In the mid 1950s, while still in her teens, Carla Bley hitchhiked from Oakland, California to New York. After listening to west coast cool jazz musicians like Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker, she caught the jazz bug and was heading to the Mecca of jazz music. She got to the Cafe Bohemia jazz club and watched Miles Davis with Paul … Continue reading Carla Bley’s Band, 1976-1984