She worked within a scene whose promoters, fans, critics and musicians tend to misunderstand the role of the jazz composer
Carla Bley wrote short, unforgettable tunes with the same authority that she applied to long, through-composed suites. Photograph: Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/VCG via GettyThe jazz composer Carla Bley, who has died aged 87, created an enormous body of work with emotional punch, intellectual reach and musical depth. She was also a role model for independent musicians, with her own label and studio in New York state.
Though she used the name Carla for her recording career, she was born Lovella Borg in Oakland, California. She was the daughter of Arline , who died when Lovella was eight, and Emil Borg, both musicians. She played and sang at church, and grew up in a relaxed but religious household. She was largely self-taught on piano.
After splitting from Paul, she married the Austrian-born trumpeter Michael Mantler in 1965, and they had a daughter, Karen. Their partnership also yielded the JCOA label Escalator Over the Hill and the New Music Distribution Service, a not-for-profit distributor for experimental music. In the 1970s they founded their Watt label and a recording studio, Grog Kill. The label’s first album was her charming Tropic Appetites .
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