The Jazz Composer's Orchestra The Carla Bley Band Jazz In The Classroom The Chamber Music And Songs Ensemble
ex Liberation Music Orchestra
ex Liberation Music Orchestra
Avant-garde jazz composer, trumpeter and bandleader. Born on August 10, 1943 in Vienna, Austria. Went to live in New York, USA in 1964. Moved back to Europe in 1991.
Father of Karen Mantler.
Married to Carla Bley from 1965 to 1991.
ALBUMS
Michael Mantler
Sempre Notte - Live Songs
2024, CD, Album, Dlx, Ltd, Gol, Dark Companion
Michael Mantler
Coda - Orchestra Suites
2021, CD, Album, ECM Records, ECM Records
Michael Mantler
Comment C'est
2017, CD, Album, ECM Records, ECM Records, 
,
, Contemporary/Contemporary Jazz
Michael Mantler
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra Update
2014
Michael Mantler
For Two
2011, CD, Album, ECM Records, ECM Records
Michael Mantler
Concertos
2008, CD, Album, ECM Records, ECM Records
Michael Mantler
Review
2006, CD, Comp, ECM Records, ECM Records, ,
, Contemporary/Contemporary Jazz
Michael Mantler
Hide And Seek
2001, CD, Album, ECM Records, ECM Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Michael Mantler
Movies / More Movies
2000, CD, Comp, WATT (2), ECM Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Michael Mantler
No Answer / Silence
2000, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Comp, WATT (2), ECM Records
Michael Mantler
Songs And One Symphony
2000, CD, Album, ECM Records, ECM Records, ,
, Contemporary/Contemporary Jazz
Michael Mantler
The School Of Understanding
1997, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Michael Mantler
Cerco Un Paese Innocente
1995, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Michael Mantler
Folly Seeing All This
1993, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Carla Bley ... Orchestra Siciliana ... Michael Mantler ... Karen Mantler
What Box?
1992, 6xLP, Album, ECM Records GmbH
Michael Mantler
Many Have No Speech
1988, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Contemporary
Michael Mantler With Jack Bruce, Rick Fenn, Don Preston, John Greaves, Nick Mason
Live
1987, ,
, Jazz-Rock/Avantgarde/Art Rock
Michael Mantler
Alien
1985, CD, WATT Works, Inc.
Michael Mantler With Don Preston
Alien
1985
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Sharon Freeman, Mick Goodrick, Jack Jeffers, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Jim Pepper, Dewey Redman, Steve Slagle, Gary Valente
The Ballad Of The Fallen
1983
Michael Mantler
Something There
1983, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Fusion/Contemporary
Michael Mantler
More Movies
1980, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Michael Mantler
Movies
1978, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Michael Mantler
Silence
1977, 
,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Prog Rock
Michael Mantler
The Hapless Child (And Other Inscrutable Stories)
1976, 
,
, Spoken Word/Experimental/Avantgarde/Prog Rock
Michael Mantler / Carla Bley
13 & 3/4
1975, Vinyl, 
,
, Neo-Romantic/Big Band/Modern
Michael Mantler
No Answer
1974, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra, Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Roswell Rudd, Pharoah Sanders, Larry Coryell, Gato Barbieri Music Composed And Conducted By Michael Mantler
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
1974, 
,
, Free Jazz
Carla Bley - Mike Mantler* - Steve Lacy
Jazz Realities
1966, 
Linda Ronstadt
Box Set
1999, 4x CD, Box Set,
Robert Wyatt
Going Back A Bit: A Little History Of Robert Wyatt
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Virgin, ,
, Art Rock/Prog Rock
Various
All That ... Jazz Presented By Stunt Records
1989, CD, Comp, Smplr, Stunt Records, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz
Avantgarden Party
Into The Blue
1989
Carla Bley
Talking Hearts / Heavy Heart
1984, 12", Promo, WATT (2), ECM Records
Carla Bley
Heavy Heart
1984
Carla Bley
Tropic Appetites
1974, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Carla Bley, Paul Haines
