sing | An Anthology: 1963-1999
2015
Quartet Live
2009
Ninja Tuna
2008
Blast Of Silence (Axed My Baby For A Nickel)
1986
Night-glo
1985
Credited work
1,999 releases · 295 albums · active 1960–2026
- Performance · 4,122
- Other credits · 680
- Production · 313
- Engineering · 19
Studios: Grog Kill Studio · Arne Bendiksen Studio · Tonstudio Bauer · Blue Rock Studio