Carla Bley discography

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This is a list of works by American jazz musician Carla Bley. [1]

Contents

Albums

As leader

The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu in Monaco. From left to right : Carla Bley, Paolo Fresu and Andy Sheppard Carla-Bley-crop.png
The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu in Monaco. From left to right : Carla Bley, Paolo Fresu and Andy Sheppard
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Carla Bley, Moers Festival 2012

Collaborations

With Gary Burton

With the Jazz Composer's Orchestra

With Michael Mantler

With Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra

With Nick Mason

With Steve Swallow

As sidewoman

Videography

Compositions recorded by other artists

Year recordedArtistAlbumComposition(s)
1957 Paul Bley Solemn Meditation "O Plus One"
1960 George Russell George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot "Dance Class" and "Beast Blues"
1960George Russell Stratusphunk "Bent Eagle"
1961George Russell George Russell Sextet in K.C. "Rhymes"
1961 Jimmy Giuffre Fusion "Jesus Maria" and "In the Morning Out There"
1961Jimmy Giuffre Thesis "Ictus"
1961Jimmy Giuffre Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961 "Jesus Maria"
1962 Don Ellis Essence "Donkey" aka "Wrong Key Donkey"
1962George Russell The Outer View "Zig Zag"
1962/63Paul Bley Footloose! "Floater", "Around Again", "Syndrome", "King Korn" and "Vashkar"
1964Paul Bley Turning Point "Calls", "King Korn", "Ictus", and "Ida Lupino"
1964Paul Bley Barrage "Batterie", "Ictus", "And Now the Queen", "Around Again", "Walking Woman", "Barrage"
1965 Jazz Composer's Orchestra Communication "Roast"
1965Paul Bley Touching "Start"
1965 Attila Zoller The Horizon Beyond"Ictus"
1965 Art Farmer Sing Me Softly of the Blues "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" and "Ad Inifintum"
1965Paul Bley Closer "Ida Lupino", "Start", "Closer", "Sideways in Mexico", "Batterie", "And Now the Queen" and "Violin"
1965 Steve Lacy Disposability "Generous 1"
1966 Steve Kuhn TrioThree Waves"Ida Lupino"
1967 Gary Burton Duster "Sing Me Softly of the Blues"
1967Gary Burton Lofty Fake Anagram "Mother of the Dead Man"
1968Steve Kuhn Watch What Happens! "Ad Infinitum"
1969 NRBQ NRBQ"Ida"
1969 Phil Woods At the Montreux Jazz Festival"Ad Infinitum"
1969 Tony Williams Emergency! "Vashkar"
1972Paul Bley Open, to Love "Closer", "Ida Lupino" and "Seven"
1972Steve Kuhn Steve Kuhn Live in New York "Ida Lupino"
1972 Enrico Rava Il Giro Del Giorno in 80 Mondi "Olhos de Gato"
1972Paul Bley Paul Bley & Scorpio "King Korn", "Syndrome" and "Ictus"
1973Paul Bley Paul Bley/NHØP "Olhos de Gato"
1974Gary Burton Ring "Silent Spring"
1974 Jan Garbarek Witchi-Tai-To "A.I.R."
1974 Jaco Pastorius Jaco "Vashkar", "Donkey", "Overtoned", "Batterie" and "King Korn"
1974Gary Burton Hotel Hello "Vashkar"
1975Paul Bley Alone, Again "Olhos de Gato" and "And Now the Queen"
1975Gary Burton Dreams So Real "Dreams So Real", "Ictus/Syndrome", "Jesus Maria", "Vox Humana", "Doctor", "Intermission Music"
1977 Volker Kriegel Elastic Menu"Sing Me Softly of the Blues"
1979 Morrissey–Mullen Cape Wrath"Dreams So Real"
1980Gary Burton Easy as Pie "Reactionary Tango"
1980Gary Burton Picture This "Dreams So Real"
