Carla Bley

Aliases: The Carla Bley Band
The Carla Bley Big Band
Real name: Lovella May Borg
Born: May 11, 1936
Died: October 17, 2023
Country: United States
IPI: 00003385217 44 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Jazz pianist, organist, and composer
Member of: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1981)
Family: Karen Mantler Daughter
Paul Bley Husband (1957-1967)
Steve Swallow Romantic partner since the 1980s.
Related: Lew Soloff Member of various Carla Bley groups
Lawrence Feldman Member of Big Band
Byron Stripling
Harry Sokal Sokal was a constant member of Bley's Big band
Vincent Chancey Chancey played in Bley's Big Band

Releases

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Are We There Yet?	Carla Bley, Steve Swallow	1999	WATT
Dinner Music	Carla Bley	1977	WATT
Dream Keeper	Charlie Haden and The Liberation Music Orchestra [Conducted by Carla Bley]	1990	Polydor
Duets	Carla Bley, Steve Swallow	1988	WATT
Escalator over the Hill	Carla Bley	1971	JCOA Records
Fancy Chamber Music	Carla Bley	1998	WATT Works
Fleur carnivore	Carla Bley	1989	WATT Works
Goes to Church	The Carla Bley Big Band	1996	WATT Works
Go Together	Carla Bley, Steve Swallow	1993	WATT
Heavy Heart	Carla Bley	1984	WATT
I Hate to Sing	Carla Bley	1984	WATT Works
Live!	Carla Bley	1982	WATT
Musique Mecanique	The Carla Bley Band	1979	WATT
Night-glo	Carla Bley w/ Steve Swallow	1985	WATT Works
Sextet	Carla Bley	March 1987	WATT
Social Studies	Carla Bley	1981	WATT
Songs with Legs	Carla Bley / Andy Sheppard / Steve Swallow	January 1996	WATT
Tropic Appetites	Carla Bley	1974	WATT Works

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Lost in the Stars - The Music of Kurt Weill	various artists	1985	A&M Records
	That's the Way I Feel Now - A Tribute to Thelonious Monk	various artists	1984	A&M Records

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
And Now the Queen - A Tribute to Carla Bley	Fredrik Ljungkvist & Mattias Risberg	2016	(self-released)
Around Again	Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors & Barry Altschul	July 2018	TUM
Dear C. - The Music of Carla Bley	Fredi Lüscher, Cécile Olshausen, Nathanael Su ‎	2003	Altrisuoni
Dreams So Real - Music of Carla Bley	Gary Burton Quintet	1976	ECM
Healing Power - The Music of Carla Bley	Steve Cardenas - Ben Allison - Ted Nash	July 8, 2022	Sunnyside Records
Homage to Carla	Paul Bley	1993	Owl [FR]
Ictus - Plays the Music of Carla Bley	Noël Akchoté	August 2, 2015	Noël Akchoté Downloads
Orchestra Jazz Siciliana Plays the Music of Carla Bley	Orchestra Jazz Siciliana	October 1990	XtraWATT
The Music of Carla Bley	Andrea Massaria - Bruce Ditmas	2016	Nusica.org