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Carla Bley

October 2023

  • Carla Bley pictured in 2006.

    Carla Bley, imaginative jazz pianist and composer, dies aged 87

    Musician’s work spanned the mainstream and avant-garde, including in fusions with the world of rock

December 2020

  • Joshua Redman, Maria Schneider and Laura Jurd.

    Best music of 2020
    The 10 best jazz albums of 2020

    Alongside archive recordings from Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, and inventive new releases by Maria Schneider and Carla Bley, 2020 had plenty of spectacular fusions

May 2020

  • Clockwise from bottom left: BC Camplight, Fiona Apple, Jay Electronica, Carla Bley, KeiyaA

    The best albums of 2020 so far

    There’s shaken-up pop from Rina Sawayama, searching rap by J Hus and Jay Electronica, and invention everywhere from KeiyaA’s soul to Beatrice Dillon’s electronics

March 2020

  • Steve Swallow, Andy Sheppard and Carla Bley.

    Carla Bley Trio: Life Goes On review – warm, spirited and even funny

    (ECM)

November 2016

  • Crossover stars … Dhafer Youssef and Ambrose Akinmusire are on the bill at this year’s London jazz festival

    Music blog
    London jazz festival 2016: 10 acts not to miss

    A Gil Evans tribute, cartoonist Art Spiegelman takes the stage and Eve Risser brings her White Desert Orchestra to town … our jazz critic picks the festival’s top tickets

October 2016

  • charlie haden in new york city in june 1992

    Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra: Time/Life – review

    (Impulse!)

July 2016

  • London Jazz Festival 2009: Day 5<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17: Carla Bley of Carla Bley & The Lost Chords performs on stage at Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the London Jazz Festival 2009 on November 17, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Andy Sheppard/Redferns)

    Carla Bley Trio review – distilled, playful, leisurely magic

    The great composer/pianist was on memorable form on the European leg of her 80th birthday tour, accompanied by Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard

September 2015

  • DJANGO REINHARDT 82364<br>Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt le guitariste de jazz Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt dit "Django" (1910-1953) joue de la guitare vers la fin des ann es 40 Paris au c t d'une personne non identifi e. Il se fait conna tre en France dans les ann es 30 et fonde la formation "Le Hot Club de France" avec le violoniste St phane Grappelli. Ses premiers enregistrements le propulse au premier rang mondial des guitaristes. Apr s la guerre, il tente l'aventure am ricaine dans les grands orchestres avec Duke Ellington. Django retourne Paris puis se retire Fontainebleau o il d c de. AFP PHOTO

    The playlist
    The playlist – jazz: Django Reinhardt, Diana Krall, Leonard Cohen and more

    The Marseillaise as interpreted by guitarist Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli, a Cohen cover of a French resistance song, and canny piano and silky crooning from Diana Krall

June 2013

  • The Swallow Quintet: Into the Woodwork – review

    Bassist Steve Swallow takes a back seat on this self-penned set, allowing his outstanding band to shine, writes Dave Gelly

March 2013

  • manfred eicher ecm

    ECM: In search of free jazz and free expression

    Manfred Eicher discusses his genre-defying label ECM, home of Keith Jarrett, Arvo Pärt and priceless recordings of free jazz greats

June 2011

  • Carla Bley

    A history of jazz
    Carla Bley hears Sgt Pepper

    1967: Number 34 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music

January 2011

  • 50 great moments in jazz
    50 great moments in jazz: Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill

    No 41: These days, no one would blink an eye at the thought of a jazz opera. But in 1971, Carla Bley's genre-spanning mix of poetry, country and Indian music was unprecedented

November 2009

  • Carla Bley: Carla's Christmas Carols

  • Carla Bley

August 2008

  • Jazz review: Carla Bley Big Band, Appearing Nightly

  • Music blog
    The world of Carla Bley

January 2008

  • Carla Bley, The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu

    (ECM/Watt)

November 2004

  • Carla Bley/ David Murray

    /3 stars Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

June 2004

  • Carla Bley/ The Lost Chords, The Lost Chords

    (WATT)

May 2003

  • Carla Bley Big Band: Looking for America

    (Watt)

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