This is a list of works by American jazz musician Carla Bley.
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 The Jazz Composer's Orchestra 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 recordedArtistAlbumComposition(s)1957Solemn Meditation"O Plus One"1960George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot"Dance Class" and "Beast Blues"1960Stratusphunk"Bent Eagle"1961George Russell Sextet in K.C."Rhymes"1961Fusion"Jesus Maria" and "In the Morning Out There"1961Thesis"Ictus"1961Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961"Jesus Maria"1962Essence"Donkey" aka "Wrong Key Donkey"1962The Outer View"Zig Zag"1962/63Footloose!"Floater", "Around Again", "Syndrome", "King Korn" and "Vashkar"1964Turning Point"Calls", "King Korn", "Ictus", and "Ida Lupino"1964Barrage"Batterie", "Ictus", "And Now the Queen", "Around Again", "Walking Woman", "Barrage"1965Jazz Composer's OrchestraCommunication"Roast"1965Touching"Start"1965The Horizon Beyond"Ictus"1965Sing Me Softly of the Blues"Sing Me Softly of the Blues" and "Ad Inifintum"1965Closer"Ida Lupino", "Start", "Closer", "Sideways in Mexico", "Batterie", "And Now the Queen" and "Violin"1965Disposability"Generous 1"1966 TrioThree Waves"Ida Lupino"1967Duster"Sing Me Softly of the Blues"1967Lofty Fake Anagram"Mother of the Dead Man"1968Watch What Happens!"Ad Infinitum"1969NRBQNRBQ"Ida"1969At the Montreux Jazz Festival"Ad Infinitum"1969Emergency!"Vashkar"1971Understanding"Understanding", "Ictus", "Generous 1", and "Gloria"1972Open, to Love"Closer", "Ida Lupino" and "Seven"1972Steve Kuhn Live in New York"Ida Lupino"1972Il Giro Del Giorno in 80 Mondi"Olhos de Gato"1972Paul Bley & Scorpio"King Korn", "Syndrome" and "Ictus"1973Paul Bley/NHØP"Olhos de Gato"1974Ring"Silent Spring"1974Witchi-Tai-To"A.I.R."1974Jaco"Vashkar", "Donkey", "Overtoned", "Batterie" and "King Korn"1974Hotel Hello"Vashkar"1975Alone, Again"Olhos de Gato" and "And Now the Queen"1975Dreams So Real"Dreams So Real", "Ictus/Syndrome", "Jesus Maria", "Vox Humana", "Doctor", "Intermission Music"1977Elastic Menu"Sing Me Softly of the Blues"1978, , and About Time"Doctor"1979Morrissey–MullenCape Wrath"Dreams So Real"1980Easy as Pie"Reactionary Tango"1980Picture This"Dreams So Real"1983Zoar"Vashkar"1984 QuartetReal Life Hits"Syndrome" and "Real Life Hits"1985Hot"Syndrome" and "Around Again"1986Fragments"Seven" and "Closer"1987So What"Rhymes"1987 and Paul MotianNotes"Batterie"1989, Jimmy Guiffre, and Steve SwallowThe Life of a Trio: Sunday"Where Were We?"1989Orchestra Jazz SicilianaPlays the Music of Carla Bley"440", "The Lone Arranger", "Dreams So Real", "Baby Baby", "Joyful Noise", "Egyptian", and "Blunt Object"1989The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian"Ida Lupino"1990That's What"Jesus Maria"1991Paul Plays Carla"Vashkar", "Floater", "Seven", "Around Again", "Ida Lupino", "Turns", "And Now the Queen", "Ictus", "Olhos de Gato" and "Donkey"1991Adventure Playground"Seven"1992Homage to Carla"Seven", "Closer", "Olhos de Gato", "And Now the Queen", "Vashkar", "Around Again", "Donkey", "King Korn", "Ictus", "Turns" and "Overtoned"1994After the Rain"Sing Me Softly of the Blues"1997Sing Me Softly of the Blues"Sing Me Softly of the Blues"2000Dockings"Ida Lupino"2000Ballad Session"Jesus Maria"2001Transformation"Walking Batteriewoman" and "The Donkey"2001Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1 & 2"King Korn" and "Calls" in segue2003Live in Israel"Ida Lupino"2004Generations"Syndrome"2004Try and Stop Me"Jesus Maria"2004In a Heartbeat"Calls"2004, Christian Weber and Dieter UlrichWe Concentrate"Jesus Maria", "Batterie" and "King Korn" 2005Live in Brooklyn"Utviklinsang" and "Walking Battery Woman"2005 and Håvard WiikEight Tunes We Like"Calls"2006Portrait of Howard"The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah"2006 and Håvard WiikThe Bad and the Beautiful"King Korn"2006Romance"Ida Lupino"2007Stages of a Long Journey"Syndrome"2007Andratx"Ida Lupino"2008Faraway So Close"Ida Lupino"2008January"King Korn"2009Quartet Live"Syndrome"2009Gates to Everywhere"Romantic Notions 1-8"2010Another Lifetime"Vashkar", "Vashkar Reprise" and "Vashkar – The Alternate Dimension Theory"2010 SingersInitiate"And Now the Queen"2011A Moment's Peace"Lawns"2012Wisteria"Permanent Wave"2013Low Standards"Vashkar"2013The 3dom Factor"Ictus"2013Listen Both Ways"Jesus Maria"2015Meltframe"Ida Lupino"2015A 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"2016Ida Lupino"Ida Lupino"2016Solstice"Seven"2018 4Currents, Constellations"Temporarliy"2020Arctic Riff"Vashkar"
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