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 a lung cancer.
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Discography
Jacques Prévert dit "paroles" (1954)
6 jolis petits airs EP (1955)
Henri Crolla et son Ensemble (Mon Homme) EP (1955)
Henri Crolla et son Ensemble (There's a Small Hotel) (1955)
All the Things You Are / Alembert's single (1957)
Le long des rues (1957)
C'est Pour Toi Que Je Joue (1957)
Quatre classiques du jazz EP (1957)
Notre Ami Django (1958)
Chansons dans le sang (1960) with Jacques Prévert
Le Paris sentimental d'Henri Crolla (1962)
Begin the Beguine compilation (2002)
Quand refleuriront les lilas blancs? [Jazz in Paris No. 89] compilation (2002)
Tenderly
"Le long des rues'' (2009 jazz in Paris)
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
Mort en fraude (1957)
Péché de jeunesse (1958) with André Hodeir
Et ta sœur (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 (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 (1960) with André Hodeir
Os Bandeirantes (1960) with José Toledo
Du côté de l'enfer (1960)
Saint-Tropez Blues (1961) with André Hodeir
Mon frère Jacques (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
