On 17 October the world of music became inestimably poorer with the death of jazz composer Carla Bley. William Dart tributes this extraordinary woman.
Carla Bley 2012 Photo: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Music Details
ARTIST: Gary Burton
TITLE: Morning Part 1
ALBUM: A Genuine Tong Funeral
COMPOSER: C Bley
LABEL: RCA
ARTIST: Paul Bley
TITLE: King Korn
ALBUM: Hommage to Carla
COMPOSER: C Bley
LABEL: Owl
ARTIST: Charlie Haden
TITLE: Song of the United Front
ALBUM: Liberation Music Orchestra
COMPOSER: Eisler
LABEL: Impulse
ARTIST: Carla Bley
TITLE: Hotel overture
ALBUM: Escalator Over the Hill
COMPOSER: C Bley, Haines
LABEL: JCOA
ARTIST: Carla Bley
TITLE: Like Animals
ALBUM: Escalator Over the Hill
COMPOSER: C Bley, Haines
LABEL: JCOA
ARTIST: Carla Bley
TITLE: Why
ALBUM: Escalator Over the Hill
COMPOSER: C Bley, Haines
LABEL: JCOA
ARTIST: Julie Tippetts, Karen Mantler
TITLE: Funnybird Song
ALBUM: Tropic Appetites
COMPOSER: C Bley, Haines
LABEL: Watt
ARTIST: Carla Bley
TITLE: What Will be Left Between Us And the Moon tonight?
ALBUM: Tropic Appetites
COMPOSER: C Bley
LABEL: Watt
ARTIST: Carla Bley
TITLE: Wolfgang Tango
ALBUM: Fancy Chamber Music
COMPOSER: C Bley
LABEL: BMG
ARTIST: Nick Mason
TITLE: I'm a Mineralist
ALBUM: Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
COMPOSER: C Bley
LABEL: CBS
ARTIST: Carla Bley
TITLE: Walking Batteriewoman
ALBUM: Social Studies
COMPOSER: C Bley
LABEL: Watt/ECM
ARTIST: Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
TITLE: Walking Batteriewoman
ALBUM: Duets
COMPOSER: C Bley
LABEL: Watt/ECM
ARTIST: Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
TITLE: Major
ALBUM: Are We There Yet?
COMPOSER: C Bley
LABEL: Watt/ECM
ARTIST: Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
TITLE: Life Goes On: And Then One Day
ALBUM: Life Goes On
COMPOSER: C Bley
LABEL: ECM
