R.I.P.: Carla Bley ("Escalator Over The Hill")

[erik]

Free-jazz pioneer Carla Bley, remembered for her massive 1971 experiment Escalator Over The Hill, has passed away at the age of 87. She had been suffering from brain cancer since 2018:

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/carla-bley-free-jazz-pianist-composer-dead-obituary-1234856335/

Linda appeared on Escalator, doing "Why?", which was also featured on her own 1999 Box Set.