Carla Bley

producer, piano, organ, arranger, conductor, tenor saxophone, keyboard, synthesizer, vocal, saxophone, glockenspiel

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Michael Mantler trumpet, valve trombone A New Hymn, Ad Infinitum, Blunt Object, Caucasian Bird Riffles, Dining Alone, Dreams So Real, Enormous Tots, Funnybird Song, Ida Lupino, In India, Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme, Nothing, Real Life Hits, Sing Me Softly of the Blues, Song Sung Long, Song of the Jungle Stream, Still in the Room, The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!, Time and Us, What Will Be Left Between Us and the Moon Tonight?
Karen Mantler
Charlie Haden
DJ エリ君
Gary Burton

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Michael Mantler trumpet, valve trombone A New Hymn, Ad Infinitum, Blunt Object, Caucasian Bird Riffles, Dining Alone, Dreams So Real, Enormous Tots, Funnybird Song, Ida Lupino, In India, Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme, Nothing, Real Life Hits, Sing Me Softly of the Blues, Song Sung Long, Song of the Jungle Stream, Still in the Room, The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!, Time and Us, What Will Be Left Between Us and the Moon Tonight?
Steve Gadd (drummer) drums A New Hymn, Ad Infinitum, Dining Alone, Dreams So Real, Funnybird Song, Ida Lupino, Sing Me Softly of the Blues, Song Sung Long
Roswell Rudd trombone A New Hymn, Ad Infinitum, Dining Alone, Dreams So Real, Funnybird Song, Ida Lupino, Sing Me Softly of the Blues, Song Sung Long
Bob Stewart (tuba) tuba A New Hymn, Ad Infinitum, Dining Alone, Dreams So Real, Funnybird Song, Ida Lupino, Sing Me Softly of the Blues, Song Sung Long
Richard Tee piano A New Hymn, Ad Infinitum, Dining Alone, Dreams So Real, Funnybird Song, Ida Lupino, Sing Me Softly of the Blues, Song Sung Long
Paul Motian drums Caucasian Bird Riffles, Enormous Tots, Funnybird Song, In India, Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme, Nothing, Song of the Jungle Stream, What Will Be Left Between Us and the Moon Tonight?
Howard Johnson (tuba & baritone saxophone) baritone saxophone, tuba Caucasian Bird Riffles, Enormous Tots, Funnybird Song, In India, Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme, Nothing, Song of the Jungle Stream, What Will Be Left Between Us and the Moon Tonight?
Toni Marcus violin Caucasian Bird Riffles, Enormous Tots, Funnybird Song, In India, Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme, Nothing, Song of the Jungle Stream, What Will Be Left Between Us and the Moon Tonight?
Gordon Edwards bass A New Hymn, Ad Infinitum, Dining Alone, Dreams So Real, Funnybird Song, Ida Lupino, Sing Me Softly of the Blues, Song Sung Long
Gato Barbieri tenor saxophone Caucasian Bird Riffles, Enormous Tots, Funnybird Song, In India, Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme, Nothing, Song of the Jungle Stream, What Will Be Left Between Us and the Moon Tonight?
Eddie Korvin mix Caucasian Bird Riffles, Enormous Tots, Funnybird Song, In India, Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme, Nothing, Song of the Jungle Stream, What Will Be Left Between Us and the Moon Tonight?
Dave Holland (British jazz bassist and composer) bass Caucasian Bird Riffles, Enormous Tots, Funnybird Song, In India, Indonesian Dock Sucking Supreme, Nothing, Song of the Jungle Stream, What Will Be Left Between Us and the Moon Tonight?
Carlos Ward flute, saxophone A New Hymn, Ad Infinitum, Dining Alone, Dreams So Real, Funnybird Song, Ida Lupino, Sing Me Softly of the Blues, Song Sung Long
Arturo O'Farrill piano Blunt Object, Real Life Hits, Song Sung Long, Still in the Room, The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!, Time and Us
Anthony Arnold Dagradi (Saxophone player) tenor saxophone Blunt Object, Real Life Hits, Song Sung Long, Still in the Room, The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!, Time and Us
Vincent Chancey French horn Blunt Object, Real Life Hits, Song Sung Long, Still in the Room, The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!, Time and Us
D. Sharpe drums Blunt Object, Real Life Hits, Song Sung Long, Still in the Room, The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!, Time and Us
Steve Swallow bass Blunt Object, Real Life Hits, Song Sung Long, Still in the Room, The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!, Time and Us
Earl McIntyre bass trombone, tuba Blunt Object, Real Life Hits, Song Sung Long, Still in the Room, The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!, Time and Us
Steve Slagle flute, saxophone Blunt Object, Real Life Hits, Song Sung Long, Still in the Room, The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!, Time and Us
Gary Valente trombone Blunt Object, Real Life Hits, Song Sung Long, Still in the Room, The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!, Time and Us
Eric Gale guitar Dining Alone, Dreams So Real, Ida Lupino
Cornell Dupree guitar Funnybird Song, Sing Me Softly of the Blues

