Swingle Singers (Philips boxed set)

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"^[1] compilation sets over the preceding five years.

Contents

• Disk 1: Jazz Sébastien Bach aka Bach's Greatest Hits (1963)
• Disk 2: Jazz Sébastien Bach Vol. 2 aka Back to Bach (1968)
• Disk 3: Noëls Sans Passeport aka Christmastime (1968)
• Disk 4: Going Baroque / de Bach aux Baroques (1964)
• Disk 5: Swinging Mozart aka Anyone for Mozart? (1965)
• Disk 6: Les Romantiques aka Getting Romantic (1965)
• Disk 7: Swingling Telemann aka Rococo Á Go Go (1966)
• Disk 8: Les Quatre Saisons aka The Joy of Singing (1972)
• Disk 9: Sounds of Spain: Concerto d'Aranjuez aka Spanish Masters (1967)
• Disk 10: American Look (1969)
• Disk 11: Place Vendôme 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^[2])

• Christiane Legrand – soprano
• Jeanette Baucomont – soprano (1963–1968)
• Nicole Darde – soprano (1969–1972)
• Claudine Meunier – alto^[3]
• Anne Germain – alto (1963–1965)^[4]
• Alice Herald – alto (1965–1966)
• Hélène Devos – alto (1967–1972)
• Ward Swingle – 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:^[2]

• 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 bass (1963)
• Guy Pedersen – double bass (1964–1968)
• Jacky Cavallero – double bass (1969–1972)

The Modern Jazz Quartet (on Encounter / Place Vendôme only):

• John Lewis – piano
• Milt Jackson – vibraphone
• Percy Heath – double bass
• Connie Kay – drums

References

• Philips 9826325
• Swingle Singers info at Allmusic.com including complete track listing and general discography
• Disc-by-disc track listing at answers.com