Carla Bley

Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she was perhaps best known for her jazz opera Escalator over the Hill (released as a triple LP set in collaboration with Paul Haines), as well as a book of compositions that have been performed by many other artists, including Gary Burton, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Art Farmer, John Scofield, and her ex-husband Paul Bley.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played tracks from her jazz opera album, Escalator over the Hill, in the spring/summer of 1972. The 3 LP set was marketed by ECM Records, who in the UK were distributed by Virgin, and among the host of well-known musicians involved in the project were Jack Bruce and John McLaughlin. 
There is no further evidence according to available tracklistings on this site, that he played any further material from Carla Bley under her own name, although she did play piano on The Hapless Child And Other Inscrutable Stories, her then husband Michael Mantler's 1976 album of musical settings of the stories of Edward Gorey, which Peel was attracted to because of the contributions of Robert Wyatt. She was also a member of the Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, whose 1969 debut album received airplay on Radio Geronimo. Some of Carla Bley's material was popular with listeners to BBC Radio Three's Jazz Record Requests, and she was that station's featured Composer Of The Week from 15-19 November, 2021. 
==Shows Played==
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*30 May 1972: Businessmen (LP - Escalator Over The Hill) JCOA
*06 June 1972: Detective Writer Daughter (LP – Escalator Over The Hill) JCOA
*13 June 1972: Holiday In Risk (LP – Escalator Over The Hill) JCOA
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library
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