A Tribute To Carla Bley at Soundspace At Captain Quack's

Austin jazz musicians will pay tribute to the late iconic jazz composer/arranger/pianist Carla Bley.
Amy C. Beal who wrote the biography “Carla Bley” described Bley's music as “vernacular yet sophisticated, appealing yet cryptic, joyous and mournful, silly and serious at the same time.”

Founder of the Jazz Composers Guild in New York during the 60’s, whose members included Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Paul Bley and Archie Shepp, by the late 60’s her music was featured on, “A Genuine Tong Funeral” by Gary Burton and her highly acclaimed “Escalator Over The Hill” won a Grand Prix du Disque, France’s most prestigious award for a musical recording. In 1972, Bley received a Guggenheim fellowship for composition. Bley, along with Michael Mantler, formed their own record label JCOA, later Watt Works. As a leader, she released over two dozen albums. Ms. Bley was recognized as a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2015. Carla Bley passed away on October 17, 2023. ...

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Austin jazz musicians will pay tribute to the late iconic jazz composer/arranger/pianist Carla Bley.
Amy C. Beal who wrote the biography “Carla Bley” described Bley's music as “vernacular yet sophisticated, appealing yet cryptic, joyous and mournful, silly and serious at the same time.”

Founder of the Jazz Composers Guild in New York during the 60’s, whose members included Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Paul Bley and Archie Shepp, by the late 60’s her music was featured on, “A Genuine Tong Funeral” by Gary Burton and her highly acclaimed “Escalator Over The Hill” won a Grand Prix du Disque, France’s most prestigious award for a musical recording. In 1972, Bley received a Guggenheim fellowship for composition. Bley, along with Michael Mantler, formed their own record label JCOA, later Watt Works. As a leader, she released over two dozen albums. Ms. Bley was recognized as a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2015. Carla Bley passed away on October 17, 2023.

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