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Swingle Singers,... ("two-fer" re-issue series) Released 2000–2005 Recorded 1963–1972 Length ~5 hours (~1 hour per 2 CD release)
Label
Philips /
Emarcy
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.
Contents
Personnel
The Swingle Singers = 8 voices: 2 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 tenors and 2 basses (accompanied by only a drummer and double bassist
[1] )
Christiane Legrand – soprano
Jeanette Baucomont – soprano (1963–1968)
Nicole Darde – soprano (1969–1972)
Claudine Meunier – alto
[2]
Anne Germain – alto (1963–1965)
[3]
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:
[1]
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):
Notes
^
a
b except on 1966's Place Vendôme with the Modern Jazz Quartet
^ except 1965's Swinging Mozart
^ except 1965's Les Romantiques
References
The Swingle Singers / Les Swingle Singers Swingle II The Swingles The (New) Swingle Singers Notable compilations