Carla Bley

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The 10 best jazz albums of 2020
Alongside archive recordings from Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, and inventive new releases by Maria Schneider and Carla Bley, 2020 had plenty of spectacular fusions

John Fordham

21, Dec, 2020 @10:00 AM

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The best albums of 2020 so far
There’s shaken-up pop from Rina Sawayama, searching rap by J Hus and Jay Electronica, and invention everywhere from KeiyaA’s soul to Beatrice Dillon’s electronics

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

11, May, 2020 @5:00 AM

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Carla Bley Trio: Life Goes On review – warm, spirited and even funny
(ECM)

Dave Gelly

07, Mar, 2020 @4:00 PM

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London jazz festival 2016: 10 acts not to miss
A Gil Evans tribute, cartoonist Art Spiegelman takes the stage and Eve Risser brings her White Desert Orchestra to town … our jazz critic picks the festival’s top tickets

John Fordham

08, Nov, 2016 @4:09 PM

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Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra: Time/Life – review
(Impulse!)

Dave Gelly

16, Oct, 2016 @6:59 AM

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Carla Bley Trio review – distilled, playful, leisurely magic
The great composer/pianist was on memorable form on the European leg of her 80th birthday tour, accompanied by Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard

John Fordham

19, Jul, 2016 @10:54 AM

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The playlist – jazz: Django Reinhardt, Diana Krall, Leonard Cohen and more
The Marseillaise as interpreted by guitarist Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli, a Cohen cover of a French resistance song, and canny piano and silky crooning from Diana Krall

John Fordham

22, Sep, 2015 @11:27 AM

The Swallow Quintet: Into the Woodwork – review
Bassist Steve Swallow takes a back seat on this self-penned set, allowing his outstanding band to shine, writes Dave Gelly

Dave Gelly

22, Jun, 2013 @11:01 PM

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ECM: In search of free jazz and free expression

Manfred Eicher discusses his genre-defying label ECM, home of Keith Jarrett, Arvo Pärt and priceless recordings of free jazz greats

Francis Marmande

26, Mar, 2013 @2:00 PM

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Carla Bley hears Sgt Pepper
1967: Number 34 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music

John Lewis

16, Jun, 2011 @11:17 PM

50 great moments in jazz: Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill

No 41: These days, no one would blink an eye at the thought of a jazz opera. But in 1971, Carla Bley's genre-spanning mix of poetry, country and Indian music was unprecedented

John Fordham

18, Jan, 2011 @6:06 PM

Carla Bley: Carla's Christmas Carols | CD review

you can always rely on Carla Bley to put an edge on the most familiarly sentimental melodies, says John Fordham

John Fordham

27, Nov, 2009 @12:01 AM

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