Carla Bley
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Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg, May 11, 1938) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader.
As well as a collection of compositions by several other musicians, including Gary Burton, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Art Farmer, John Scofield, and her ex-husband Paul Bley, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera Escalator over the Hill (released as a triple LP set).
Early life
Emil Borg (1899-1990), a piano teacher and church choirmaster who encouraged her to sing and learn to play the piano, and Arline Anderson (1907–1944), who died when Bley was eight years old. She left the church at the age of 14 to immerse herself in roller skating, and at Birdland, where she met jazz pianist Paul Bley. Karen Borg was touring with him before deciding to Carla Borg and married Paul Bley the same year, adopting the Bley name in 1957. He encouraged her to begin writing. The couple divorced later, but she retained his surname professionally.
Later life and career
A number of musicians began recording Bley's songs: George Russell performed "Bent Eagle" on his album Stratusphunk in 1960; Jimmy Giuffre's "Ictus" on his album Thesis; and Paul Bley's Barrage consisted entirely of her compositions. Bley has regarded herself as a writer first throughout her career, identifying herself as a 99 percent composer and one percent pianist.
In 1964, she was instrumental in organising the Jazz Composers Guild, which brought together the most influential musicians in New York at the time. She then had a personal and professional relationship with Michael Mantler, with whom she had a daughter, Karen Mantler, who is now a professional musician in her own right. From 1965-91, Bley and Mantler were married. Mantler co-led the Jazz Composers' Orchestra and established the JCOA record label, which released a number of popular recordings by Clifford Thornton, Don Cherry, and Roswell Rudd, as well as her own magnum opus Escalator Over The Hill and Mantler's Orchestra LPs. Bley and Mantler were pioneers in the establishment of independent artist-owned record labels, as well as the now defunct New Music Distribution Service, which concentrated in small, independent labels that sold "creative improvised music."
She arranged and composed music for bassist Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, as well as writing A Genuine Tong Funeral for vibraphonist Gary Burton. Bley has collaborated with a variety of other musicians, including Jack Bruce, Robert Wyatt, and Nick Mason, drummer for the rock band Pink Floyd. Nick Mason's solo debut album Fictitious Sports was entirely written by Bley and performed by her regular band with Mason as a guest, making it sound like a Carl Bley album by the same name.
She has continued to perform often with her own big band, including Blood, Sweat & Tears' Lew Soloff and a number of smaller bands, including the Lost Chords. Steve Swallow, a bassist, is her partner.
Not in Our Name, Charlie Haden's new Liberation Music Orchestra tour and recording, was arranged by her in 2005. She lives in Woodstock, New York.