Person · Active since 1936
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Bley, Carla
Songwriter · Performer · Producer
Member of Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, The Big Guns, The Carla Bley Band, The Carla Bley Big Band, The Swallow Quintet
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…and It’s Again
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
3 Blind Mice: 3 Blind Mice
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, Billy Drummond
3 Blind Mice: The Maze / Blind Mice Redux
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, Billy Drummond
3 Blind Mice: Wink Leak / Traps / Leonard Feather
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, Billy Drummond
440
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandA Dog’s Life
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
A New Hymn
Carla Bley
A.I.R. (All India Radio)
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Ad Infinitum
Carla Bley
Ad Infinitum
Carla Bley
Ad Infinitum
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
All Fall Down
The Very Big Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandAndando el tiempo: Camino al volver
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Andando el tiempo: Potación de guaya
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Andando el tiempo: Sin fin
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Appearing Nightly at the Black Orchid: 40 On / 20 Off - Second Round - What Would You Like to Hear? - Last Call
Carla Bley and Her Remarkable! Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandAway in a Manger
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, The Partyka Brass Quintet
Awful Coffee
Carla Bley and Her Remarkable! Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandBaby Baby
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
Back in Action
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetBaseball
Carla Bley
Battleship
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandBeads
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandBeautiful Telephones: I
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Beautiful Telephones: II
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Beautiful Telephones: III
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Blue in Green
Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraBlues in 12 Bars / Blues in 12 Other Bars
Carla Bley
Blunt Object
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandBrooklyn Bridge
Carla Bley
Businessmen
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Caucasian Bird Riffles
Carla Bley
Chicken
Andy Sheppard, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
Copycat: After You
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Copycat: Copycat
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Copycat: Follow the Leader
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Copyright Royalties
Carla Bley
Copyright Royalties
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
Crazy With You
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
Crazy With You
Andy Sheppard, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
Death of Superman / Dream Sequence #1 - Flying
Carla Bley
Detective Writer Daughter
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Dining Alone
Carla Bley
Doctor
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
Doctor Why
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Dream Keeper: Dream Keeper, Part 1 / Feliciano Ama / Dream Keeper, Part 2 / Canto del pilon (1) / Dream Keeper, Part 3 / Canto del pilon (2) / Hymn of the Anarchist Women’s Movement / Dream Keeper, Part 4
Charlie Haden and The Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraDreams So Real
Carla Bley
Drinking Music
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandEl quinto regimiento (The Fifth Regiment) / Los cuatro generales (The Four Generals) / Viva la quince brigada (Long Live the Fifteenth Brigade)
Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraEl quinto regimiento (The Fifth Regiment) / Los cuatro generales (The Four Generals) / Viva la quince brigada (Long Live the Fifteenth Brigade)
Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraEls Segadors
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley
End of Animals
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
End of Head
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
End of Rawalpindi
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
End of Vienna
Carla Bley
Ending It
Carla Bley
Enormous Tots
Carla Bley
EOTH Theme
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Escalator Over the Hill
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Exaltation/Religious Experience/Major
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandExit Stage Left
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetFast Lane
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandFive Banana
Carla Bley
Fleur Carnivore
Carla Bley
Fleur Carnivore
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
Floater
Carla Bley
Four Banana
Carla Bley
From Whom It May Concern
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetFunnybird Song
Carla Bley
Funnybird Song
Carla Bley
Ginger and David
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Ginger and David Theme
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
God Mother
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandGod Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Part One
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, The Partyka Brass Quintet
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Part Two
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, The Partyka Brass Quintet
Grand Mother
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandGrandola Vila Morena
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley
Greasy Gravy
Carla Bley and Her Remarkable! Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandGrisly Business
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetHealing Power
Carla Bley
Healing Power
Carla Bley
Heavy Heart
Carla Bley
Hell’s Bells
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, The Partyka Brass Quintet
Hip Hop
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, Billy Drummond
Holiday in Risk
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Holiday in Risk Theme
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Hotel Overture
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Houses and People
Carla Bley
I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
Carla Bley and Her Remarkable! Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandI Hate to Sing
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandIda Lupino
Carla Bley
If You Want to Write Me
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley
In India
Carla Bley
Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme
Carla Bley
Into the Woodwork
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetIntroduction to People
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, The Partyka Brass Quintet
It’s Not What You Do
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Jesus Maria
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, The Partyka Brass Quintet
Jesus Maria and Other Spanish Strains
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandJingle Bells
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, The Partyka Brass Quintet
JonBenet
Carla Bley
Joy to the World
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, The Partyka Brass Quintet
Joyful Noise
Carla Bley
King Korn
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
La Pasionaria
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley
La Pasionaria
Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraLa Santa Espina
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley
Ladies in Mercedes
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
Lawns
Carla Bley
Les Trois Lagons (d’après Henri Matisse)
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Les Trois Lagons (d’après Henri Matisse): Plate XVII / Plate XVIII / Plate XIX
Carla Bley
Life Goes On: And On
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Life Goes On: And Then One Day
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Life Goes On: Life Goes On
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Life Goes On: On
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Light or Dark
Carla Bley
Like Animals
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Little Pony Soldier
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Liver of Life
Carla Bley
Lo Ultimo
The Very Big Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandLos Cocineros
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandLost Chords I
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, Billy Drummond
Lost Chords II
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, Billy Drummond
Lost Chords III
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, Billy Drummond
Lost in the Stars
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
Major
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
Masquerade in 3 Parts: Carnation / Dark Glasses / Mustache
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow
Murder
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandMusique mécanique I
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandMusique mécanique II (At Midnight)
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandMusique mécanique III
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandNaked Bridges / Diving Brides
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Never Know
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetNkosi Sikelel’i Afrika
Charlie Haden and The Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraOld MacDonald Had a Farm
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandOne Way
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandPermanent Wave
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandRabo de nube
Charlie Haden and The Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraReal Life Hits
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandRose and Sad Song
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandSad Old Candle
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetSaints Alive!
