In October 2011 we will publish Carla Bley, Amy Beal’s volume in the American Composers series. Library Journal published an advance review in its July 2011 issue.

“Beal … expertly contextualizes Bley’s career within the landscapes of emergent avant-garde, free jazz, and experimental music while also exploring her creative relationships with the legendary Steve Swallow, Charlie Haden, and others. . . . Readers and researchers interested in women composers, American music history, music theory, or jazz from 1950 to the present will find this book invaluable.”