This is FRESH AIR. For decades, jazz composer and pianist Carla Bley led big bands. More recently, she's toured as part of a quieter trio with bassist Steve Swallow and saxophonist Andy Sheppard. Jazz ...

After decades of illuminating and revealing work, reveling in and breaking free of shadows, it is those same shadows that still inspire and inform Carla Bley. Which perhaps explains why the title ...

Jazz master Carla Bley wrote hundreds of compositions — some of which are now considered standards. She died this week in New York of complications from brain cancer, her husband said. She was 87. The ...

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

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 husband ...

Carla Bley is legendary as not only a pianist and bandleader who’s played with everyone under the sun, but also as a composer and arranger for bands ranging from duos to big bands and orchestras.

Bley spent decades leading big bands. Now in her 80s, the jazz composer and pianist has a new album with longtime pal and partner bassist Steve Swallow and English saxophonist Andy Sheppard. This is ...

Pianist / composer Carla Bley is an inspiring woman. Pianist Paul Bley was inspired to marry her, and record a full album of her compositions: Barrage (ESP-Disk, 1965), in addition to including four ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The composer Carla Bley moved to New ...