Claude Bolling

Known for SoundBorn 1930-04-10Died 2020-12-29Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Un métier de seigneur

L'Étrange Monsieur Duvallier

Christa

14 juillet 1953

The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan

Le Plus Heureux des trois

The Day the Clown Cried

Show Bardot

Belmondo, itinéraire...

Le Grand Échiquier

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

Want to Stay Alive

Les Brigades du Tigre

Try This One for Size

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Le Veilleur de nuit

The Magnificent One

On Friday at Eleven

Borsalino

Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons

Champs-Elysées

Daisy Town

The Day and the Hour

Have a Nice Night

Le Solitaire

La Garçonne

Easy Down There!

Flic Story

Borsalino and Co.

The Life Before Us

Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose

The Gypsy

Electra One

Atlantic Wall

Three Men to Kill

Silver Bears

The Leopard

The Passengers

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Butterfly on the Shoulder

La Grande Maffia

Love in the Night

The Bay Boy

California Suite

Sacrée soirée

Brigitte Bardot : Divine B.B.

The Other One's Mug

As Long as You Get Drunk...