Claude Bolling
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- April 10, 1930
- Died
- December 29, 2020 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- 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), 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Life Before Us
Movie · Original Music Composer
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Chance or Coincidence
Movie · Original Music Composer
Maintenant ou jamais
Movie · Sound, Music
Le Veilleur de nuit
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Pleasure of Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Netchayev is Back
Movie · Original Music Composer
Want to Stay Alive
Movie · Original Music Composer
Have a Nice Night
Movie · Original Music Composer
Try This One for Size
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Garçonne
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Rumba
Movie · Original Music Composer
Un métier de seigneur
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
He Died with His Eyes Open
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Leopard
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Bay Boy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Louisiana
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Awakening
Movie · Original Music Composer
Three Men to Kill
Movie · Original Music Composer
Willie & Phil
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Other One's Mug
Movie · Original Music Composer
La pitié dangereuse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jig-Saw
Movie · Original Music Composer
L'Étrange Monsieur Duvallier
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Horoscope
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
California Suite
Movie · Original Music Composer
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Movie · Original Music Composer
Claudine
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Movie · Original Music Composer
Silver Bears
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Passengers
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Probability Factor
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Gypsy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flic Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tell Me You Love Me
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
Say it with Flowers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Borsalino and Co.
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Brigades du Tigre
TV · Original Music Composer · 36 eps
The Magnificent One
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Solitaire
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Mandarine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Daisy Town
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Grande Maffia
Movie · Original Music Composer
Easy Down There!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Christa
TV · Original Music Composer · 13 eps
The Sensuous Assassin
Movie · Original Music Composer
Atlantic Wall
Movie · Original Music Composer
Borsalino
Movie · Original Music Composer
Love in the Night
Movie · Original Music Composer
Electra One
Movie · Original Music Composer
Constance aux enfers
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Day and the Hour
Movie · Original Music Composer
An einem Freitag um halb zwölf
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hands of Orlac
Movie · Original Music Composer
As Long as You Get Drunk...
Movie · Original Music Composer
14 juillet 1953
Movie · Original Music Composer