Henri Crolla

{{Short description|Italian jazz guitarist and composer (1920–1960)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Henri Crolla

| image = Crolla 1938.jpg

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| caption = Crolla, 1938

| birth_name = Enrico Crolla

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|02|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Naples, Italy

| death_date = {{death date|1960|10|17|df=yes}}

| death_place = Paris, France

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| instrument = Guitar

| genre = Italian jazz

| occupation = Italian guitarist

| years_active = 1940–1960

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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)
{{Interlanguage link multi|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)
{{Interlanguage link multi|Les Primitifs du XIIIe|fr}} (1960) with André Hodeir
Os Bandeirantes (1960) with José Toledo
{{Interlanguage link multi|Du côté de l'enfer|fr}} (1960)
{{Interlanguage link multi|Saint-Tropez Blues|fr}} (1961) with André Hodeir
{{Interlanguage link multi|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 {{Interlanguage link multi|André Verdet|fr}}