Henri Crolla

Henri Crolla
Crolla, 1938
Background information
Birth name	Enrico Crolla
Born	(1920-02-26)26 February 1920 Naples, Italy
Died	(1960-10-17)17 October 1960 Paris, France
Genres	Italian jazz
Occupation(s)	Italian guitarist
Instrument(s)	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 lung cancer.

Discography

• Jacques Prévert dit "paroles" (1954)
• 6 jolis petits airs (1955)
• Henri Crolla et son Ensemble (Mon Homme) EP (1955)
• Henri Crolla et son Ensemble (There's a Small Hotel) (1955)
• Le Long des Rues (1957)
• C'est Pour Toi Que Je Joue (1957)
• Quatre classiques du jazz (1957)
• Chansons dans le sang with Jacques Prévert (1960)
• Le Paris sentimental d'Henri Crolla (1962)
• Notre Ami Django (2001)
• Begin the Beguine (2002)
• Quand refleuriront les lilas blancs? (2002)

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
• Fugitive in Saigon (1957)
• Péché de jeunesse (1958) with André Hodeir
• And Your Sister? (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 [fr] (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 [fr] (1960) with André Hodeir
• Os Bandeirantes (1960) with José Toledo
• Du côté de l'enfer [fr] (1960)
• Saint-Tropez Blues [fr] (1961) with André Hodeir
• Mon frère Jacques [fr] (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 [fr]

Sources

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