A prolific composer, arranger, band leader and musician, Carla Bley has a lot of irons in the fire. She moved to New York from California at the age of 17, became a cigarette girl at Birdland where she met and married Paul Bley....for a time.  In her career she has formed her own record label, collaborated with musicians from many genres. Bley's instruments are piano and organ. "Appearing Nightly" is a live album  recorded in Paris in 2006 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2008.  It is one of her recent gifts to us, as well a Christmas CD featuring the most common Christmas songs done in the Carla Bley way.