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)
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