La música estadounidense Carla Bley, maestra del jazz libre, ha fallecido a los 87 años por las complicaciones derivadas de un tumor cerebral, informó este martes su pareja, el bajista Steve Swallow, al diario The New York Times.
La californiana, cinco veces nominada al Grammy, falleció en su casa de Willow, una aldea en el norte del estado de Nueva York. Compositora, arreglista y pianista, cuenta con una prolífica y polifacética carrera de seis décadas con canciones que forman parte de la historia del jazz como 'Ida Lupino' o 'Lawns'. Grabó más de dos docenas de álbumes entre 1966 y 2019.
Durante su matrimonio, la pareja realizó giras juntas y Carla Bley compuso todas las canciones del album 'Barrage' de Paul Bley de 1964. Activista de los músicos independientes, cofundando el grupo The Jazz Composer's Orchestra en 1965 y el distribuidor sin fines de lucro New Music Distribution Service en 1972, ambos con su segundo marido, el trompetista Mike Mantler.
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