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Claude Bolling

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Also known as Claude Jean Harry Bolling

French jazz musician, composer and pianist (1930–2020)

Person · Open Library

Works
30

Top works

  • Bolling Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio
  • Suite No. 2 for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio
  • Jazz a la Francaise
  • Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio
  • Suite for flute & jazz piano trio no. 2

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
FR
Active from
1930-04-10
Active to
2020-12-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
65,751
Total plays
585,004

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jazzjazz pianopianofrenchinstrumental

Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a renowned French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. Born in Cannes, Bolling 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 the films Borsalino (197

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Official website

Site Officiel de Claude Bolling | pianiste compositeur jazz crossover musique de film

Site officiel de Claude Bolling. Claude Bolling est un pianiste et compositeur français majeur, reconnu pour son œuvre à la croisée du jazz, de la musique classique et du cinéma. Il d'est illustré à travers de nombreuses bandes originales emblématiques, notamment pour Borsalino et Le Magnifique. Il est également à l’origine de compositions majeures comme la Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, qui a popularisé le dialogue entre jazz et musique classique à l’échelle internationale.

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