I caught up with Carla Bley before the QEH gig to talk about how the Lost Chords first got going

Appearing at the QEH on Tuesday with her quartet the Lost Chords, featuring British saxophonist Andy Sheppard, is American pianist / composer Carla Bley. She was recently my guest on Jazz Library, and picking just ten representative recordings from her vast catalogue was no easy task! Her concert from the London Jazz Festival will be broadcast in Jazz on 3 on Monday 23 November, but as a foretaste, here's part of a conversation I had with her looking forward to her QEH gig. We were talking about how the Lost Chords first got going, and how -- a little while beforehand -- she had gone out on tour with just herself and her long-term colleague bass guitarist Steve Swallow.

Listen to our conversation.