Claude Bolling
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Claude Bolling (born March 10, 1930), is a French jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
He was born in Cannes, studied at the Nice Conservatory, then in Paris. A child prodigy, by age 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally, with Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny Clarke.
He wrote music for over one hundred films, mostly French, starting with the score for a 1957 documentary about the Cannes Film Festival, and including 1979's California Suite.
Bolling is also noted for a series of "crossover" collaborations with classical musicians. His Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio with Jean-Pierre Rampal, a clever and charming 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, and it was at the top of the hit parade for two years after its release.
Following his work with Rampal, Bolling went on to work with many other musicians, from different genres, including Alexandre Lagoya, Pinchas Zukerman, Maurice André, and Yo Yo Ma. He has also worked with, and performed tributes to many others, including Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Oscar Peterson.
Works
- Claude Bolling Plays Duke Ellington (1959)
- Cat Anderson, Claude Bolling And Co. (1965)
- Original Ragtime (1966)
- Original Boogie Woogie (1968)
- Original Piano Blues (1969)
- Original Jazz Classics (1970)
- Original Piano Greats (1972)
- Swing Session (1973)
- Jazz Party (1975)
- Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano (1975)
- With the Help of My Friends (1975)
- Keep Swingin' Volume 4 (1975)
- Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano (1975)
- Hot Sounds (1976)
- Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio (1975)
- Concerto for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio (1977)
- Jazz Gala 79 (1979)
- Just For Fun (1980)
- Picnic Suite (1980)
- Toot Suite (1981)
- Claude Bolling (1981)
- Suite for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Piano Trio (1983)
- Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio (1984)
- Jazz a la Francaise (1984)
- Live at the Meridien (1985)
- Suite No. 2 for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio (1987)
- Nuances (1988)
- Sonatas for Two Pianos (1989)
- Cross Over U.S.A. (1993)
- Enchanting Versailles - Strictly Classical (1994)
- A Drum is a Woman (1997)
- Tribute To The Piano Greats (2003)
External links
- www.claude-bolling.com
- Claude Bolling (http://www.musicprom.com/e_cbolling.html)