Carla Bley
Bandleader, Musical Artist
1936 –
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Who is Carla Bley?
Carla Bley is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known 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, John Scofield and her ex-husband Paul Bley.
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- Born
- May 11, 1936
Oakland - Also known as
- Bley, Carla
- The Carla Bley Band
- Carla Bley Band, The
- Bley, Carla, Band, The
- Lovella May Borg
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Oakland
(1936/05/11 - )
- Oakland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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