Born in Cannes, France on April 10, 1930, Claude Bolling was a jazz pianist,
composer, arranger, and conductor. Initially interested in learning to play the
trumpet, his mother convinced him to study the piano. As a child prodigy
studying under pianist/trumpeter Marie-Louise ‘Bob’ Colin, she noticed his gift
for improvisation and encouraged him to move to Paris. In 1945, Bolling won the
Hot Club de France amateur tournament and passed his entrance exam to the
Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers of Music (SACEM). After taking
lessons from Germaine Moulier, Léo Chauliac, ...