Caravelli, real name Claude Vasori (Paris, September 12, 1930, Paris- Le Cannet, April 1, 2019) is a French orchestra leader, composer and arranger of orchestral music.
The son of an Italian father and a French mother, Vasori was initially instructed in music by his mother in piano and voicing/harmony at seven years old, and later, when he was thirteen, he began to attend the Paris Conservatoire. At twenty he was professionally touring, accompanying singers on piano, and at 26 years old he started as an orchestra conductor.
Vasori took his stage name in 1956 from the newly introduced twinjet Caravelle from Caravelle Aerospatiale. This plane was the first jet created for the short-haul market. The first Caravelle entered service for Air France on May 9, 1959. He made it more Italianate in honor of his father’s origins, changing the last letter: “CARAVELLI et son Violons Magiques / & his Magnificent Strings”.
Recordings by Caravelli you can hear at Instrumentals Forever:
| 13 jours en France |
| 33 Años |
| A Hazy Shade Of Winter |
| A New Day Has Come |
| A Starlit Summer |
| A Veces Tu A Veces Yo |
| Abrazame |
| Adios Pampa Mia |
| Alguien Canto (Was ich dir sagen will) |
| All The Things You Are |
| Alone Again |
| Amantes |
| America (”West Side Story”) |
| Anaïs |
| Angie |
| Another Day In Paradise |
| Aranjuez mon amour |
| Aria |
| Au gré du vent (Kazetachinu) |
| Autumn Flower |
| Balcon sur la plage (Nagisa No Balcony) |
| Begin The Beguine |
| Blue Moon |
| Blue Rondo à la Turk |
| Breakin’ Away |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| Cada Dia Mas |
| Calling You (”Bagdad Cafe”) |
| Can’t Get Used To Losing Yiou |
| Can’t Help Falling In Love |
| Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You |
| Capri Termino (Capri c’est fini) |
| Careless Whisper |
| Casablanca |
| C’est la vie Lily |
| C’est si bon |
| Charmaine |
| Chiquitita |
| Classic And Sequencer |
| Comme d’habitude (My Way) |
| Como Te Quiero |
| Copacabana |
| Cyril’s Song |
| Dancing Queen |
| Demain je serai (Mirai No Hanayome) |
| Dio Como Te Amo (Dio Come Ti Amo) |
| Don’t Cry For Me Argentina |
| Down Town |
| Ebb Tide |
| Eight Days A Week |
| El Condor Pasa |
| Everybody Loves Somebody |
| Feelings |
| Feux-follets |
| Flash Bach |
| From Versailles To Beaubourg |
| Grand Prix |
| Guantanamera |
| Here We Are |
| Hey |
| Hey Jude |
| Holidays |
| Homeward Bound |
| I Can Hear Music |
| I Could Have Danced All Night (”My Fair Lady”) |
| I Just Called To Say I Love You |
| I Will Wait For You (”Les Parapluies de Cherbourg”) |
| I’m Your Baby Tonight |
| Inch ‘Allah |
| Io Che Non Vivo Senza Te |
| It Was In The Garden |
| It Was Long Ago |
| It’s A Heartache |
| Jalousie |
| J’attendrai |
| Jet Stream |
| Jolie petite fleur (Akai Sweetpea) |
| Jumping |
| Júrame |
| Just An Illusion |
| Keep Our Love Alive |
| Kilimandjaro |
| Killing Me Softly With His Song |
| La Bohemia (La Bohème) |
| La chanson de Seiko (Kugatsu No Montmartrois) |
| La comète de Halley |
| La Cumparsita |
| La maison de cet été |
| La Peregrinacion |
| La valse des lilas |
| La vie en rose |
| Lady Chatterley’s Dream |
| L’Albatros |
| Las Marionetas (Les Marionnettes) |
| Laser Symphony |
| Laura |
| Le soleil de la vie |
| Le temps des cathédrales |
| Les amants en plein Hiver (Mahuyu No Koibitotachi) |
| Les feuilles mortes |
| Les feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves) |
| Les uns contre les autres (”Starmania”) |
| Les yeux de Marylin |
| Les yeux noirs |
| Let It Be |
| Let Me Try Again |
| Los Olivos |
| Louise |
| LOVE |
| Love Has Come |
| Love is a Many Splendored Thing |
| Love Is Blue (L’amour est bleu) |
| Love Theme from ”A Star Is Born” |
| Mack The Knife |
| Mamy Blue |
| Manuela |
| Mélodie d’amour |
| Melody Fair |
| Memory |
| Memory (”Cats”) |
| Merci chérie |
| Michelle |
| Miserarete |
| Moi Lolita |
| Monopolis dans les villes de l’an 2000 (”Starmania”) |
| Moon River |
| Mr Lonely |
| Mrs Robinson |
| Music Box Dancer |
| My Own True Love (Theme ”Gone With The Wind”) |
| Nathalie |
| Ne me quitte pas |
| New Fantasy For Strings |
| No One Gives Up On Love |
| Old Friend |
| Olé Guapa |
| Olympia Blues |
| On The Street Where You Live (”My Fair Lady”) |
| On The Swings |
| Paloma Blanca |
| Parasol blanc (Shiroi Parasol) |
| Passion And Love |
| Penelope |
| Pobre Diablo |
| Popcorn |
| Pour elle |
| Pour le plaisir |
| Prélude à l’amour |
| Prélude a l’espoir |
| Pressure |
| Promise Me |
| Puppet On A String |
| Quando Quando Quando |
| Que reste-t-il de nos amours |
| Quiereme Mucho |
| Red Roses For A Blue Lady |
| Roses de Picardie |
| San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) |
| Save The Last Dance For Me |
| Say Say Say |
| Scarborough Fair |
| Senora Robinson (Mrs Robinson) |
| Singing In The Rain |
| Somethin’ Stupid |
| Soy Un Truhán Soy Un Señor |
| Strangers In The Night |
| Sugar Baby Love |
| Supreme |
| Sur une balancoire |
| SVP |
| Tango du rêve |
| Tea For Two |
| Tempo infernal |
| Temptation |
| Tenderly |
| The 59th Street Bridge Song |
| The Girl Is Mine |
| The Green Leaves of Summer |
| The Hustle |
| The Last Waltz |
| The Man I Love |
| The Moon Is Shining |
| The ”Red Arrow” Train |
| The Sound Of Silence |
| The Way We Were |
| Theme from ”Love Story” |
| Theme from ”Music Of The World_ (NHK TV) |
| Theme from ”New York New York” |
| Three Coins in the Fountain |
| Tico Tico |
| Titere (Puppet on a String) |
| To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before |
| Toccata Fantasia |
| Tombe la neige |
| Tonight (”West Side Story”) |
| Tous les garçons et les filles |
| Un cadeau (P°R°E°S°E°N°T) |
| When I Fall In Love |
| With A Little Bit Of Luck (”My Fair Lady”) |
| YMCA |