Carla Bley discography
This is a list of works by American jazz musician Carla Bley.[1]
Albums
As leader
- 1973–1974: Tropic Appetites (WATT, 1974)
- 1976: Dinner Music (WATT, 1977)
- 1977: European Tour 1977 (WATT, 1978)
- 1978: Musique Mecanique (WATT, 1979)
- 1980: Social Studies (WATT, 1981)
- 1981: Live! (WATT, 1982)
- 1981, 1983: I Hate to Sing (WATT, 1984)
- 1983: Heavy Heart (WATT, 1984)
- 1985: Night-Glo (WATT, 1985) with Steve Swallow
- 1986–1987: Sextet (WATT, 1987)
- 1988: Duets (WATT, 1988) with Steve Swallow
- 1988: Fleur Carnivore (WATT, 1989)
- 1990: The Very Big Carla Bley Band (WATT, 1991)
- 1992: Go Together (WATT, 1993) with Steve Swallow
- 1993: Big Band Theory (WATT, 1993)
- 1994: Songs with Legs (WATT, 1994) with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow
- 1996: The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (WATT, 1996)
- 1997: Fancy Chamber Music (WATT, 1998)
- 1998: Are We There Yet? (WATT, 1999) with Steve Swallow
- 1999: 4 x 4 (WATT, 2000)
- 2002: Looking for America (WATT, 2003)
- 2003: The Lost Chords (WATT, 2004)
- 2006: Appearing Nightly (WATT, 2008)
- 2007: The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (WATT, 2007)
- 2008: Carla's Christmas Carols (WATT, 2009)
- 2013: Trios (ECM, 2013) with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow
- 2015: Andando el Tiempo (ECM, 2016) with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow
- 2019: Life Goes On (ECM, 2020) with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow
Soundtrack
- Mortelle Randonnée (Extraits de la Bande Originale Du Film) (Mercury, 1983)
Collaborations
With Gary Burton
- 1967: A Genuine Tong Funeral (RCA, 1968)
With Michael Mantler
- 1966: Jazz Realities (Fontana, 1966) – also with Steve Lacy
- 1973: No Answer (WATT) – also with Jack Bruce & Don Cherry. texts by Samuel Beckett.
- 1975: 13 & ¾ (WATT)
- 1976: The Hapless Child (WATT) – texts by Edward Gorey
- 1976: Silence (WATT) – texts by Harold Pinter
- 1977: Movies (WATT)
- 1980: More Movies (WATT)
- 1982: Something There (WATT)
With Nick Mason
- 1979: Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (Harvest, 1981)
With Steve Swallow
- 1986-1987: Carla (Xtra Watt, 1987)
- 1991: Swallow (Xtra Watt, 1992)
- 2011: Into the Woodwork (Xtra Watt, 2013)
As a member
- 1964–1965: Communication (Fontana, 1965)
- 1968: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (JCOA, 1968) – led by Michael Mantler
- 1968-1971: Escalator over the Hill (JCOA, 1971) – a chronotransduction by Carla Bley & Paul Haines
- 1973: Relativity Suite (JCOA, 1973) – led by Don Cherry
- 1974: The Gardens of Harlem (JCOA, 1975) – led by Clifford Thornton
- 1974: Echoes of Prayer (JCOA, 1975) – led by Grachan Moncur III
The Liberation Music Orchestra
- 1969: Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!, 1970)
- 1983: The Ballad of the Fallen (ECM, 1983)
- 1990: Dream Keeper (Blue Note)
- 2004: Not in Our Name (Verve, 2005)
- 2011, 2015: Time/Life (Impulse!, 2016)
As sidewoman
- 1975: Jack Bruce, The Jack Bruce Band Live '75 (Polydor, 2003)
- 1976: John Greaves, Kew. Rhone. (Virgin, 1977)
- 1975–1981: Jack Bruce, Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test (Strange Fruit, 1998)
- 1981?: V.A., Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal, 1981) – tribute to Nino Rota (performs "8½")
- 1984?: V.A., That's the Way I Feel Now (A&M, 1984)[2LP] – tribute to Thelonious Monk (performs "Misterioso")
- 1971-1985: Gary Windo, His Master's Bones (Cuneiform, 1996)
- 1985?: V.A., Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill (A&M, 1985) – tribute to Kurt Weill (performs "Lost in the Stars")
- 1985?: The Golden Palominos, Visions of Excess (Celluloid, 1985)
- 1991?: The Golden Palominos, Drunk with Passion (Nation/Charisma, 1991)
- 1995?: V.A., Jazz to the World (Blue Note, 1995) – compilation (performs "Let It Snow" with Michael Franks)
Videography
- 1983/2003: Live in Montreal (DVD)
Compositions recorded by other artists
| Year recorded | Artist | Album | Composition(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Paul Bley | Solemn Meditation | "O Plus One" |