Escalator Over The Hill
1971, 3x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band/Free Jazz
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
1968, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Avantgarden Party
Into The Blue
1989
Andrew Cyrille
Junction
1977
Andrew Cyrille & Māōnō* With David Ware*, Ted Daniel, Lisle Atkinson
Junction
1976, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Leroy Jenkins, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
For Players Only
1975
Various
For Taylor Storer
1988, LP, Album, Ltd, TS Records (5), ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Modern Classical/Minimal
The Carla Bley Band
I Hate To Sing
1984, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
The Carla Bley Band
Musique Mecanique
1979, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
The Carla Bley Band
European Tour 1977
1978
Jazz In The Classroom
A Tribute To Oliver Nelson
1965, LP, Album, Berklee Records
The Carla Bley Band
European Tour 1977 / Festival "Jazz Ad Alassio"
2021, 2xCDr, RE, Unofficial, Necromancer (2),
Michael Mantler
Many Have No Speech
CDr, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz/Contemporary
APPEARANCES +
Various
Impulse Records (Music, Message And The Moment)
2021, 4x Vinyl, Box Set, 
Nick Mason
Unattended Luggage
2018
Alexander von Schlippenbach - The Carla Bley Band
50 Jahre Jazz Fest Berlin
2014, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Berliner Festspiele, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Robert Wyatt
Different Every Time Volume 2 (Benign Dictatorships)
2014, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Jazz-Rock/Avantgarde/Alternative Rock/Contemporary/Art Rock
Robert Wyatt
Different Every Time
2014, 2x CD, ,
, Jazz-Rock/Avantgarde/Alternative Rock/Contemporary
John Clark
Song Of Light
2012,
Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Chick Corea, Bill Frisell, The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Carla Bley, Tomasz Stańko
40 Jaar ECM
2009, 9xCD, Comp, RM + CD, Smplr + Box, ECM Records,
Various
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records
2006, 4x CD, ,
, Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Free Jazz
Carla Bley
Live In Montreal
2002, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
Davis Diaspora
2001, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz
Reform Art Unit* Featuring Carla Bley, Andrew Cyrille, Burton Greene, Sunny Murray, Linda Sharrock, Clifford Thornton
Millenium CD
2000, 2xCDr, Granit (2), 
,
, Avant-garde Jazz
Gary Windo
His Master's Bones
1996,
Various
ECM Editions: Even The Price Sounds Great!
1991, CD, Comp, Promo, ECM Records, ,
, Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Carla Bley
The Very Big Carla Bley Band
1991
Orchestra Jazz Siciliana
Plays The Music Of Carla Bley
1990
Various
The Art Of Sound
1990, CD, ,
, Smooth Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening
Karen Mantler And Her Cat Arnold
Get The Flu
1990, Vinyl, ,
, Fusion
Various
The Watt Works Family Album
1990, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
Fire Into Music - The Best Of Impulse! Volume III
1989, ,
, Post Bop/Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Karen Mantler
My Cat Arnold
1989
Carla Bley
Fleur Carnivore
1989
Carla Bley / Steve Swallow
Duets
1988
Gary Burton
Artist's Choice
1987, ,
, Post Bop
Steve Swallow
Carla
1987
Carla Bley
Sextet
1987, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Carla Bley with Steve Swallow
Night-glo
1985, ,
, Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz/Big Band
Various
That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk
1984, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Bop/Post Bop
Charlie Haden / Carla Bley
The Ballad Of The Fallen
1983,
Carla Bley
Mortelle Randonnée (Extraits De La Bande Originale Du Film)
1983, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Carla Bley
Live!
