Claude Bolling, Popular Jazz-Classical Musician, Dies at 90

Claude Bolling, the French pianist, composer and arranger who attained a worldwide following through his melodic blend of jazz and classical influences and stayed on the Billboard classical charts for more than a decade with his 1975 album “Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano,” has died.
Bolling’s representatives announced on his website that he died Tuesday (Dec. 29) in Garches, France, at age 90. A cause of death was not provided.
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