Henri Crolla | |
Birth Name: | Enrico Crolla |
Birth Date: | 26 February 1920 |
Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Instrument: | Guitar |
Genre: | Italian jazz |
Occupation: | Italian guitarist |
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.