Bitter Ending

Bitter Ending, is a recording of a work for eight voices composed by Andre Hodeir as commissioned by Ward Swingle. The work is performed by the Swingle Singers with a jazz quintet. This was the last work by Hodeir and is inspired by James Joyce's Finnegans Wake^[1]

Personnel

• Roger Guérin – trumpet
• Pierre Gossez – saxophone
• Jean-Louis Chautemps – saxophone
• Jacques (Jacky) Cavallero – double bass
• Marcel Sabiani – drums

The Swingle Singers:

• Christiane Legrand – soprano
• Nicole Darde – soprano
• Hélène Devos – alto
• Claudine Meunier – alto
• Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
• Joseph Noves – tenor
• Jean Cussac – bass
• José Germain – bass

References / external links

• Epic 80544