# Carla Bley

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Podcast: [Jazz Legends](https://stenobird.com/podcast/jazz-legends-6773721)
Published: 2026-06-10T12:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://jazzlegends.podbean.com/e/carla-bley/
Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/psgywzr8h3wryc35/JazzLegends_97_CarlaBley.mp3
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Duration seconds: 1642

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Pianist, organist, composer, and bandleader Carla Bley (born May 11, 1936) considered herself primarily a composer, saying she was 99% composer and 1% pianist. She associated herself with the avant guard movement, allying herself with musicians like Charlie Haden, Michael Mantler, and others in her cutting edge ensembles, she organized the Jazz Composers Guild in the 1960s featuring many of the most innovative musicians in NYC at the time, and her record label released recordings of Don Cherry, Roswell Rudd and Clifford Thornton.

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