Inne 1972 Guggenheim Fellowship 1973 Oscar du Disque de Jazz 1979 New York Jazz Award 1985 Deutscher Shallplattenpreis 1990 Jazzowy muzyk roku według magazynu „Hi Fi Vision” 1991 Prix Jazz Moderne 2009 German Jazz Trophy – A Life for JazzECM – German Jazz Trophy for Carla Bley [dostęp 2012-01-19] 2015 NEA Jazz Masters Award
Dyskografia
Jako liderka 1971 Escalator Over the Hill (JCOA/ECM) 1974 Tropic Appetites (WATT) 1975 13 for Piano and Two Orchestras and 3/4 for Piano and Orchestra (WATT) 1977 Dinner Music (WATT) 1978 The Carla Bley Band • European Tour 1977 (WATT) 1979 Musique Mecanique (WATT) 1981 Social Studies (WATT) 1983 Mortelle Randonnée • Original Soundtrack (Phonogram) 1984 Heavy Heart (WATT) I Hate to Sing (WATT) 1985 Night-Glo (WATT) 1987 Sextet (WATT) 1988 Fleur Carnivore (WATT) 1989 The Watt Works Family Album (WATT) 1991 The Very Big Carla Bley Band (WATT) 1993 Big Band Theory (WATT) 1995 Songs with Legs (ECM) 1996 Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (ECM) 1998 Fancy Chamber Music (ECM) 2000 Carla Bley • Live! (ECM) 4x4 (WATT) 2003 Looking for America (ECM) 2004 The Lost Chords (WATT/ECM) Carla Bley • Selected Recordings (ECM) 2007 The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (WATT)