she left Paul Bley and moved in with Michael Mantler. In 1966 they had a daughter, Karen, who was to be Carla’s only offspring. At the end of the sixties Gary Burton recorded Carla’s first extended ...

Cultic and unclassifiable — “clearly some sort of monstrous hybrid” — Bley’s “Escalator Over the Hill,” a 1971 album, is ...

Gary Burton, vibes; Carla Bley, piano, organ, composer, conductor; Larry Coryell, guitar; Steve Swallow, bass; Bob Moses, drums; Steve Lacy, soprano sax; Gato ...