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Sandino
Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraSandino
Charlie Haden and The Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraSetting Calvin’s Waltz
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandSilence
Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraSilence
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley
Silent Spring
Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraSmall Comfort
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetSomeone to Watch
Carla Bley and Her Remarkable! Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandSong for the Whales
Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraSong Sung Long
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandSpangled Banner Minor and Other Patriotic Songs
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandSpiritual
Charlie Haden and The Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraStep Mother
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandStill in the Room
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandStill There
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetStrange Arrangement
The Very Big Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandSuitable for Framing
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetThe Ballad of the Fallen
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley
The Butler Did It
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetThe Girl Who Cried Champagne
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
The Internationale
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandThe Lone Arranger
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandThe National Anthem / OG Can UC? / Flags / Whose Broad Stripes? / Anthem / Keep It Spangled
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandThe Piano Lesson
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandTijuana Traffic
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandTime and Us
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandTime/Life
Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraToo Late
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley
United States
The Very Big Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandUnnatural Causes
The Swallow Quintet
via The Swallow QuintetÚtviklingssang
Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraÚtviklingssang
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Vashkar
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Very Very Simple
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandWe Shall Overcome
Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra
via Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music OrchestraWho Will Rescue You?
The Very Big Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandWho Will Rescue You?
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big BandWildlife
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Wrong Key Donkey
The Carla Bley Band
via The Carla Bley BandYour Mother
The Carla Bley Big Band
via The Carla Bley Big Band4x4
2000 · WATT (2)
Andando el tiempo
2016 · ECM Records
Andando el tiempo
2016
Andando el tiempo
2016 · ECM Records
Andando el tiempo
2016
Are We There Yet?
1999 · WATT (2)
Big Band Theory
1993 · WATT (2)
Big Band Theory
1993 · WATT (2)
Carla Bley Live!
1994 · WATT (2)
Carla’s Christmas Carols
2009 · WATT (2)
Carla’s Christmas Carols
2009 · WATT (2)
Dinner Music
2015
Dinner Music
1987 · WATT (2)
Duets
1988 · WATT (2)
Duets
1988 · WATT (2)
Escalator Over the Hill
JCOA Records
Escalator Over the Hill
1998 · JCOA Records
Escalator Over the Hill - A Chronotransduction by Carla Bley and Paul Haines
Fancy Chamber Music
1998 · WATT (2)
Fancy Chamber Music
1998 · WATT (2)
Fleur Carnivore
1989 · WATT (2)
Fleur Carnivore
1991 · WATT (2)
Fleur Carnivore
1989 · WATT (2)
Go Together
1993 · WATT Records
Go Together
1993 · WATT Records
Heavy Heart
WATT (2)
Heavy Heart
1984 · WATT (2)
Heavy Heart
1994 · WATT (2)
Heavy Heart
1984 · WATT/ECM
Jazz Realities
1990 · Fontana
Life Goes On
2020 · ECM Records
Life Goes On
2020 · ECM Records (3)
Life Goes On
2020
Live!
WATT (2)
Live!
2005 · WATT (2)
Night-glo
WATT (2)
Night-glo
1985 · WATT (2)
Night-glo
1985 · WATT (2)
Selected Recordings
Selected Recordings
2004 · ECM Records
Sextet
1987 · WATT (2)
Sextet
1987 · WATT (2)
Social Studies
WATT (2)
Songs With Legs
1996 · WATT (2)
Songs With Legs
The Ballad of the Fallen
The Ballad of the Fallen
1983 · ECM Records
The Ballad of the Fallen
2005
The Lost Chords
2004 · WATT (2)
The Lost Chords
Other members of Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, The Big Guns, The Carla Bley Band, The Carla Bley Big Band, The Swallow Quintet
Amina Claudine Myers
Andrew Cyrille
Andy Sheppard
Anthony Arnold Dagradi
Anton Fier
Beppe Calamosca
Bill Laswell
Branford Marsalis
Carlos Ward
Charlie Haden
Chris Cheek
Chris Cutler
Chris Dean
Claude Deppa
Curtis Fowlkes
D. Sharpe
Dennis Mackrel
Dewey Redman
Don Alias
Don Cherry
Earl Gardner
Earl McIntyre
Florian Esch
Gary Valente
Gato Barbieri
Gigi Grata
Guy Barker
Howard Johnson
Jerry Underwood
Joe Daley
Joe Lovano
Jorge Rossy
Juan Lazaro Mendolas
Julian Argüelles
Karen Mantler
Ken McIntyre
Lew Soloff
Loren Stillman
Matt Wilson
Michael Mantler
Michael Zentner
Mick Goodrick
Miguel Zenón
Mike Rodriguez
Paul Motian
Perry Robinson
Pete Beachill
Peter Blegvad
Phil Shaw
Phillip Wilson
Ray Anderson
Richard Henry
Robert Northern
Roger Janotta
Roswell Rudd
Sam Brown
Seneca Black
Sharon Freeman
Steve Cardenas
Steve Swallow
Tom Harrell
Tony Malaby
Vincent Chancey
Wolfgang Puschnig
Carla Bley is a songwriter and performer, active since 1936. Carla Bley is a member of Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, The Big Guns, The Carla Bley Band, The Carla Bley Big Band and The Swallow Quintet, and credits from those groups are included in this catalog.
Our database contains 248 recordings, 1 musical work, and 50 releases credited to Carla Bley. Credits data is sourced from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.
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