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Carla Bley

Real Name:
Carla Borg
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Born: May 11, 1938, Oakland, California

Pianist and composer.
Sites:
wattxtrawatt.com
In Groups:
Carla Bley Band, The
Variations:
All | Carla Bley | Bley | C. Bley | C.Bley
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Releases:
A Genuine Tong Funeral (LP, Gat)   RCA 1968
Escalator Over The Hill (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   JCOA Records ... 1971
Tropic Appetites (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   WATT Works ... 1974
13 & 3/4 (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Virgin ... 1975
Dinner Music (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   WATT Works ... 1977
Social Studies (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   WATT Works ... 1981
Live! (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   WATT Works ... 1982
The Ballad Of The Fallen (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   ECM Records ... 1983
Heavy Heart (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   WATT Works ... 1984
Night-Glo (LP, Album)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1985
Sextet (LP)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1987
Duets (LP)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1988
Fleur Carnivore (LP)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1989
The Very Big Carla Bley Band (LP)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1991
Fancy Chamber Music (CD)   WATT Works 1998
Are We There Yet? (CD, Album)   WATT Works, PolyGram 1999
4X4 (CD, Album)   WATT Works, ECM Records 2000
The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (CD, Album)   WATT Works, WATT Works 2007
Production:
Musique Mecanique (LP, Album)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1979
Fictitious Sports (Spot The Player) (LP, Album)   Harvest, Pathé Marconi EMI 1981
Karen Mantler And Her Cat Arnold Get The Flu (LP, Album)   WATT Works, WATT Works 1990
Swallow (LP, Album)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1992
Appearing Nightly (CD, Album)   WATT Works, WATT Works 2008
Appears On:
Disposability (LP, Album, Mono) Generous 1 Vik 1966
Local Colour (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Ictus ESP Disk ... 1968
Lofty Fake Anagram (LP, Album) Mother Of The Dead Man RCA Victor 1968
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   JCOA Records ... 1968
Emergency! Volume One (LP, Album) Vashkar Polydor 1969
Nature's Consort (LP, Album)   Otic Records 1969
Ramblin' (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Ida Lupino BYG Records ... 1969
Rock Buster (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) To Mark Everywhere CBS 1970
Liberation Music Orchestra (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Jasmine Records ... 1973
Paul Bley & Scorpio ◄ (2 versions)   Milestone Records ... 1973
Paul Bley / NHØP (LP) Olhos De Gato SteepleChase 1973
Relativity Suite (LP, Album) Infinite Gentleness JCOA Records 1973
The New Quartet (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Olhos De Gato ECM Records 1973
Hotel Hello (Vinyl, Album) Vashkar ECM Records 1974
Jaco (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Vashkar, Donkey, Overt... DIW Records ... 1974
No Answer (LP, Album)   WATT Works, Virgin 1974
Ring (LP, Album) Silent Spring ECM Records 1974
The Bass (Box + 3xLP) Song For Che Impulse! 1974
Witchi-Tai-To ◄ (2 versions) A.I.R. ECM Records 1974
Alone, Again (LP)   Improvising Artists Inc. 1975
Copenhagen And Haarlem (2xLP, Gat) Start, Closer Arista 1975
Echoes Of Prayer (LP)   JCOA Records 1975
The Gardens Of Harlem (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   JCOA Records ... 1975
Dreams So Real - Music Of Carla Bley (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   ECM Records ... 1976
Il Giro Del Giorno In 80 Mondi (LP)   Black Saint 1976
Kew. Rhone. ◄ (3 versions) Good Evening, One Foot... Celluloid ... 1976
The Hapless Child (And Other Inscrutable Stories) (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   WATT Works ... 1976
Voices And Instruments (LP) Forever And Sunsmell Obscure (UK) 1976
Silence (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   WATT Works ... 1977
Elastic Menu (LP, Album) Sing Me Softly Of The ... MPS Records, MPS Records 1978
European Tour 1977 (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   WATT Works ... 1978
Movies (LP, Album)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1978
Musique Mecanique (LP, Album) Jesus Maria And Other ... WATT Works, ECM Records 1979
The Vibe Man Gary Burton (LP, Comp) Sing Me Softly Of The ... RCA 1980
Amarcord Nino Rota (LP, Comp) 8½ Hannibal Records 1981
Coup De Tete (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   American Clavé ... 1981
Easy As Pie (LP) Reactionary Tango ECM Records 1981
Fictitious Sports (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Harvest ... 1981
Amarcord Nino Rota (CD, Album) 8½ Hannibal Records 1982
Something There (LP, Album)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1982
Mortelle Randonnée (Extraits De La Bande Original Du Film) (LP)   Watt Works, Mercury 1983
