Claude Bolling

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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), 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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1930-04-10
  • event Death Date 2020-12-29
  • school Known for: Sound
  • star Popularity: 1.1
  • info Birth Place Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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The Other One's Mug

1979-12-12

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The Sensuous Assassin

1970-09-23

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Horoscope

1978-06-21

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The Bay Boy

1984-09-06

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Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons

1978-03-10

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Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons

1978-03-10

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Daisy Town

1971-11-01

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The Awakening

1980-07-09

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Chance or Coincidence

1998-11-18

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The Day and the Hour

1963-04-05

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The Life Before Us

2010-12-22

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Le Veilleur de nuit

1996-12-27

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The Passengers

1977-03-09

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Louisiana

1984-01-25

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On Friday at Eleven

1961-02-16

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La Grande Maffia

1971-09-17

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Easy Down There!

1971-08-30

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California Suite

1978-12-15

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The Angry Man

1979-03-14

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La Garçonne

1988-09-21

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Tell Me You Love Me

1974-12-12

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Un métier de seigneur

1986-12-06

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Love in the Night

1968-06-10

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La Mandarine

1972-03-17

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As Long as You Get Drunk...

1958-04-23

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Try This One for Size

1989-09-22

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Want to Stay Alive

1990-02-24

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The Gypsy

1975-12-05

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The Hands of Orlac

1960-12-01

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Le Solitaire

1973-10-24

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Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan

1982-06-09

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The Undertaker Parlor Computer

1976-04-07

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Chance or Coincidence

1998-11-18

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Say it with Flowers

1974-09-04

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Le Plus Heureux des trois

1979-10-10

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The Magnificent One

1973-11-23

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The Leopard

1984-03-14

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Butterfly on the Shoulder

1978-05-03

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The Centipede Is Tap Dancing

1977-09-25

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La Rumba

1987-02-18

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Atlantic Wall

1970-10-14

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Borsalino and Co.

1974-10-23

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Flic Story

1975-10-01

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Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose

1983-09-30

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He Died with His Eyes Open

1985-10-09

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Silver Bears

1977-06-03

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Willie and Phil

1980-08-15

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Letter from an Unknown Woman

2002-12-31

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Three Men to Destroy

1980-10-31

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The Pleasure of Love

1991-04-10

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Constance aux enfers

1964-05-30

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Have a Nice Night

1990-01-27

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La pitié dangereuse

1979-12-26

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Netchayev is Back

1991-01-23

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Electra One

1967-06-12

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Borsalino

1970-05-19

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Les Brigades du Tigre

1974-12-21

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Claudine

1978-04-12

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Claudine

1978-04-12

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L'Étrange Monsieur Duvallier

1979-06-14

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Christa

1971-03-26