Claude Bolling
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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), Enuff Is Enuff (J'ai mon voyage!), 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.
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
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Age 47 (now 90) Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
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Age 47 (now 90)
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
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Age 53 (now 90)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
Age 91 (now 90)
Letter from an Unknown Woman
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Age 72 (now 90)
He Died with His Eyes Open
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Age 55 (now 90)
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
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Age 53 (now 90)
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
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Age 52 (now 90)Le calvaire d'un jeune homme impeccable
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Le Plus Heureux des trois
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Age 49 (now 90)
Butterfly on the Shoulder
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Age 48 (now 90) Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
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Age 47 (now 90) Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
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Age 47 (now 90)
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
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Age 47 (now 90)
The Day the Clown Cried
as Circus Band Conductor
Age 41 (now 90)
As Long as You Get Drunk...
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Age 28 (now 90)
L'Étrange Monsieur Duvallier
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Age 49 (now 90)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Age 32 (now 90)Gathering insights...
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