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Alto flute

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Bolling Claude

Aitken, Robert

Amirov, Fikret

Amlin, Martin

Amram, David

Andriessen, Jurriaan

Arnold, Malcolm

Arrieu, Claude

Auric, Georges

Babbit, Milton

Bacchus, Peter

Bacri, Nicolas

Baker, Michael Conway

Baksa, Robert

Barber, Samuel

Barrere, Georges

Bartók, Béla Viktor János

Baton, René-Emmanuel

Beaser, Robert

Bennet, Richard Rodney

Berg, Gunnar

Berio, Luciano

Bernofsky, Lauren

Bernstein, Leonard

Bloch, Ernest

Bolling, Claude

Bon, Maarten

Bonis, Mel

Boughton, Rutland

Boulanger, Marie-Juliette

Boulez, Pierre

Bourdin, Roger

Bournonville, Armand

Bowen, Edwin York

Bozza, Eugène Joseph

Bréville, Pierre

Brings, Allen

Brotons, Salvador

Brown, Elizabeth

Brun, Georges

Burkhard, Willy

Burton, Eldin

Büsser, Henri

Camus, Pierre

Carmichael, John

Carter, Elliott

Casella, Alfredo

Chaynes, Charles

Clarke, Ian

Colgrass, Michael

Colquhoun, Michael

Copland, Aaron

Corigliano, John

Cortese, Luigi

Currier, Sebastian

Dahl, Walter Ingolf Marcus

Damase, Jean-Michel

Davidovsky, Mario

De Lorenzo, Leonardo

Debussy, Claude

Del Tredici, David

DeLaney, Charles Oliver

Delerue, Georges

Denisov, Edison

Dèsbriere, Jacques

Dick, Robert

Dinicu, Grigoraș

Dodgson, Stephen

Dohnányi, Ernő

Dubois, Pierre Max

Dukas, Paul

Durey, Louis

Dutilleux, Henri

Enescu, George

Farkas, Ferenc

Feld, Jindřich

Ferroud, Pierre-Octave

Flothuis, Marius

Folio, Cynthia

Foote, Arthur

Foss, Lukas

Françaix, Jean

Fukushima, Kazuo

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Gál, Hans

Gaubert, Philippe

Genzmer, Harald

George, Thom Ritter

Ghidoni, Armando

Gieseking, Walter

Glass, Philip

Glière, Reinhold

Golovin, Andrei

Gordeli, Otar

Grier, Lita

Griffes, Charles Tomlinson

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Grovlez, Gabriel

Guarnieri, Mozart Camargo

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Hahn, Reynaldo

Hailstork, Adolphus

Halphen, Fernand

Hanson, Howard Harold

Harberg, Amanda

Harbison, John

Harsányi, Tibor

Harty, Hamilton

Heiss, John

Heith, David

Henze, Hans-Werner

Higdon, Jennifer

Hindemith, Paul

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Holmboe, Vagn

Honegger, Arthur

Hoover, Katherine

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Hüe, Georges Adolphe

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Karg-Elert, Sigfrid

Kay, Ulysses

Kelterborn, Rudolf

Ķeniņš, Tālivaldis

Kennan, Kent Wheeler

Kennedy, Martin

Kernis, Aaron Jay

Khachaturian, Aram

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Kodaly, Zoltan

Koechlin, Charles

Kornauth, Egon

Kraft, Leo

Krzywicki, Jan

Kupferman, Meyer

La Montaine, John

Lauber, Joseph

Lavista, Mario

Lee, Eugene

Leeuwen, Ary van

Levinson, Gerald

Liebermann, Lowell

Loudova, Ivana

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Mahler, Gustav

Maresz, Yan

Martin, Frank

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Martinů, Bohuslav

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Milhaud, Darius

Mouquet, Jules

Mower, Mike

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Nielsen, Carl

Norby, Erik

Nordenstrom, Gladys

Offermans, Wil

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Piston, Walter

Poulenc, Francis

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Reynolds, Verne

Riegger, Wallingford

Rivier, Jean

Rodrigo, Joaquin

Rota, Nino

Rotaru, Doina

Rouse, Christopher

Roussel, Albert

Rutter, John

Saariaho, Kaija

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Schmidt, Ole

Schocker, Gary

Schulhoff, Erwin

Schwantner, Joseph

Sciarrino, Salvatore

