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).
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Filmography
all 97
Movies 87
TV Shows 10
self 7
Writer 1
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
The Life Before Us (2010)
Le Veilleur de nuit (1996)
Une femme explosive (1996)
What Maisie Knew (1995)
L'Amant de ma sœur (1991)
The Pleasure of Love (1991)
Want to Stay Alive (1990)
Have a Nice Night (1990)
La Garçonne (1988)
La Garçonne (1988)
La Rumba (1987)
Un métier de seigneur (1986)
The Gypsy (1986)
Victoires de la musique (1985)
Le Tueur triste (1984)
The Bay Boy (1984)
The Leopard (1984)
Louisiana (1984)
Credo (1983)
La Revanche (1981)
Les bons bourgeois (1981)
le vol d'Icare (1980)
Willie and Phil (1980)
The Awakening (1980)
La pitié dangereuse (1979)
The Other One's Mug (1979)
The Angry Man (1979)
California Suite (1978)
Horoscope (1978)
Claudine (1978)
Emmenez-moi au Ritz (1977)
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing (1977)
Silver Bears (1977)
The Passengers (1977)
Holy Year (1976)
Cigalon (1975)
The Gypsy (1975)
Flic Story (1975)
Les Brigades du Tigre (1974)
Tell Me You Love Me (1974)
Borsalino and Co. (1974)
Say it with Flowers (1974)
The Magnificent One (1973)
Le Solitaire (1973)
I've Had It (1973)
La Mandarine (1972)
Daisy Town (1971)
La Grande Maffia (1971)
Catch Me a Spy (1971)
Easy Down There! (1971)
Christa (1971)
Atlantic Wall (1970)
Borsalino (1970)
Love in the Night (1968)
Electra One (1967)
Constance aux enfers (1964)
The Day and the Hour (1963)
On Friday at Eleven (1961)
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
Ladies Man (1960)
That Night (1958)
The Day the Clown Cried
Alerte aux Pieds-Bleus
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GenderMale
Birthday1930-04-10
Deathday2020-12-29 (90 years old)
Birth NameClaude Jean Harry Bolling
Birth PlaceCannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix Sidney Bechet
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