Carla Bley
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (1936-2023)
Carla Bley was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she gained acclaim for her jazz opera Escalator over the Hill, as well as a book of compositions that have been performed by many other artists, including Gary Burton, Jimmy Giuffre,...
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Jerome BrunerAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse-II
Pat MethenyAlso won NEA Jazz Masters
Ahmad JamalAlso won NEA Jazz Masters
Bronisław GeremekAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse-II
Mauno KoivistoAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse-II
Wynton MarsalisAlso won NEA Jazz MastersAbout this person
Carla Bley was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she gained acclaim for her jazz opera Escalator over the Hill, as well as a book of compositions that have been performed by many other artists, including Gary Burton, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Art Farmer, Robert Wyatt, John Scofield, and her ex-husband Paul Bley. She was a pioneer in the development of independent artist-owned record labels, and recorded over two dozen albums between 1966 and 2019.
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