Swingle Singers (Philips boxed set)
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The 2005 Philips
boxed set, Swingle Singers is a compilation of all eleven of the Paris-based Swingle Singers' recordings made for Philips between 1963 and 1972. Ten of the eleven disks included in this boxed set had also been re-issued previously by Philips (Emarcy) in five "two-fer" compilation sets over the preceding five years.
Rhythm section:
The Modern Jazz Quartet
(on Encounter / Place Vendôme only):
Philips Records
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boxed set, Swingle Singers is a compilation of all eleven of the Paris-based Swingle Singers' recordings made for Philips between 1963 and 1972. Ten of the eleven disks included in this boxed set had also been re-issued previously by Philips (Emarcy) in five "two-fer" compilation sets over the preceding five years.
Contents
- Disk 1: Jazz Sébastien BachBach's Greatest HitsBach's Greatest Hits is the debut album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers. The album was a 1963 Grammy award winner for "Best Performance by a Chorus" and the group also won the 1963 Grammy award for "Best New Artist"All tracks from this album are also included on the CD re-issue /...
aka Bach's Greatest Hits (1963) - Disk 2: Jazz Sébastien Bach Vol. 2Back to BachBack to Bach is a 1968 album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers.All tracks from this album are also included on the CD re-issue / compilation, Jazz Sebastian Bach Back to Bach (released as Jazz Sébastien Bach, Vol. 2 in France) is a 1968 album released by the Paris-based Swingle...
aka Back to Bach (1968) - Disk 3: Noëls Sans PasseportChristmastime (Swingle Singers album)Christmastime is an album of Christmas songs released by the Swingle Singers in 1968 on the Philips Records label. It was reissued with the title Christmas Album...
aka Christmastime (1968) - Disk 4: Going Baroque / de Bach aux BaroquesGoing BaroqueGoing Baroque is the second album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers...
(1964) - Disk 5: Swinging MozartAnyone for Mozart?Anyone for Mozart? is the third album released by the Swingle Singers. The album was a 1965 Grammy award winner for "Best Performance by a Chorus."...
aka Anyone for Mozart? (1965) - Disk 6: Les RomantiquesGetting RomanticGetting Romantic is the fourth album released by the Swingle Singers.All tracks from this album are also included on the 11 CD Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers.-Track listing:...
aka Getting Romantic (1965) - Disk 7: Swingling TelemannRococo A Go GoRococo Á Go Go is the fifth album released by the Swingle Singers. The album was nominated for a 1966 Grammy award....
aka Rococo Á Go Go (1966) - Disk 8: Les Quatre SaisonsThe Joy of SingingThe Joy of Singing, aka Les 4 Saisons is a 1969 album by the Swingle Singers on the Philips Records label. All tracks from this album are also included on the 11 disk Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers....
aka The Joy of Singing (1972) - Disk 9: Sounds of Spain: Concerto d'AranjuezSpanish MastersSpanish Masters is the seventh album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers. All tracks from this album are also included on the 11 disk Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers....
aka Spanish Masters (1967) - Disk 10: American LookAmerican LookAmerican Look is a 1969 album by the Swingle Singers on the Philips Records label. All tracks from this album are also included on the 11 disk Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers.-Track listing:...
(1969) - Disk 11: Place VendômePlace Vendôme (Swingle Singers with MJQ album)Place Vendôme is an album released by the Swingle Singers performing with the Modern Jazz Quartet...
aka Encounter (1966)
Personnel
The Swingle Singers = 8 voices: 2 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 tenors and 2 basses (accompanied by only a drummer and double bassist)- Christiane LegrandChristiane LegrandChristiane Legrand was a French singer.Legrand was born in Paris, the daughter of film composer Raymond Legrand, who wrote "Irma la Douce."She studied piano and classical music from the time she was four...
– soprano - Jeanette Baucomont – soprano (1963–1968)
- Nicole Darde – soprano (1969–1972)
- Claudine Meunier – alto
- Anne Germain – alto (1963–1965)
- Alice Herald – alto (1965–1966)
- Hélène Devos – alto (1967–1972)
- Ward SwingleWard SwingleWard Swingle is an American vocalist and jazz musician.Swingle was born in Mobile, Alabama. He studied music, particularly jazz, from a very young age. He was playing in Mobile-area Big Bands before finishing high school. After high school, Swingle graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Cincinnati...
– tenor, arranger - Claude Germain – tenor (1963–1966)
- Joseph Noves – tenor (1967–1972)
- Jean Cussac – bass
- Jean Claude Briodin – bass (1963–1964)
- José Germain – bass (1965–1972)
Rhythm section:
- Andre Arpino – drums (1963)
- Gus Wallez – drums (1963–1964)
- Daniel Humair – drums (1965–1968)
- Bernard Lubat – drums (1968)
- Roger Fugen – drums (1969–1972)
- Pierre Michelot – double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
(1963) - Guy Pedersen – double bass (1964–1968)
- Jacky Cavallero – double bass (1969–1972)
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Modern Jazz Quartet
The Modern Jazz Quartet was established in 1952 by Milt Jackson , John Lewis , Percy Heath , and Kenny Clarke . Connie Kay replaced Clarke in 1955...
(on Encounter / Place Vendôme only):
- John LewisJohn Lewis (pianist)John Aaron Lewis was an American jazz pianist and composer best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.- Early life:...
– pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... - Milt JacksonMilt JacksonMilton "Bags" Jackson was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms...
– vibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family.... - Percy HeathPercy HeathPercy Heath was an American jazz bassist, brother to tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975...
– double bass - Connie KayConnie KayConnie Kay was an American jazz drummer.Kay was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet from 1955 until the group's dissolution in 1974...
– drums