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Claude Bolling

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Les Brigades Du Tigre (2006)	Lucky Luke au cinéma (2004)	First Class (2003)
Suite for Cello & Jazz Pi (1994)	Enchanting Versailles - S (1994)	Big Band Panorama (1985)
Toot Suite (1981)	Concerto pour Guitare Cla (1980)	Suite for Violin and Jazz (1978)
Concerto for Classic Guit (1975)	I Love a Piano (1969)	Ragtime Boogie-Woogie Jaz (1966)
California Suite (0)	Album (0)	Cross Over U.S.A. (0)
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Cannes, France

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Jazz

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1930

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--- 2020

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Claude Bolling (born April 10, 1930; † Dezember 29, 2020 Saint-Cloud]), is a renowned French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. 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 has written 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 (1970), and California Suite (1979). 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, Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Oscar Peterson. He is considered to be the father of modern jazz.