This is a list of works by American jazz musician Carla Bley.
Albums
As leader
1974: Tropic Appetites (WATT) 1977: Dinner Music (WATT) 1978: European Tour 1977 (WATT) 1979: Musique Mecanique (WATT) 1981: Social Studies (WATT) 1982: Live! (WATT) 1983: Mortelle Randonnée (Mercury) – Soundtrack 1984: I Hate to Sing (WATT) 1984: Heavy Heart (WATT) 1985: Night-Glo (WATT) with Steve Swallow 1987: Sextet (WATT) 1988: Duets (WATT) with Steve Swallow 1989: Fleur Carnivore (WATT) 1991: The Very Big Carla Bley Band (WATT) 1992: Go Together (WATT) with Steve Swallow 1993: Big Band Theory (WATT) 1994: Songs with Legs (WATT) with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow 1996: The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (WATT) 1998: Fancy Chamber Music (WATT) 1999: Are We There Yet? (WATT) with Steve Swallow 2000: 4 x 4 (WATT) 2003: Looking for America (WATT) 2004: The Lost Chords (WATT) 2007: The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (WATT) 2008: Appearing Nightly (WATT) 2009: Carla's Christmas Carols (WATT) 2013: Trios (ECM) with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow 2015: Andando el Tiempo (ECM) with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow 2020: Life Goes On (ECM) with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow
Collaborations
With Gary Burton
1967: A Genuine Tong Funeral (RCA) With the Jazz Composer's Orchestra 1966: Communication (Fontana) Jazz Composer's Orchestra 1968: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (JCOA) (led by Michael Mantler) 1968-71: Escalator over the Hill (JCOA) (a chronotransduction by Carla Bley & Paul Haines) 1973: Relativity Suite (JCOA) (led by Don Cherry) 1975: The Gardens of Harlem (JCOA) (led by Clifford Thornton) 1975: Echoes of Prayer (JCOA) (led by Grachan Moncur III) With Michael Mantler 1966: Jazz Realities (Fontana) (with Steve Lacy) 1973: No Answer (WATT) (with Jack Bruce & Don Cherry – texts by Samuel Beckett) 1975: 13 & ¾ (WATT) 1976: The Hapless Child (WATT) (texts by Edward Gorey) 1976: Silence (WATT) (texts by Harold Pinter) 1977: Movies (WATT) 1980: More Movies (WATT) 1982: Something There (WATT) With Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra 1969: Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!) 1983: The Ballad of the Fallen (ECM) 1990: Dream Keeper (Blue Note) 2005: Not in Our Name (Verve) 2016: Time/Life (Impulse!) With Nick Mason 1979: Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (Harvest) (released in 1981) With Steve Swallow 1986-7: Carla 1992: Swallow 2013: Into the Woodwork
As sidewoman
1975: Jack Bruce – The Jack Bruce Band Live '75 (released 2003) 1975: Jack Bruce – Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test (released 1998) 1977: John Greaves – Kew. Rhone. 1981: Amarcord Nino Rota (Hannibal) — various artists tribute to Nino Rota (performs "8½") 1984: That's the Way I Feel Now (A&M) — various artists tribute to Thelonious Monk (performs "Misterioso") 1985: Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill — various artists tribute to Kurt Weill (performs "Lost in the Stars") 1971-85: Gary Windo – His Master's Bones 1985: The Golden Palominos – Visions of Excess 1991: The Golden Palominos – Drunk with Passion 1995: Jazz to the World — various artists (performs "Let It Snow")
Videography
1983/2003: Live in Montreal (DVD)