Bley, who died Oct. 17, led her own large and small touring bands from the 1970s until a few years ago — but jazz musicians had been playing her enigmatic compositions long before that. This is FRESH ...

Five Banana; Three Blind Mice; Donkey; Ida Lupino; Ad Infinitum; Sad Song; Jesus Maria; Real Life Hits; King Korn; Dreams So Real. In January 2024, the The Carl Zinsius Project presents its debut ...

Is Carla Bley a Naive artist? The commercial exploitation of her works notwithstanding, one finds, in the simplicity and recurrence of themes; progressions and forms; and idiosyncratic style—as well ...

Composer and pianist Carla Bley is generally associated with the avant-garde or free jazz movement. This might only be due to the process of elimination, as her music doesn’t sound like bebop, swing, ...

This is FRESH AIR. Composer Carla Bley died in October at the age of 87. She led her own large and small touring bands from the 1970s until a few years ago, but jazz musicians had been playing her ...