Claude Bolling
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.
Belmondo, itinéraire...
(Self)
That Night
((uncredited))
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
(Self (archive footage))
The Day the Clown Cried
(Circus Band Conductor)
Spécial Bardot
(Self)
Le Grand Échiquier
(Self)
Victoires de la musique
((Variety/Instrumental Album of the Year))
Cadet Rousselle
(Self)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
Le monde est à vous
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
The Other One's Mug
(Original Music Composer)
The Sensuous Assassin
(Original Music Composer)
Horoscope
(Original Music Composer)
The Bay Boy
(Music)
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
(Music Director)
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
(Original Music Composer)
Daisy Town
(Original Music Composer)
The Awakening
(Original Music Composer)
Chance or Coincidence
(Original Music Composer)
The Day and the Hour
(Music)
The Life Before Us
(Music)
Le Veilleur de nuit
(Music)
The Passengers
(Music)
Louisiana
(Music)
On Friday at Eleven
(Original Music Composer)
La Grande Maffia
(Music)
Easy Down There!
(Music)
California Suite
(Original Music Composer)
The Angry Man
(Music)
La Garçonne
(Music)
Tell Me You Love Me
(Music)
Un métier de seigneur
(Original Music Composer)
Love in the Night
(Music)
La Mandarine
(Original Music Composer)
As Long as You Get Drunk...
(Music)
Try This One for Size
(Original Music Composer)
Want to Stay Alive
(Original Music Composer)
The Gypsy
(Original Music Composer)
The Hands of Orlac
(Music)
Le Solitaire
(Music)
Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
(Music)
The Undertaker Parlor Computer
(Original Music Composer)
Chance or Coincidence
(Writer)
Say it with Flowers
(Original Music Composer)
Le Plus Heureux des trois
(Music)
The Leopard
(Original Music Composer)
The Magnificent One
(Original Music Composer)
Butterfly on the Shoulder
(Original Music Composer)
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
(Original Music Composer)
La Rumba
(Music)
Atlantic Wall
(Original Music Composer)
Borsalino
(Music)
Borsalino and Co.
(Original Music Composer)
Flic Story
(Music)
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
(Original Music Composer)
He Died with His Eyes Open
(Original Music Composer)
Silver Bears
(Music)
Willie and Phil
(Music)
Letter from an Unknown Woman
(Original Music Composer)
Three Men to Destroy
(Music)
The Pleasure of Love
(Original Music Composer)
Constance aux enfers
(Music)
Have a Nice Night
(Music)
La pitié dangereuse
(Original Music Composer)
Netchayev is Back
(Original Music Composer)
Electra One
(Original Music Composer)
Les Brigades du Tigre
(Original Music Composer)
Claudine
(Musical)
Claudine
(Music)
L'Étrange Monsieur Duvallier
(Music)
Christa
(Sound)