Henri Crolla

Henri Crolla
Birth name	Enrico Crolla
Born	26 February 1920 Naples, Italy
Died	17 October 1960 Paris, France
Genres	Italian jazz
Occupation(s)	Italian guitarist
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1940–1960

Henri Crolla (born Enrico Crolla; 26 February 1920 – 17 October 1960) was an Italian jazz guitarist and film composer.

Born in Naples, Campania, Italy, to a family of itinerant Neapolitan musicians, he moved with his family to Porte de Choisy in France in 1922 following the rise of fascism in Italy. One of his neighbours was a young Django Reinhardt, with whose family he became close. He also put to music many poems from Prévert's Paroles with Joseph Kosma. He died in Paris from a lung cancer.

Discography

• Jacques Prévert dit "paroles" (1954)
• 6 jolis petits airs EP (1955)
• Henri Crolla et son Ensemble (Mon Homme) EP (1955)
• Henri Crolla et son Ensemble (There's a Small Hotel) (1955)
• All the Things You Are / Alembert's single (1957)
• Le long des rues (1957)
• C'est Pour Toi Que Je Joue (1957)
• Quatre classiques du jazz EP (1957)
• Notre Ami Django (1958)
• Chansons dans le sang (1960) with Jacques Prévert
• Le Paris sentimental d'Henri Crolla (1962)
• Begin the Beguine compilation (2002)
• Quand refleuriront les lilas blancs? [Jazz in Paris No. 89] compilation (2002)
• Tenderly
• "Le long des rues'' (2009 jazz in Paris)

Filmography

• Souvenirs perdus (1950) as a cameo guitarist
• Champs Élysées (1953)
• Enrico cuisinier (1954) also starring in it
• L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (1954) features his song Car je t'aime
• Gas-oil (1955)
• Les Bras de la Seine (1955)
• À propos d'une rivière (1955)
• Mon chien (1955)
• Le Ciel par dessus le toit (1956)
• Léon la lune (1956) in collaboration with André Hodeir
• Naughty Girl (1956) in collaboration with René Denoncin and Hubert Rostaing
• La Parisienne (1957) in collaboration with André Hodeir and Hubert Rostaing
• Django Reinhardt (1957) as a performer guitarist
• Mort en fraude (1957)
• Péché de jeunesse (1958) with André Hodeir
• Et ta sœur (1958) with André Hodeir
• Paris mange son pain (1958) with André Hodeir
• Le vent se lève (1959) with André Hodeir
• Les Motards (1959)
• Ce corps tant désiré (1959)
• Black Orpheus (1959) as guitarist
• The Golden Fish (1959)
• The Restless and the Damned (1959) with André Hodeir
• Come Dance with Me (1959) with André Hodeir
• Photo souvenir (1960)
• Love and the Frenchwoman (Le Divorce segment) (1960)
• Les Primitifs du XIIIe (1960) with André Hodeir
• Os Bandeirantes (1960) with José Toledo
• Du côté de l'enfer (1960)
• Saint-Tropez Blues (1961) with André Hodeir
• Mon frère Jacques (1961)
• Le bonheur est pour demain (1962) with Georges Delerue
• Le Tout pour le tout (1963) with Renato de Oliveira
• World Without Sun (1964) with Serge Baudo and André Hodeir
• La Faim du monde (1969)
• Saint-Paul de Vence composed the song for Mouloudji with words from a poem by André Verdet

Sources

• Les Ballades de Crolla by Norbert Gabriel and Sophie Tournel
• fr:Henri Crolla