Mortelle Randonnée (Extraits De La Bande Original Du Film) (LP)   Mercury, Phonogram 1983
I Hate To Sing (LP)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1984
Lyrics: Texte Und Musik Live (LP) For Under The Vulcano Comus Records 1984
Music For The Texts Of Ishmael Reed ◄ (2 versions) The Wardrobe Master Of... PANGÆA ... 1984
That's The Way I Feel Now (2xLP, Comp) Misterioso A&M Records 1984
That's The Way I Feel Now (2xLP, Comp) Misterioso A&M Records 1984
Works (CD, Comp) Olhos De Gato, Vox Humana ECM Records 1984
Works (LP, Com) Olhos De Gato, Vox Humana ECM Records 1984
Lost In The Stars - The Music Of Kurt Weill (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Lost In The Stars A&M Records ... 1985
Real Life Hits (LP) Syndrome, Real Life Hits ECM Records 1985
Visions Of Excess (Album) ◄ (6 versions) (Kind Of) True, Buenos... Celluloid ... 1985
3 LP (3xLP, Comp, RE) Sing Me Softly Of The ... MPS Records, MPS Records, MPS Records, MPS Records 1986
Blast Of Silence (Axed My Baby For A Nickel) (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Strong, Simple Silences Celluloid ... 1986
Fragments (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Seven, Closer ECM Records 1986
Carla (LP)   WATT Works 1987
Karen Mantler And Her Cat Arnold Get The Flu (LP, Album) Mean To Me WATT Works, WATT Works 1990
Plays The Music Of Carla Bley (CD, Album)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1990
The Watt Works Family Album (CD, Comp) Fleur Carnivore, Walki... WATT Works 1990
Drunk With Passion (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Venture Records (2) ... 1991
Emergency! (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Vashkar Polydor K.K. ... 1991
The Outer View (CD, RE) Zig-Zag Riverside Records 1991
Adventure Playground (CD, Album) Seven ECM Records 1992
Footloose (CD, Album, RE)   Nippon Columbia 1992
Swallow (LP, Album)   WATT Works, ECM Records 1992
A Genuine Tong Funeral (CD, Album, RE)   RCA, BMG 1994
Abandoned Garden (CD, Album) In The Yellow House Warner Bros. Records 1995
After The Rain (CD, Album)   Verve Records 1995
Broken Wire (CD, Album)   Eighth Day Music 1997
I Am Rose (CD, Album) Dining Alone Evoke Prod. 1997
Nude Bass Ascending... (CD, Album)   Intuition Records 1999
Barrage (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Barrage Calibre (3) ... 2000
Movies / More Movies (CD, Album)   WATT Works 2000
No Answer / Silence (2xCD, Album)   WATT Works 2000
You Can't Name Your Own Tune (CD, Album) King Korn 32 Jazz 2000
Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1 & 2 (2xCD, Album) King Korn / Calls Atavistic 2001
Paris Jazz Concert (CD, Album) Ictus Delta Music 2002
Grown Backwards (CD, Album) Empire Nonesuch 2004
Bar Jazz 6 (3xCD, Comp) Sing Me Softly Of The ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) 2005
Liberation Music Orchestra - Not In Our Name (CD) Blue Anthem Verve Records 2005
Tarantella (CD) Walking Batterie Woman... PSI (UK) 2006
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records (4xCD, Comp) War Orphans Impulse! 2006
Something Sweet, Something Tender (CD, Album) Walking Batterie Woman... Enja Records 2007
Stages Of A Long Journey (CD, Album) Syndrome ECM Records 2007
Appearing Nightly (CD, Album) I Hadn’t Anyone Till... WATT Works, WATT Works 2008
January (CD, Album) King Korn ECM Records, ECM Records 2008
Kalimba & Give Up To Get (Single) ◄ (4 versions) Give Up To Get Ninja Tuna 2008
Ninja Tuna (Album) ◄ (6 versions) Give Up To Get Ninja Tuna ... 2008
Nouveautés ECM (CD, Smplr) King Korn ECM Records 2008
Open, To Love (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Closer, Ida Lupino, Seven ECM Records ... 2008
The Complete Released Works 1968-1999 (3xCD, Comp + DVD) Ida Plastic Strip 2008
Quartet Live (CD, Album) Olhos De Gato, Syndrome Concord Jazz 2009
At The Montreux Jazz Festival (LP, Album) Ad Infinitum MGM Records  
Footloose (LP, Album)   BYG Records  
Glucose Confectionnerie (LP, Album)   Futura Records (2)  
RCA Masters (LP) Mother Of The Dead Man... RCA  
The Mood Mosaic 6: Jazz À Go Go (CD, Comp) Dining Alone Hitland  
The Outer View (LP, Album) Zig-Zag Riverside Records  
Turning Point (CD, Album)   Improvising Artists Inc.  
Tracks Appear On:
Lyrics: Texte Und Musik Live (LP) For Under The Vulcano Comus Records 1984
Lost In The Stars - The Music Of Kurt Weill (Comp) ◄ (5 versions) Lost In The Stars A&M Records ... 1985
Untitled (7") Intro, Outro Ptolemaic Terrascope 1992
Unknown Public 05: Voicebox (CD, Comp) Escalator Over The Hill Unknown Public 1994
Objective Exotic Directions (2xVinyl, Album) Song Sung Long Diggin Deeper 1996
Groovy Vol. 3 - A Collection Of Rare Jazzy Club Tracks (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Song Sung Long Irma 1998
More Jazzvisits 1997 - 99 (Copenhagen / Denmark) (2xCD) Battleship Stunt Records  
The Mood Mosaic 6: Jazz À Go Go (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Dining Alone Hitland  
Three (2xLP, Comp) Dining Alone Groove Master Records  
Unofficial Releases:
Disposability (CD, Album) Generous 1 KCD  
Relativity Suite (CDr, Album)   Not On Label  
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