Claude Bolling

Claude Bolling

  • Birthday: 1930-04-10
  • Deathday: 2020-12-29
  • Place of birth: Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Biography

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), 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 3.0.

Filmography

Spécial Bardot

1968

As Self

That Night

1958

As

Production

The Sensuous Assassin

1970

As Original Music Composer

The Other One's Mug

1979

As Original Music Composer

Horoscope

1978

As Original Music Composer

The Awakening

1980

As Original Music Composer

Chance or Coincidence

1998

As Original Music Composer

The Life Before Us

2010

As Music

The Passengers

1977

As Music

Louisiana

1984

As Music

On Friday at Eleven

1961

As Original Music Composer

Easy Down There!

1971

As Music

The Angry Man

1979

As Music

La Garçonne

1988

As Music

The Magnificent One

1973

As Music

Tell Me You Love Me

1974

As Music

Love in the Night

1968

As Music

Try This One for Size

1989

As Original Music Composer

The Gypsy

1975

As Original Music Composer

Le Solitaire

1973

As Music

Say it with Flowers

1974

As Original Music Composer

Butterfly on the Shoulder

1978

As Original Music Composer

La Rumba

1987

As Music

Borsalino

1970

As Music

Borsalino and Co.

1974

As Original Music Composer

Flic Story

1975

As Music

Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose

1983

As Original Music Composer

He Died with His Eyes Open

1985

As Original Music Composer

Silver Bears

1977

As Music

Willie and Phil

1980

As Music

Letter from an Unknown Woman

2001

As Original Music Composer

Three Men to Destroy

1980

As Music

The Pleasure of Love

1991

As Original Music Composer

Constance aux enfers

1964

As Music

The Bay Boy

1984

As Music

The Day and the Hour

1963

As Music

Un métier de seigneur

1986

As Original Music Composer

Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons

1978

As Original Music Composer

Daisy Town

1971

As Original Music Composer

Le Veilleur de nuit

1996

As Music

La Grande Maffia

1971

As Music

California Suite

1978

As Original Music Composer

Want to Stay Alive

1990

As Original Music Composer

The Undertaker Parlor Computer

1976

As Original Music Composer

The Leopard

1984

As Music

Atlantic Wall

1970

As Original Music Composer

The Centipede Is Tap Dancing

1977

As Original Music Composer

La Mandarine

1972

As Original Music Composer

The Hands of Orlac

1960

As Music

Chance or Coincidence

1998

As Writer

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