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Michael Mantler producer, organ, synthesizer, tenor saxophone Movie Eight, Movie Eleven, Movie Fifteen, Movie Five, Movie Four, Movie Fourteen, Movie Nine, Movie One, Movie Seven, Movie Six, Movie Ten, Movie Thirteen, Movie Three, Movie Twelve, Movie Two, The Doubtful Guest, The Hapless Child, The Insect God, The Object-lesson, The Remembered Visit, The Sinking Spell, Will We Meet Tonight?
Karen Mantler producer, saxophone Au Lait, Best of Friends, Breaking Up, Call a Doctor, Fear of Pain, Good Luck, Green Beans, I Love Christmas, I Wanna Be Good, I'm Not Such a Bad Guy, Let's Have a Baby, Major Love, Mean to Me, My Cat Arnold, My Organ, My Stove, People Die, The Flu, Vacation, Waiting
Charlie Haden arranger, conductor, producer, piano Adagio (From Adagio for Strings), Amazing Grace, America the Beautiful Medley: America the Beautiful / Lift Every Voice and Sing / Skies of America, Blue Anthem, Circus ’68 ’69, El quinto reqimiento (The Fifth Regiment) / Los cuatro generales (The Four Generals) / Viva la quince brigada (Long Live the Fifteenth Brigade), Goin' Home (From the Largo of the New World Symphony), Not in Our Name, Song for Ché, Song of the United Front, The Ending to the First Side, The Interlude (Drinking Music), The Introduction, This Is Not America, Throughout, War Orphans, We Shall Overcome
DJ エリ君 organ Back in Action, Exit Stage Left, From Whom It May Concern, Grisly Business, Into the Woodwork, Never Know, Sad Old Candle, Small Comfort, Still There, Suitable for Framing, The Butler Did It, Unnatural Causes
Gary Burton conductor, organ, piano Events Leading To The End, Part One: Death Rolls-Ancestors, Events Leading To The End, Part One: Interlude: Lament, Events Leading To The End, Part One: Morning-Part One, Events Leading To The End, Part Three: Morning-Part Two, Events Leading To The End, Part Three: Some Dirge-Hour Of The Wolf, Events Leading To The End, Part Three: The New Funeral March, Events Leading To The End, Part Two: Silent Spring, Fanfare; Mother of the Dead Man, The New National Anthem (from A Genuine Tong Funeral), The New National Anthem; The Survivors, The Opening; Interlude: Shovels; The Survivors; Grave Train
Billy Lewis & The Rockin' Hearts arranger, piano Els Segadors, Grandola Vila Morena, If You Want to Write Me, Introduction to People, La Pasionaria, La Santa Espina, Silence, The Ballad of the Fallen, The People United Will Never Be Defeated, Too Late
Jack Bruce keyboard Keep It Down, Morning Story, One, Pieces of Mind, Smiles and Grins, Spirit, Without a Word
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra piano Communications #10, Communications #11, Part 1, Communications #11, Part 2, Communications #8, Communications #9, Preview
Jonathan Seller producer, piano Chicken, Crazy With You, Misterioso, Real Life Hits, The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!, Wrong Key Donkey
John Edney arranger, conductor Dream Keeper, Nkosi Sikelel`i Afrika, Rabo De Nube, Sandino, Spiritual
The Three Symphonettes vocal, tenor saxophone Good Evening, One Footnote (To Kew. Rhone.), Twenty-Two Proverbs
The Golden Palominos keyboard, piano (Kind of) True, Buenos Aires, Strong, Simple Silences
The Carla Bley Band arranger, conductor, glockenspiel, organ 8½, Misterioso
Michael Franks arranger, piano In the Yellow House
Life Erased arranger, conductor Lost in the Stars
Kip Hanrahan vocal, piano India Song
Carl McKinley vocal Forever and Sunsmell