1982
Nick Mason
Hot River
1981, 12", Single, Promo, Cle, Columbia, ,
, Folk Rock/Rock & Roll/Art Rock
Carla Bley
Social Studies
1981
Nick Mason
Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
1981, ,
, Alternative Rock/Jazz-Rock
Kip Hanrahan
Coup De Tête
1981
Various
Amarcord Nino Rota
1981
Various
Guitar Solos 3
1979, Vinyl, ,
, Experimental
Justin Dello Joio / David Loeb - Primavera String Quartet
String Quartet, Op. 1 (1974) / String Quartets Nos. 4 & 8
1978, LP, Album, Grenadilla Records, ,
, Modern
Michael Glick*
City Dreams
1977, LP, Album, New Morning Records, New Morning Records
Alan Mandel / Siegmeister*, Starer*, Albright*
American Piano Music
1977, LP, Grenadilla Records
Carla Bley
Dinner Music
1977, ,
, Post Bop
Gary Burton / Larry Coryell
Gary Burton / Larry Coryell
1977, ,
, Post Bop
John Greaves, Peter Blegvad, Lisa Herman
Kew. Rhone.
1977, Vinyl, ,
, Fusion/Avantgarde/Art Rock
David Mc Neil*
Tous Les Bars De Babylone / Suzy Blériot
1976, 7", Single, Saravah, ,
, Chanson
The Central Park Sheiks
Honeysuckle Rose
1976, ,
, Western Swing
Leroy Jenkins, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
For Players Only
1975
Don Cherry
Brown Rice
1975, ,
, Free Jazz
Various
The Bass
1974,
Various
Impulsively!
1973, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Poetry/Fusion/Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Soul-Jazz
Various
Impulse Energy Essentials (A Developmental And Historical Introduction To The New Music)
1972, 3x Vinyl, 
,
, Free Jazz/Modal/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz/Hard Bop
Charlie Haden
Liberation Music Orchestra
1970, ,
, Free Jazz
The Gary Burton Quartet With Orchestra*
A Genuine Tong Funeral
1968, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Communication
1966, ,
, Free Jazz/Big Band
The Gary Burton Quartet*
Lofty Fake Anagram / A Genuine Tong Funeral
2xCD, Album, Comp, RM, BGO Records, ,
, Post Bop/Jazz-Rock
Manuel Bienvenu
Amanuma
2013,
Various
Foro 2007
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Prodisc (4), 
Various
Hans Koller Preis 2004 - European Jazz Prize 2004
2004, CD, Comp, jazzzeit, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Big Band/Avant-garde Jazz
Kappa
Kappa
1997
Various
Musician Magazine's A Little On The CD Side Volume 9
1993, CD, Comp, Smplr, Musician
Various
ECM Spring 1993, Vol. 1
1993, Cass, Promo, Smplr, ECM Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
PolyGram Classics & Jazz New Releases April 1993
1993, CD, Comp, Promo, PolyGram Records, Inc.
Various
Spring 93 New Releases
1993, Cass, Promo, Smplr, ECM Records,
Various
Jazzbox
1992, Box, Comp + 6xLP, Album, ECM Records,
Various
"What Box ?"
1992, Box, Comp + 6xLP, Album, ECM Records
Carla Bley Band*
Live At Berliner Jazztage
2020, CDr, Album, RE, Unofficial, Necromancer (2), 
Carla Bley Jazz Realities
Various 1966 Radio
2019, CDr, RE, Unofficial, Necromancer (2),
Carla Bley
Armadillo World Headquarters Austin Texas March 27 1978
2018, CD, Album, Unofficial, Hi Hat, Hi Hat, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz
Don Cherry
Brown Rice
2015
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Communication
2014
Charlie Haden
Liberation Music Orchestra
2002
The Gary Burton Quartet With Orchestra*
A Genuine Tong Funeral
2001, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Carla Bley
Heavy Heart
2000
John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman
Kew. Rhone.
1999, ,
, Fusion/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz
Nick Mason
Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
1997
Various
Ja Strollzz
1993, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label, ,
, Psychedelic Rock/Jazz-Rock/Hard Rock/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Big Band/Post Bop/Avant-garde Jazz/Space-Age/Modal/Blues Rock/Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Cool Jazz/No Wave/Soul-Jazz/New Age
Carla Bley
Bracknell - 7/1984
2xCDr, Unofficial, Not On Label (Carla Bley),
Carla Bley - Mike Mantler* - Steve Lacy
Jazz Realities
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Charlie Haden / Carla Bley
The Ballad Of The Fallen