Place Vendôme (Swingle Singers with MJQ album) explained

Place Vendôme
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Swingle Singers with the Modern Jazz Quartet
Cover:	TheSwingleSingers_PlaceVendome.jpg
Released:	1966
Recorded:	September 27 and October 30, 1966 in Paris
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	37:07
Label:	Philips
Producer:	Pierre Fatosme

Place Vendôme (released as Encounter in the U.S.) is an album released by the Swingle Singers performing with the Modern Jazz Quartet. This album as Encounter was a 1968 Grammy award nominee for Best Performance By A Chorus.^[1]

All tracks from this album are also included on the Mercury compilation CD and the 11 disk Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers.

Track listing

1. "Sascha" (Little David's Fugue) (John Lewis) – 4:18
2. "Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major," (aka "Air on the G String") BWV 1068 (J. S. Bach) – 5:41
3. "Vendôme" (Lewis) – 3:32
4. "The Musical Offering" (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079 (Bach) – 6:34
5. "When I am Laid in Earth" (from Dido and Aeneas), soprano aria ("Dido's Lament") (Henry Purcell) – 5:05
6. "Alexander's Fugue" (Lewis) – 4:53
7. "Three Windows" (Lewis) – 7:10

Personnel

The Swingle Singers:

• Jeanette Baucomont – soprano
• Christiane Legrand – soprano
• Alice Herald – alto
• Claudine Meunier – alto
• Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
• Claude Germain – tenor
• Jean Cussac – bass
• José Germain – bass

The Modern Jazz Quartet:

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

References / external links

• Philips PHM 200-225 (Mono LP) / Philips PHS 600-225 (Stereo LP)
• Place Vendome at [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=w193300|pure_url=yes}} allmusic.com]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1967 GRAMMY WINNERS . Recording Academy . November 27, 2024 .