Carla Bley Big Band, "Appearing Nightly" ??? ½ Carla Bley, one of jazz's top composers, gets her inspiration from the 1950s, when she worked as a cigarette girl at the jazz club Birdland. The main piece, "Appearing Nightly at the Black...

...career lasted about 25 years, from 1966 to 1991. He played with such luminaries as Keith Jarrett, Larry Coryell, Carla Bley, Joe Lovano and Bill Frisell. During the 1970s Pepper frequented Juneau, playing at clubs and bars and recording with...