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WATT Records

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WATT Records
Founded1973 (1973)
FounderCarla Bley and Michael Mantler
Distributor(s)New Music Distribution Service, ECM Records
GenreJazz, Avant-garde jazz, Experimental jazz
Country of originU.S.
LocationNew York, NY

WATT Records was a record label, recording studio, and music publisher founded by Carla Bley and Michael Mantler in May 1973.[1] WATT was distributed by ECM Records. Bley and Mantler also set up New Music Distribution Service to promote WATT and new music.[2][3]

Discography

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Album Artist Year Notes
No Answer Carla Bley with Jack Bruce and Don Cherry 1973
Tropic Appetites Carla Bley 1974
13 & ¾ Carla Bley 1975
The Hapless Child Carla Bley 1976 Texts by Edward Gorey
Silence Carla Bley 1976 Texts by Harold Pinter
Movies Carla Bley 1977
Dinner Music Carla Bley 1977
European Tour 1977 Carla Bley 1978
Musique Mecanique Carla Bley 1979
More Movies Carla Bley 1980
Social Studies Carla Bley 1981
Something There Carla Bley 1982
Live! Carla Bley 1982
I Hate to Sing Carla Bley 1984
Heavy Heart Carla Bley 1984
Night-Glo Carla Bley 1985
Sextet Carla Bley 1987
Duets Carla Bley with Steve Swallow 1988
Fleur Carnivore Carla Bley 1989
The Very Big Carla Bley Band Carla Bley 1977
Go Together Carla Bley with Steve Swallow 1992
Big Band Theory Carla Bley 1993
Songs with Legs Carla Bley with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow 1994
The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church Carla Bley 1996
Fancy Chamber Music Carla Bley 1998
Are We There Yet? Carla Bley with Steve Swallow 1999
4x4 Carla Bley 2000
Looking for America (album) Carla Bley 2003
The Lost Chords Carla Bley 2004
The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu Carla Bley 2007
Appearing Nightly Carla Bley 2008
Carla's Christmas Carols Carla Bley 2009

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References

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  1. ^ "Carla Bley Obituary". The Guardian. 19 October 2023.
  2. ^ Iverson, Ethan (13 May 2018). "A Lifetime of Carla Bley". The New Yorker.
  3. ^ "On Her Own: Carla Bley; 6. The New Music Distribution Service". July 1, 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "WATT Records discography". JazzLists. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
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