1984Gary Burton Quartet Real Life Hits "Syndrome" and "Real Life Hits"
1985Paul Bley Hot "Syndrome" and "Around Again"
1986Paul Bley Fragments "Seven" and "Closer"
1987George Russell So What "Rhymes"
1987Paul Bley and Paul Motian Notes "Batterie"
1989Paul Bley, Jimmy Guiffre and Steve Swallow The Life of a Trio: Sunday "Where Were We?"
1989Orchestra Jazz SicilianaPlays the Music of Carla Bley"440", "The Lone Arranger", "Dreams So Real", "Baby Baby", "Joyful Noise", "Egyptian", and "Blunt Object"
1989 Charlie Haden The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian "Ida Lupino"
1990 Leo Kottke That's What "Jesus Maria"
1991Paul Bley Paul Plays Carla "Vashkar", "Floater", "Seven", "Around Again", "Ida Lupino", "Turns", "And Now the Queen", "Ictus", "Olhos de Gato" and "Donkey"
1991 John Surman Adventure Playground "Seven"
1992Paul Bley Homage to Carla "Seven", "Closer", "Olhos de Gato", "And Now the Queen", "Vashkar", "Around Again", "Donkey", "King Korn", "Ictus", "Turns" and "Overtoned"
1994 John McLaughlin After the Rain "Sing Me Softly of the Blues"
1997Steve KuhnSing Me Softly of the Blues"Sing Me Softly of the Blues"
2000 Michel Portal Dockings"Ida Lupino"
2000 Mark Turner Ballad Session"Jesus Maria"
2001 Don Preston Transformation "Walking Batteriewoman" and "The Donkey"
2001 Ken Vandermark Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1 & 2 "King Korn" and "Calls" in segue
2002 Bobby Naughton Zoar"Vashkar"
2003 Roberto Ottaviano Live in Israel"Ida Lupino"
2004Gary BurtonGenerations"Syndrome"
2004Leo Kottke Try and Stop Me "Jesus Maria"
2004 Whit Dickey In a Heartbeat"Calls"
2004 Chris Wiesendanger , Christian Weber and Dieter Ulrich We Concentrate"Jesus Maria", "Batterie" and "King Korn"
2005 Arturo O'Farrill Live in Brooklyn"Utviklinsang" and "Walking Battery Woman"
2005 Håkon Kornstad and Håvard Wiik Eight Tunes We Like"Calls"
2006 Howard Tate Portrait of Howard"The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah"
2006Håkon Kornstad and Håvard WiikThe Bad and the Beautiful"King Korn"
2006 Dave Palmer Romance "Ida Lupino"
2007 Eberhard Weber Stages of a Long Journey "Syndrome"
2007 Jonas Kullhammar Andratx"Ida Lupino"
2008Guillaume de ChassyFaraway So Close"Ida Lupino"
2008 Marcin Wasilewski January "King Korn"
2009Gary Burton Quartet Live "Syndrome"
2009 Emanuele Arciuli Gates to Everywhere"Romantic Notions 1-8"
2010 Cindy Blackman Another Lifetime"Vashkar", "Vashkar Reprise" and "Vashkar – The Alternate Dimension Theory"
2010 Nels Cline Singers Initiate "And Now the Queen"
2011 John Scofield A Moment's Peace "Lawns"
2012Steve Kuhn Wisteria "Permanent Wave"
2013 Jeff Berlin Low Standards"Vashkar"
2013 Barry Altschul The 3dom Factor "Ictus"
2013 George Schuller Listen Both Ways"Jesus Maria"
2015 Mary Halvorson Meltframe"Ida Lupino"
2015Rüdiger KrauseA Guitar Named Carla"Like Animals", "Time and Us", "Real Life Hits", "Ida Lupino", "Musique mecanique III", "Utviklingssang", "Funnybird Song", "Four Banana", "Reactionary Tango", "Escalator Over The Hill" and "Lawns"
2016Giovanni GuidiIda Lupino"Ida Lupino"
2018Nels Cline 4 Currents, Constellations "Temporarliy"
2020Marcin Wasilewski Arctic Riff "Vashkar"

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References

  1. ↑ "Carla Bley - Album Discography - AllMusic". AllMusic.
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