Claude Bolling (versão Inglês)

Claude Bolling (born 10 April 1930), is a French jazz pianist, composer,[1][2] 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. 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 has written 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), 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 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 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 has also worked with,
and performed tributes to many others, including Lionel Hampton, Duke
Ellington, Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, and Oscar Peterson.