Swingle Singers (Philips boxed set) explained

Swingle Singers
Type:	compilation
Artist:	The Swingle Singers
Cover:	TheSwingleSingers_PhilipsBoxSet.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	2005
Recorded:	1963–1972
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	~5 hours 30 minutes
Label:	Philips

Swingle Singers,... ("two-fer" re-issue series)
Type:	compilation
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

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

• 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 [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1081786|pure_url=yes}} complete track listing] and general [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p7649/discography|pure_url=yes}} discography]
• Disc-by-disc track listing at answers.com

Notes and References

1. except on 1966's Place Vendôme with the Modern Jazz Quartet
2. except 1965's Swinging Mozart
3. except 1965's Les Romantiques