Claude Bolling
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Born 1930-04-10
Died 2020-12-29
Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor.
He was born in Cannes, France, and studied at the Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A child prodigy, by the age of 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally, with Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny Clarke. Bolling's books on jazz technique show that he did not delve far beyond bebop into much avant-garde jazz. He was a major part of the traditional jazz revival in the late 1960s, and he became friends with Oscar Peterson.
He wrote music for over one hundred films, including a 1957 documentary about the Cannes Film Festival, and films such as The Hands of Orlac (1960), World in My Pocket (1961), Me and the Forty Year Old Man (1965), Atlantic Wall (1970), Borsalino (1970), To Catch a Spy (1971), Le Magnifique (1973), Enuff Is Enuff (J'ai mon voyage!), Borsalino & Co. (1974), Flic Story (1975), The Passengers (1977), Silver Bears (1978), California Suite (1978), Jigsaw (L'Homme en colère) (1979), The Awakening (1980), Willie & Phil (1980), Three Men to Kill (1980), The Bay Boy (1984), He Died with His Eyes Open (1985), Try This One for Size (1989) and Chance or Coincidence (1998).
Bolling was also noted for a series of "crossover" collaborations with classical musicians. His Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio with Jean-Pierre Rampal, a mix of Baroque elegance with modern swing, has been a top seller for many years, and was followed up by other works in the same vein. It was particularly popular in the United States, at the top of the hit parade for two years after its release and on the Billboard top 40 for 530 weeks, roughly ten years.
Following his work with Rampal, Bolling went on to work with many other musicians, from different genres, including guitarist Alexandre Lagoya, violinist Pinchas Zukerman, trumpeter Maurice André, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. He also worked with and performed tributes to many others, including Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, and Oscar Peterson.
Bolling was also notable as the composer of the Lucky Luke animated features Daisy Town (1971) and La Ballade des Dalton (1978).
Source: Article "Claude Bolling" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Les Brigades du Tigre
Flic Story
The Awakening
Daisy Town
The Magnificent One
Three Men to Kill
California Suite
Borsalino
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
The Gypsy
Claudine
Silver Bears
Willie & Phil
Borsalino and Co.
Louisiana
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
He Died with His Eyes Open
The Hands of Orlac
Le Solitaire
La Grande Maffia
Love in the Night
The Leopard
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Christa
Atlantic Wall
L'Homme en colère
Easy Down There!
La Garçonne
The Sensuous Assassin
The Bay Boy
The Pleasure of Love
L'Étrange Monsieur Duvallier
The Day and the Hour
Chance or Coincidence
Have a Nice Night
Un métier de seigneur
Letter from an Unknown Woman
The Life Before Us
Try This One for Size
Brigitte Bardot : Divine B.B.
On Friday at Eleven
Netchayev is Back
Maintenant ou jamais
Say it with Flowers
The Other One's Mug
The Probability Factor
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
The Passengers
Acting
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Sacrée soirée
Champs-Elysées
Le monde est à vous
Le Grand Échiquier
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Victoires de la musique
Cadet Rousselle
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
Claudine
Belmondo, itinéraire...
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
The Day the Clown Cried
Maintenant ou jamais
Spécial Bardot
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