Carla Bley

by Amy C. Beal

Book Overview

This is the first comprehensive treatment of the remarkable music and influence of Carla Bley, a highly innovative American jazz composer, pianist, organist, band leader, and activist. With fastidious attention to Bley's diverse compositions over the last fifty years spanning critical moments in jazz and experimental music history, Amy C. Beal tenders a long-overdue representation of a major figure in American music.

Best known for her jazz...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252036360
• ISBN13: 9780252036361
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.6"