Jazz Articles about Claude Bolling
About Claude Bolling
Instrument: Piano
Article Coverage | Calendar | Albums | Photos | Similar ArtistsThe Claude Bolling Big Band: Paris Swing

by Jack Bowers
Pianist / composer Claude Bolling, who has traveled all over the musical map from swing to classical and back during more than four decades as one of France’s most formidable performing artists, settles into a straight-ahead groove on Paris Swing. This record is a warmhearted hommage to French popular song that showcases his superb big band in the company of vocalists Marc Thomas and Maud (no last name given, like Madonna or Cher but with a French accent). Thomas, who ...
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