Claude Bolling

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Claude Bolling (born April 10, 1930 in Cannes - † December 29, 2020 in Saint-Cloud ) was a French jazz musician ( piano ), composer and music producer .

Life

Bolling, who was considered a child prodigy , won a jazz competition in 1944 and then formed his own jazz combo . In 1948 he performed at the Nice Jazz Festival . In the same year he played with Rex Stewart , in 1951 with Roy Eldridge and in 1953 and 1956 with Lionel Hampton records. He then founded a big band and worked as musical director for recordings (for example for Brigitte Bardot ) and also produced film music . Later he also wrote compositions in which he merged jazz and classical music, such as Jean-Pierre Rampal , Maurice André, Elena Duran or Yo-Yo Ma . For the jazz pianist George Shearing and the classical guitarist Angel Romero he composed the Concerto pour guitare classique et piano jazz , which was recorded with the support of Ray Brown on bass and the drummer Shelly Manne and which was released on LP in 1981. Both as a pianist and as a jazz composer, Bolling was strongly influenced by Duke Ellington .

As a film composer, Bolling was mainly active in French film (including nine times for Jacques Deray ), and occasionally in international productions. He died in late December 2020 at the age of 90.

Discography (selection)

  • 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 USA (1993)
  • Enchanting Versailles - Strictly Classical (1994)
  • A Drum is a Woman (1997)
  • Tribute to the Piano Greats (2003)
  • Concerto for Classical Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio (2016)

Film music (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mort de Claude Bolling, jazzman et compositeur de musiques de films. LeMonde , December 30, 2020, accessed December 31, 2020 (French).
  2. ^ Portrait of Claude Bolling
  3. ^ Obituary for Claude Bolling
  4. ↑ republished in 2009 on the Frémeaux et Associés label
personal data
SURNAME Bolling, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (piano), composer and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Cannes , France
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 2020
Place of death Saint-Cloud