| 1960 | George Russell | George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot | "Dance Class" and "Beast Blues" |
| 1960 | George Russell | Stratusphunk | "Bent Eagle" |
| 1961 | George Russell | George Russell Sextet in K.C. | "Rhymes" |
| 1961 | Jimmy Giuffre | Fusion | "Jesus Maria" and "In the Morning Out There" |
| 1961 | Jimmy Giuffre | Thesis | "Ictus" |
| 1961 | Jimmy Giuffre | Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961 | "Jesus Maria" |
| 1962 | Don Ellis | Essence | "Donkey" aka "Wrong Key Donkey" |
| 1962 | George Russell | The Outer View | "Zig Zag" |
| 1962/63 | Paul Bley | Footloose! | "Floater", "Around Again", "Syndrome", "King Korn" and "Vashkar" |
| 1964 | Paul Bley | Turning Point | "Calls", "King Korn", "Ictus", and "Ida Lupino" |
| 1964 | Paul Bley | Barrage | "Batterie", "Ictus", "And Now the Queen", "Around Again", "Walking Woman", "Barrage" |
| 1965 | Jazz Composer's Orchestra | Communication | "Roast" |
| 1965 | Paul 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" |
| 1965 | Paul 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 Trio | Three Waves | "Ida Lupino" |
| 1967 | Gary Burton | Duster | "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" |
| 1967 | Gary Burton | Lofty Fake Anagram | "Mother of the Dead Man" |
| 1968 | Steve 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" |
| 1971 | Bobby Naughton | Understanding | "Understanding", "Ictus", "Generous 1", and "Gloria" |
| 1972 | Paul Bley | Open, to Love | "Closer", "Ida Lupino" and "Seven" |
| 1972 | Steve Kuhn | Steve Kuhn Live in New York | "Ida Lupino" |
| 1972 | Enrico Rava | Il Giro Del Giorno in 80 Mondi | "Olhos de Gato" |
| 1972 | Paul Bley | Paul Bley & Scorpio | "King Korn", "Syndrome" and "Ictus" |
| 1973 | Paul Bley | Paul Bley/NHØP | "Olhos de Gato" |
| 1974 | Gary Burton | Ring | "Silent Spring" |
| 1974 | Jan Garbarek | Witchi-Tai-To | "A.I.R." |
| 1974 | Jaco Pastorius | Jaco | "Vashkar", "Donkey", "Overtoned", "Batterie" and "King Korn" |
| 1974 | Gary Burton | Hotel Hello | "Vashkar" |
| 1975 | Paul Bley | Alone, Again | "Olhos de Gato" and "And Now the Queen" |
| 1975 | Gary 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" |
| 1978 | Bobby Naughton, Jerome Harris, and Cleve Pozar | About Time | "Doctor" |
| 1979 | Morrissey–Mullen | Cape Wrath | "Dreams So Real" |
| 1980 | Gary Burton | Easy as Pie | "Reactionary Tango" |
| 1980 | Gary Burton | Picture This | "Dreams So Real" |
| 1983 | Bobby Naughton | Zoar | "Vashkar" |
| 1984 | Gary Burton Quartet | Real Life Hits | "Syndrome" and "Real Life Hits" |
| 1985 | Paul Bley | Hot | "Syndrome" and "Around Again" |
| 1986 | Paul Bley | Fragments | "Seven" and "Closer" |
| 1987 | George Russell | So What | "Rhymes" |
| 1987 | Paul Bley and Paul Motian | Notes | "Batterie" |
| 1989 | Paul Bley, Jimmy Guiffre, and Steve Swallow | The Life of a Trio: Sunday | "Where Were We?" |
| 1989 | Orchestra Jazz Siciliana | Plays 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" |
| 1991 | Paul 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" |
| 1992 | Paul 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" |
| 1997 | Steve Kuhn | Sing 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 |
| 2003 | Roberto Ottaviano | Live in Israel | "Ida Lupino" |
| 2004 | Gary Burton | Generations | "Syndrome" |
| 2004 | Leo 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" |
| 2006 | Håkon Kornstad and Håvard Wiik | The 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" |
| 2008 | Guillaume de Chassy | Faraway So Close | "Ida Lupino" |
| 2008 | Marcin Wasilewski | January | "King Korn" |
| 2009 | Gary 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" |
| 2012 | Steve 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" |
| 2015 | Rüdiger Krause | A 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" |
| 2016 | Giovanni Guidi | Ida Lupino | "Ida Lupino" |
| 2016 | Frank Kimbrough | Solstice | "Seven" |
| 2018 | Nels Cline 4 | Currents, Constellations | "Temporarliy" |
| 2020 | Marcin Wasilewski | Arctic Riff | "Vashkar" |
References
- ^ "Carla Bley - Album Discography - AllMusic". AllMusic.
External links
- Carla Bley discography discography at Discogs