Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader. [2]

Oct 18, 2023 · Carla Bley, the pianist behind some of the most beloved compositions in the jazz canon, who recorded over two dozen albums between 1966 and 2019, died Tuesday. Her death was confirmed by her...

Oct 17, 2023 · The world of jazz is mourning the death of Carla Bley. On Tuesday, Bley’s longtime partner and musical collaborator Steve Swallow announced that the jazz musician died at the age of 87 due to...

Oct 17, 2023 · Carla Bley, an irrepressibly original composer, arranger and pianist responsible for more than 60 years of wily provocations in and around jazz, died on Tuesday at her home in Willow, a...

Oct 17, 2023 · With her iconic bangs, sharp features and free-flowing sense of the absurd, Carla Bley, who died Oct. 17 of brain cancer at age 87, was unable to go unnoticed in the male-dominated jazz world of the ’70s and ’80s.

Oct 19, 2023 · The jazz composer Carla Bley, who died this week, was singularly versatile and playful across a decades-spanning career. The story of Carla Bley’s life unfolds like a Carla Bley composition: It...

Oct 17, 2023 · Carla Bley, the pianist, composer, bandleader, and pioneer of the free jazz movement, has died from complications of brain cancer, The New York Times reports, citing the musician’s partner of...

May 13, 2018 · Every jazz fan knows the name of Carla Bley, but her relentless productivity and constant reinvention can make it difficult to grasp her contribution to music.

Oct 18, 2023 · Carla Bley, influential free jazz composer who advocated for artists’ rights and independent record labels, died October 17 of brain cancer in Willow, New York, at the age of 87.

5 days ago · The ensemble, made up of students and faculty members, was rehearsing “Escalator Over the Hill” by Carla Bley with lyrics by Paul Haines for a performance on Friday. Remarkably, it will be the ...