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 bassistexcept on 1966's Place Vendôme with the Modern Jazz Quartet) Christiane Legrand – soprano Jeanette Baucomont – soprano (1963–1968) Nicole Darde – soprano (1969–1972) Claudine Meunier – altoexcept 1965's Swinging Mozart Anne Germain – alto (1963–1965)except 1965's Les Romantiques 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
External links Swingle Singers info at Allmusic.com including [ complete track listing] and general [ discography] Disc-by-disc track listing at answers.com