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Carla Bley

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Carla Bley

Born May 11, 1936 · Oakland, California, USA

Died October 17, 2023 · aged 87

Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she gained acclaim for her jazz opera Escalator over the Hill (released as a triple LP set), as well as a book of compositions that have been performed by many other artists, including Gary Burton, Jimmy Gi…

Known For

Deadly CircuitDeadly Circuit · 1983
Deadly Circuit
★ 6.11983
MovieCrimeMystery
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
Küchengespräche mit RebellinnenKüchengespräche mit Rebellinnen · 1985
Küchengespräche mit Rebellinnen
1985
MovieDocumentaryWar
Oral witnesses tell about their work in the Austrian underground movement against the national socialist regime. Agnes Primoschitz, Johanna Sadolschek-Zala, Rosl Grossmann-Breuer and Anni Haider talk about helping concenreation camp prisoners escape, fighting with the partisans and imprisonment, and about various experiences which bring back happy and sad memories. Many of their friends and relatives did not survive the terrible time. Some of the oral witnesses hadn't counted on surviving the prisons and concentration camps.
Escalator Over the HillEscalator Over the Hill · 1999
Escalator Over the Hill
★ 10.01999
MovieMusic
Footage shot by Steve Gebhardt during the recording sessions for Carla Bley's staggering and star-studded avant-jazz opera Escalator Over the Hill.
Bill's HatBill's Hat · 1967
Bill's Hat
1967
MovieDocumentary
"The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my camera. It’s only love: therefore it can’t harm you". Joyce Wieland.

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