Carla Bley, an influential jazz composer, pianist and arranger for more than 60 years, died Tuesday. She was 87.
Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Deskreported. Her longtime partner, bassist Steve Swallow, told the newspaper that the cause of death was complications of brain cancer.
Carla Bley, an irrepressibly original composer, arranger and pianist responsible for more than 60 years of wily provocations in and around jazz, died on Tuesday. She was 87.We are very saddened to learn of the death of Carla Bley, a hugely important figure of the 1960s free jazz movement.
“I was just this girl from Oakland in a green dress I made myself, looking totally out of place, un-New Yorkerly, holding cigarettes,” Bley said. “I think I was noticeable.” Impossible to articulate her importance to more than one generation of musicians. Carla Bley: thank you for the music. Wow, what a battler. Composer. Arranger. Bandleader. Visionary. STAR. Rest in Power. And all good vibes to Mr Swallow who was the right guy at the right time.She was noticed by pianist Paul Bley, and they were married in 1957.
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