She composed and arranged for Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra. Bley was a founding member of The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra.
Her compositions have been performed by various artists, including Gary Burton, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Art Farmer and John Scofield. Her jazz opera (or chronotransduction), Escalator Over The Hill electrified audiences around the world and was a crossover success.
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As an instrumentalist (piano, organ), composer, arranger and bandleader, she was part of the free jazz movement in the 1960’s. (Carla Bley – piano Andy Sheppard – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Steve Swallow – bass)Ĭarla Bley has been a pivotal force in jazz circles for over five decades. LOOKING FOR AMERICA: ELVIS COSTELLO AND CARLA BLEY September 23rd, 2009 Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow – Life Goes On – ECM Records ECM 26 180-gram vinyl, 56:39 ****1/2: LOOKING FOR AMERICA: ELVIS COSTELLO AND CARLA BLEY March 24th, 2010 LOOKING FOR AMERICA: ELVIS COSTELLO AND CARLA BLEY June 15th, 2011
Bley brings wry humor to a conversation about the challenges of writing for her very big bands, her early days as a cigarette girl in NYC jazz clubs, and why America might be famous for baked beans. For the inventive and eccentric jazz composer Carla Bley, the National Anthem proves an unlikely source of inspiration. We'll hear about his love of American country and blues, his musical upbringing in Liverpool, and his current fascination with P.T.
For British songman Elvis Costello, American music has shaped much of his musical creativity. We're seeking out the "American" in American music with two eclectic artists: Elvis Costello and Carla Bley. LOOKING FOR AMERICA: ELVIS COSTELLO AND CARLA BLEY April 17th, 2013
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Plus songs from Freddy Fender, Elizabeth Cotten, Sunny and the Sunliners and Flatt & Scruggs. Then we head southwest and west to the borderlands of Mexican-American music with a stop for conversation with San Antonio's Belen Escobedo, a master of the traditional conjunto violin.
JUMP FOR JOY: BIG BAND JAZZ AND CONJUNTO FIDDLE TRADITIONS WITH CARLA BLEY AND BELEN ESCOBEDO June 1st, 2022 Ī visit with inventive and eccentric jazz composer Carla Bley, for whom the National Anthem proves an unlikely source of inspiration. FROM THE SHOW: LOOKING FOR AMERICA: ELVIS COSTELLO AND CARLA BLEY June 15th, 2011 įrom the show "Looking for America: Elvis Costello and Carla Bley" originally aired on June 15th, 2011įROM THE SHOW: JUMP FOR JOY: BIG BAND JAZZ AND CONJUNTO FIDDLE TRADITIONS WITH CARLA BLEY AND BELEN ESCOBEDO June 1st, 2022 įrom the show "Jump for Joy: Big Band Jazz and Conjunto Fiddle Traditions with Carla Bley and Belen Escobedo" originally aired on June 1st, 2022įROM THE SHOW: LOOKING FOR AMERICA: ELVIS COSTELLO AND CARLA BLEY March 24th, 2010 įrom the show "Looking for America: Elvis Costello and Carla Bley" originally aired on March 24th, 2010įROM THE SHOW: LOOKING FOR AMERICA: ELVIS COSTELLO AND CARLA BLEY April 17th, 2013 įrom the show "Looking for America: Elvis Costello and Carla Bley" originally aired on April 17th, 2013
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