Claude Bolling - Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano (1976) [Score-Video]

Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano Composed by Claude Bolling in 1976 0:00 - Title 0:07 - Hispanic Dance 5:44 - Mexicaine 12:56 - Invention 17:08 - Sérénade 22:27 - Rhapsodic 28:57 - Africaine 33:06 - Finale Recording: Bolling: Concerto for Classical Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio (2016) Claude Bolling (1930-2020) was a French jazz musician, composer, and arranger. Bolling was a child prodigy; by the age of 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally with the likes of Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny Clarke. He was a major part of the traditional jazz revival in the late 60s, and he became friends with Oscar Peterson. Starting with his ’Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio’ in 1975, Bolling had a series of “crossover“ compositions. He would find a classical musician, proficient in any instrument, and compose a piece for them accompanied by a jazz piano trio. These pieces blended classical styles with modern swin