Claude Bolling Sheet Music

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, mostly French, starting with the score for a 1957 documentary about the Cannes Film Festival, and including the films Borsalino (1970), and California Suite (1978).
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 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 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.
Search for Free Sheet Music
You can make a search through the entire collection of sheets.
You can make a search through the entire collection of sheets.
Latest Artists
Maaya Sakamoto
× 1
Brenda Russell × 1
Bruno Mars × 2
Coldplay × 11
Brian Blade × 1
Randy Edelman × 1
Debussy × 3
August Söderman × 1
Tay Zonday × 1
The Secret Garden × 4
The Little Mermaid × 1
Isaac Albeniz × 1
Juan Vicente Torrealba × 1
Edges × 1
Marin Marais × 1
Jon Anderson × 1
Herbie Hancock × 1
Giuseppe Tartini × 1
Michael Kamen × 1
Mandy Moore × 2
Amy Winehouse × 1
Beyonce × 2
Charlie Chaplin × 1
André Previn × 1
David Sides × 1
Chick Corea × 2
Franz Xaver Gruber × 1
Jarrod Cooper × 1
Phu Quang × 1
W.A. Mozart × 3
Dan Schutte × 1
Mongo Santamaria × 1
My Chemical Romance × 1
John Scofield × 2
Grieg × 4
Giuseppe Verdi × 1
Aerosmith × 2
Rimsky-Korsakov × 2
Wicked × 3
John Denver × 1
Gerard Hengeveld × 1
Serge Gainsbourg × 2
Bon Jovi × 2
Henry Creamer × 1
J.J. Johnson × 1
John Adams × 1
Zia × 1
Guns and Roses × 1
Gilbert DeBenedetti × 1
Within Temptation × 1
Brenda Russell × 1
Bruno Mars × 2
Coldplay × 11
Brian Blade × 1
Randy Edelman × 1
Debussy × 3
August Söderman × 1
Tay Zonday × 1
The Secret Garden × 4
The Little Mermaid × 1
Isaac Albeniz × 1
Juan Vicente Torrealba × 1
Edges × 1
Marin Marais × 1
Jon Anderson × 1
Herbie Hancock × 1
Giuseppe Tartini × 1
Michael Kamen × 1
Mandy Moore × 2
Amy Winehouse × 1
Beyonce × 2
Charlie Chaplin × 1
André Previn × 1
David Sides × 1
Chick Corea × 2
Franz Xaver Gruber × 1
Jarrod Cooper × 1
Phu Quang × 1
W.A. Mozart × 3
Dan Schutte × 1
Mongo Santamaria × 1
My Chemical Romance × 1
John Scofield × 2
Grieg × 4
Giuseppe Verdi × 1
Aerosmith × 2
Rimsky-Korsakov × 2
Wicked × 3
John Denver × 1
Gerard Hengeveld × 1
Serge Gainsbourg × 2
Bon Jovi × 2
Henry Creamer × 1
J.J. Johnson × 1
John Adams × 1
Zia × 1
Guns and Roses × 1
Gilbert DeBenedetti × 1
Within Temptation × 1