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MUSICIAN

Carla Bley

1936 - 2023

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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 was perhaps best known 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 Giuffre, George Russell, Art Farmer, Robert Wyatt, John Scofield, and her ex-husband Paul Bley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carla Bley has received more than 527,705 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Carla Bley is the 657th most popular musician (down from 485th in 2019), the 3,396th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,582nd in 2019) and the 210th most popular American Musician.

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  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Carla Bley ranks 657 out of 2,662. Before her are Jimmy Smith, Vinnie Vincent, Robert Casadesus, Lazar Berman, Joe Walsh, and James Taylor. After her are Manfred Mann, Sean Combs, Phil Taylor, Rick Wakeman, Fou Ts'ong, and Jørgen Ingmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Carla Bley ranks 184. Before her are Walter Lewin, Walter Koenig, Polina Astakhova, Šaban Bajramović, Raymond Damadian, and Joe Spinell. After her are Antonio López García, Guillermo Endara, Carl, Duke of Württemberg, Trần Đức Lương, Carla Fracci, and Hazem El Beblawi. Among people deceased in 2023, Carla Bley ranks 126. Before her are Adolf Scherer, Andrés García, Henri Konan Bédié, Arnaldo Forlani, Ian Wilmut, and Martin Walser. After her are Chuck Feeney, Tom Sizemore, Robert Hanssen, Matteo Messina Denaro, Petar Zhekov, and Slim Borgudd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carla Bley ranks 3,396 out of 18,182. Before her are Marcian Hoff (1937), Joe Walsh (1947), Ruth Handler (1916), James Taylor (1948), George Ellery Hale (1868), and Jon Cryer (1965). After her are Fred Quimby (1886), Richard Bright (1937), Dan Gurney (1931), Lynne Cheney (1941), Dave Grusin (1934), and Willie Garson (1964).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Carla Bley ranks 210. Before her are Clarence Clemons (1942), Smokey Robinson (1940), Jimmy Smith (1925), Vinnie Vincent (1952), Joe Walsh (1947), and James Taylor (1948). After her are Sean Combs (1969), Bob Seger (1945), Mark Lanegan (1964), Maceo Parker (1943), Jerry Garcia (1942), and Kenny Loggins (1948).

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