Claude Bolling obituary
Leading figure in French jazz, as a pianist, composer and bandleader, who also wrote more than 100 film scores
Claude Bolling’s hero was Duke Ellington, which prompted the writer Boris Vian to give him the nickname ‘Bollington’. Photograph: Christian Ducasse/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images
Claude Bolling’s hero was Duke Ellington, which prompted the writer Boris Vian to give him the nickname ‘Bollington’. Photograph: Christian Ducasse/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images
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Thu 31 Dec 2020 10.23 EST
Last modified on Wed 13 Jan 2021 08.01 EST
Claude Bolling, the pianist, composer and bandleader, who has died aged 90, was a leading figure in French jazz from the early 1950s, who worked with many international stars, and celebrated the rich and complex history of jazz with his own particular brand of virtuosic enthusiasm.
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The Liberation of Paris From the Germans - 1940s
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