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Sibelius, Jean

Smit, Leo

Tailleferre, Germaine

Takemitsu, Tōru

Taktakishvili, Otar

Tansman, Alexandre

Tomasi, Henri

Tower, Joan

Uébayashi, Yuko

Varèse, Edgar

Vasks, Pēteris

Weigl, Vally

Weinberg, Mieczysław

Wilder, Alec

Williams, Ralph Vaughan

Yi, Chen

Yun, Isang

Zgraja, Krystof

Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio

By Bolling Claude

C. Bolling: "Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio" was written in 1973 for classical flute, jazz piano, string bass and drums. This "crossover" composition, combining classic and jazz, has seven movements and it was recorded for the first time by Jean-Pierre Rampal, C. Bolling (piano), M. Hédiguer (bass) and M. Sabiani (drums) in 1975 and received Grammy Award for the best Chamber Music Performance. The mix of Baroque elegance with modern swing, Suite was very popular in the 1970s and stayed in Billboard TOP 40 chart for almost 10 years.

Jasmine Choi

Hugh Sung (piano), Sam Minaie (bass), Nathaniel Smith (drums), 2012, Sony

1. Baroque and blue

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Hugh Sung (piano), Sam Minaie (bass), Nathaniel Smith (drums), 2012, Sony

2. Sentimentale

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Hugh Sung (piano), Sam Minaie (bass), Nathaniel Smith (drums), 2012, Sony

3. Javanaise

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Hugh Sung (piano), Sam Minaie (bass), Nathaniel Smith (drums), 2012, Sony

4. Fugace

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Hugh Sung (piano), Sam Minaie (bass), Nathaniel Smith (drums), 2012, Sony

5. Irlandaise

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Hugh Sung (piano), Sam Minaie (bass), Nathaniel Smith (drums), 2012, Sony

6. Versatile

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Hugh Sung (piano), Sam Minaie (bass), Nathaniel Smith (drums), 2012, Sony

7. Veloce

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Jean-Pierre Rampal

Claude Bolling (piano), Max Hédiguer (bass), Marcel Sabiani (drums), 1975, Sony

1. Baroque and blue, 2. Sentimentale, 3. Javanaise, 4. Fugace, 5. Irlandaise, 6. Versatile, 7. Veloce

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Bolling Claude

Claude Bolling (1930-2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer, and conductor, recognized as a pioneer of the "crossover" genre that bridged jazz and classical music.
Born in Cannes, France, he began piano lessons at age 11 at the urging of his mother, Geneviève, who recognized his early artistic sensibility.
During World War II, his family moved to Nice, where he studied with Marie-Louise "Bob" Colin, a versatile musician who played piano, trumpet, and drums. During this period, he discovered jazz through illegal 78 r.p.m recordings while the genre was largely suppressed under the Nazi occupation.
By age 14, he had won a jazz piano contest organized by Jazz Hot magazine and was performing professionally with visiting American jazz stars like Lionel Hampton and Roy Eldridge. He later studied at the Nice Conservatory and in Paris with masters such as Germaine Mounier (classical piano), Maurice Duruflé (harmony), and André Hodeir (orchestration).
In the late 1960s, he played a major role in the revival of jazz music in Europe. He had many successful collaborations with classical musicians like Jean-Pierre Rampal, Pinchas Zukerman, Maurice André, and Yo-Yo-Ma, as well as many greatest jazz musicians: Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Stéphane Grappelli, etc., that led to many concert appearances and recordings.
Bolling was a prolific composer for the screen, writing scores for over 100 films, including Borsalino and the American film The Holiday.