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Claude Bolling
Composer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born April 10, 1930Died December 29, 2020 (90 years)
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.
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.
Claude Bolling Filmography
| 2010 | La vie devant soi · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | Lettre d'une inconnue · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Hasards ou coïncidences · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | The Pleasure of Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | Netchaïev est de retour · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Want to Stay Alive · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Have a Nice Night · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | Try This One for Size · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Race for the Bomb (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1987 | La rumba · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | La gitane · as Composer |
| 1985 | He Died with His Eyes Open · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | The Bay Boy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Le Léopard · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Louisiane · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Lucky Luke (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1983 | Lucky Luke: The Daltons on the Run · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Le braconnier de Dieu · as Composer |
| 1981 | La revanche · as Composer |
| 1981 | Au bon beurre (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1981 | Fais gaffe à la gaffe! · as Composer |
| 1980 | Docteur Teyran (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1980 | Une merveilleuse journée · as Composer |
| 1980 | Three Men to Kill · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Willie & Phil · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | The Awakening · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | The Other One's Mug · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | L'homme en colère · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | California Suite · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Lucky Luke: Ballad of the Daltons · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Horoscope · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Un papillon sur l'épaule · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Claudine (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Le mille-pattes fait des claquettes · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Silver Bears · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | The Passengers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Holy Year · as Composer |
| 1976 | The Probability Factor · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | The Gypsy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Flic Story · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Il faut vivre dangereusement · as Composer |
| 1974 | Les Brigades du Tigre (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
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| 1974 | Borsalino and Co. · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Say It with Flowers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Deux grandes filles dans un pyjama · as Composer |
| 1973 | Le Magnifique · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | The Loner · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | I've Had It · as Composer |
| 1972 | Sweet Deception · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Daisy Town · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | La grande maffia... · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Catch Me a Spy · as Composer |
| 1971 | One Is Always Too Good to Women · as Composer |
| 1971 | Easy Down There! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Atlantic Wall · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | The Sensuous Assassin · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Borsalino · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Electra One · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Du mou dans la gâchette · as Composer |
| 1965 | Me and the Forty Year Old Man · as Composer |
| 1964 | Web of Fear · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | The Day and the Hour · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | The World in My Pocket · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | The Hands of Orlac · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Ladies Man · as Composer |
| 1953 | Quatorze juillet · as Original Music Composer |
| 1924 | The Navigator · as Composer |
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Belmondo, itinéraire... · as Self |
| 2000 | L'invité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Night of the Molières (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Les Victoires de la Musique (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | César Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Conductor |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Cadet Rousselle (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Vergißmeinnicht (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Télé-Dimanche (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Hasards ou coïncidences · as Le Pianiste |
| 1974 | Les Brigades du Tigre (TV Series) · as Le Chanteur De Rue |
| 1973 | The Woman in Blue · as L'organiste |
| 1958 | That Night · as (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Hasards ou coïncidences · as Dialogue |
| 1978 | Claudine (TV Series) · as Musical |