Henri Crolla

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)
 *  (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)
 *  (1960) with André Hodeir
 * Os Bandeirantes (1960) with José Toledo
 *  (1960)
 *  (1961) with André Hodeir
 *  (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