Carla Bley

Carla Bley — aka Lovella May Borg (born May 11, 1936) — is an American jazz pianist and composer from Oakland, Calif., who appeared on albums by Charlie Haden, Don Cherry, Gary Burton, and husband Michael Mantler during the 1970s. As a bandleader, she released eight studio albums on WATT Works between 1974 and 1989.

Discography:

• Jazz Realities (1966)
• Escalator Over the Hill (1971 • Carla Bley & Paul Haines)
• Tropic Appetites (1974)
• 13 & 3/4 (1975 • Michael Mantler & Carla Bley)
• Dinner Music (1977)
• European Tour 1977 (1978)
• Musique mécanique (1979 • The Carla Bley Band)
• Social Studies (1981)
• Live! (1981)
• Mortelle randonnée (OST, 1983)
• Heavy Heart (1984)
• I Hate to Sing (1984 • The Carla Bley Band)
• Night-Glo (1985)
• Sextet (1987)
• Duets (1988 • Carla Bley & Steve Swallow)
• Fleur Carnivore (1989)
• The Very Big Carla Bley Band (1991)
• Big Band Theory (1993)
• Go Together (1993 • Carla Bley & Steve Swallow)
• Fancy Chamber Music (1998)
• 4×4 (2000)
• Looking for America (2003)
• The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (2007)
• Carla’s Christmas Carols (2009 • Carla Bley, Steve Swallow & The Partyka Brass Quintet)
• Trios (2013 • Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard & Steve Swallow)
• Andando el tiempo (2016 • Carla Bley / Andy Sheppard / Steve Swallow)