She had a great, long run. But I'm still sad to see her go.
https://downbeat.com/news/detail/carla-bley-in-memoriam-19362023
https://downbeat.com/news/detail/carla-bley-in-memoriam-19362023
RIP Carla Bley
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Damn! I'm going to listen to Tropic Appetites
https://www.allmusic.com/album/tropic-appetites-mw0000084788
https://www.allmusic.com/album/tropic-appetites-mw0000084788
Oh sad. I had looked her up recently to see what she was up to and then realized how up there she was getting.
I recorded an interview from KCRW radio in LA back in 1985. She was funny and sharp-witted. The uninformed interviewer did not come off too well. But Carla did. I'll have to dig it out and see if it still plays. In the 80s she was a draw in smaller venues like The Roxy in West Hollywood.
Life is really moving on now.
I recorded an interview from KCRW radio in LA back in 1985. She was funny and sharp-witted. The uninformed interviewer did not come off too well. But Carla did. I'll have to dig it out and see if it still plays. In the 80s she was a draw in smaller venues like The Roxy in West Hollywood.
Life is really moving on now.
Loved her “Escalator Over The Hill.” RIP Carla Bley.
I know the obits and accolades will be pouring in over the next few days. Here's the first trickle:
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/17/1206659408/carla-bley-obituaryhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/18/carla-bley-dead-aged-87-jazz-pianist-composer-dieshttps://www.jazzwax.com/2023/10/carla-bley-1936-2023.html
They're all worth reading, and Marc Myers's post (the last one) has some great videos.
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/17/1206659408/carla-bley-obituaryhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/18/carla-bley-dead-aged-87-jazz-pianist-composer-dieshttps://www.jazzwax.com/2023/10/carla-bley-1936-2023.html
They're all worth reading, and Marc Myers's post (the last one) has some great videos.
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She did an album with Nick Mason of Pink Floyd which was released as a Mason solo album in order to get more attention. But it’s mainly a Bley work.
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R.I.P. Carla ..... The Grand Dame of Jazz
Husband Paul Bley's interpretation of Carla's composition "Ida Lupino:"
Husband Paul Bley's interpretation of Carla's composition "Ida Lupino:"
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That's the album I got on LP back in 1981, Fictitious Sports. RIP Carla
Sorry for the multiple posts, but of all the musical giants we've lost over the past few years, this loss has hit me especially hard. (I'm far from the only one.) I was lucky enough to hear Bley multiple times over the past four decades, including not long before COVID.
A playlist from Ted Gioia:
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/my-personal-favorites-carla-bley
An unparalleled appreciation from Nate Chinen (only subscribers to his Substack can read the whole thing, although he was kind enough to "gift" a link to the obit he wrote for the Times as well as a beautiful profile he wrote back in 2016):
https://thegig.substack.com/p/and-then-one-day
Almost unparalleled, that is. Ethan Iverson's tribute is up there...
https://iverson.substack.com/p/tt-314-carla-bley...if only because he includes lots of great links, including a piece he did for The New Yorker in 2018.
And Carla's Trio at the 2019 Big Ears Festival, courtesy of Nate Chinen and NPR:
A playlist from Ted Gioia:
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/my-personal-favorites-carla-bley
An unparalleled appreciation from Nate Chinen (only subscribers to his Substack can read the whole thing, although he was kind enough to "gift" a link to the obit he wrote for the Times as well as a beautiful profile he wrote back in 2016):
https://thegig.substack.com/p/and-then-one-day
Almost unparalleled, that is. Ethan Iverson's tribute is up there...
https://iverson.substack.com/p/tt-314-carla-bley...if only because he includes lots of great links, including a piece he did for The New Yorker in 2018.
And Carla's Trio at the 2019 Big Ears Festival, courtesy of Nate Chinen and NPR:
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