Known For
Sound
Born
Apr 10, 1930
Died
Dec 29, 2020
Place of Birth
Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Credits
75 titles
Claude Bolling
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
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
Self
The Life Before Us
Original Music Composer
Brigitte Bardot : Divine B.B.
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Original Music Composer
Chance or Coincidence
Original Music Composer
Maintenant ou jamais
Sound
Le Veilleur de nuit
Original Music Composer
The Pleasure of Love
Original Music Composer
Netchayev is Back
Original Music Composer
Want to Stay Alive
Original Music Composer
Have a Nice Night
Original Music Composer
Try This One for Size
Original Music Composer
La Garçonne
Original Music Composer
Le monde est à vous
Self
Sacrée soirée
Self
La Rumba
Original Music Composer
Un métier de seigneur
Original Music Composer
Victoires de la musique
Self
He Died with His Eyes Open
Original Music Composer
The Bay Boy
Original Music Composer
The Leopard
Original Music Composer
Louisiana
Original Music Composer
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
Original Music Composer
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
Original Music Composer
Champs-Elysées
Self
Le calvaire d'un jeune homme impeccable
Compositor
Three Men to Kill
Original Music Composer
Willie & Phil
Original Music Composer
The Awakening
Original Music Composer
La pitié dangereuse
Original Music Composer
The Other One's Mug
Original Music Composer
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Original Music Composer
L'Étrange Monsieur Duvallier
Original Music Composer
L'Homme en colère
Original Music Composer
Horoscope
Original Music Composer
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Original Music Composer
Claudine
Musical
California Suite
Original Music Composer
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
Original Music Composer
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Original Music Composer
Silver Bears
Original Music Composer
The Passengers
Original Music Composer
The Probability Factor
Original Music Composer
The Gypsy
Original Music Composer
Flic Story
Original Music Composer
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Les Brigades du Tigre
Original Music Composer
Tell Me You Love Me
Music
Borsalino and Co.
Original Music Composer