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 91
Movies 81
TV Shows 10
self 7
Writer 1
Director 1
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011)
The Life Before Us (2010)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (2001)
Chance or Coincidence (1998)
Le Veilleur de nuit (1996)
What Maisie Knew (1995)
L'Amant de ma sœur (1991)
The Pleasure of Love (1991)
Netchaïev est de retour (1991)
Une femme explosive (1990)
Want to Stay Alive (1990)
Have a Nice Night (1990)
Try This One for Size (1989)
In der Stille ... Mord (1989)
La Garçonne (1988)
La Garçonne (1988)
La Rumba (1987)
Un métier de seigneur (1986)
The Gypsy (1986)
Victoires de la musique (1985)
He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
Le Tueur triste (1984)
The Bay Boy (1984)
The Leopard (1984)
Louisiana (1984)
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose (1983)
Credo (1983)
Le Braconnier de Dieu (1983)
Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
La Revanche (1981)
Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx (1981)
Les bons bourgeois (1981)
Fais gaffe à la gaffe ! (1981)
Une merveilleuse journée (1980)
Three Men to Destroy (1980)
Willie and Phil (1980)
The Awakening (1980)
La pitié dangereuse (1979)
The Other One's Mug (1979)
Le Plus Heureux des trois (1979)
L'Étrange Monsieur Duvallier (1979)
The Angry Man (1979)
California Suite (1978)
Horoscope (1978)
Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978)
Claudine (1978)
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons (1978)
Emmenez-moi au Ritz (1977)
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing (1977)
Silver Bears (1977)
The Passengers (1977)
The Undertaker Parlor Computer (1976)
Cigalon (1975)
The Gypsy (1975)
Flic Story (1975)
One Must Live Dangerously (1975)
Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Les Brigades du Tigre (1974)
Tell Me You Love Me (1974)
Borsalino and Co. (1974)
Say it with Flowers (1974)
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas (1974)
The Magnificent One (1973)
Le Solitaire (1973)
I've Had It (1973)
La Mandarine (1972)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
Cadet Rousselle (1971)
Daisy Town (1971)
La Grande Maffia (1971)
Easy Down There! (1971)
One Is Always Too Good to Women (1971)
Christa (1971)
Atlantic Wall (1970)
The Sensuous Assassin (1970)
Borsalino (1970)
Love in the Night (1968)
Spécial Bardot (1968)
Du mou dans la gâchette (1967)
Electra One (1967)
Me and the Forty Year Old Man (1965)
The Adventures of Salavin (1964)
Constance aux enfers (1964)
The Day and the Hour (1963)
On Friday at Eleven (1961)
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
Ladies Man (1960)
As Long as You Get Drunk... (1958)
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GenderMale
Birthday1930-04-10
Deathday2020-12-29 (90 years old)
Birth NameClaude Jean Harry Bolling
Birth PlaceCannes, France
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix Sidney Bechet
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