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Carla Bley
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Carla Bley, from Oakland, worked as a young woman as a cigarette seller at the jazz club Birdland. There she heard the music she wanted to write. In the early 1960s her pieces were played by Paul Bley, to whom she was married, and by George Russell and Jimmy Giuffre. In 1964 she was one of the founders of the Jazz Composers Guild. With Charlie Haden she created the Liberation Music Orchestra and with her later partner Michael Mantler the Jazz Composer's Orchestra. Escalator over the Hill (1971) is a jazz opera of almost two hours with lyrics by Paul Haines. Her music is often humorous and draws on the tango, marches and hymns.
Listening
Hotel Overture · Carla Bley, 1971
Ida Lupino · Carla Bley, 1976
Útviklingssang · Carla Bley, 1981
Discography
Studio albums
- 1966Jazz Realities
- 1971Escalator Over the Hill
- 1974Tropic Appetites
- 197513 & 3/4
- 1977Dinner Music
- 1981Social Studies
- 1983Mortelle randonnée (soundtrack)
- 1983The Ballad of the Fallen
- 1984Heavy Heart
- 1985Night-glo
- 1987Sextet
- 1988Duets
- 1993Big Band Theory
- 1993Go Together
- 1998Fancy Chamber Music
- 20004x4
- 2007The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu
- 2009Carla’s Christmas Carols
- 2013Trios
- 2016Andando el tiempo
- 2020Life Goes On
Other work
- 1969Liberation Music Orchestra · with Charlie Haden
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader