Carla Bley
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After working as an usherette at movie theaters in the late 1950s in New York, Carla got a job as a coat check girl at the Jazz Gallery and had the opportunity to hear all the best players in New York. She kept writing, and eventually a lot of musicians, notably Paul Bley, George Russell, Jimmy Giuffre and Art Farmer, began recording her pieces. She also had an ongoing gig at a coffee house in the village, where many musicians came to sit in, and briefly played in a band led by Charles Moffett featuring Pharoah Sanders. |